. . . we are surrounded by the sceptical attitude of musicians brought up in the romantic traditions of the 18th and 19th centuries, and the intuitive approach to the art of musical composition. To one associated with the method of engineering musical melodies, however, the possibility of such a creative process is beyond doubt. . . . 

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By studying different aspects of music in different civilizations and by mathematical analysis of various procedures involved in the making of a musical composition, a group of engineering routines may be evolved.

Joseph Schillinger