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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Ancient Greek architects, Byzantine architects, Ictinus, Daedalus, Phidias, Callicrates, Anthemius of Tralles, Isidore of Miletus, Hippodamus of Miletus, Iannis Xenakis, Alexander Tzonis, Alexis Stamatis, Pericles A. Sakellarios, Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Callimachus, Elia Zenghelis, Dimitris Potiropoulos, Lina Stergiou, Spyros Kokotos, Aris Konstantinidis, Nonda Katsalidis, Trdat the Architect, Eupalinos, Liana Nella-Potiropoulou, Hermogenes of Priene, Dinocrates, Dimitris Pikionis, Demetri Porphyrios, Anastasios Metaxas, Aristobulus of Cassandreia, Stamatios Kleanthis, Ernst Ziller, Aelius Nicon, Philon, Theodorus of Samos, Kostas Biris, Patroklos Karantinos, Costas Kondylis, Parmenion, Pythis, Agnaptus, Chersiphron, Satyros, Sostratus of Cnidus, Mnesikles, Phaeax, Metagenes, Karpion. Excerpt: Iannis Xenakis (Greek pronunciation: , Greek: ) (May 29, 1922 - February 4, 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers. Xenakis pioneered the use of mathematical models such as applications of set theory, varied use of stochastic processes, game theory, etc., in music, and was also an important influence on the development of electronic music. Among his most important works are Metastaseis (1953-4) for orchestra, which introduced independent parts for every musician of the orchestra; percussion works such as Psappha (1975) and Pleiades (1979); compositions that introduced spatialization by dispersing musicians among the audience, such as Terretektorh (1966); electronic works created using Xenakis's UPIC system; and the massive multimedia performances Xenakis called polytopes. Among the numerous theoretical writings he authored, the book Formalized Music: ...
