Song cycles (or operas or something) on math
I've been thinking about this for a while, but it requires long-term planning
So I just thought I'd ask:
How would one go about commissioning a song cycle about math/mathematicians?
I have two projects in mind:
- Proofs from The Book (infinitude of primes)
- particular mathematicians (Archimedes, Euler, Fermat, Halley, etc.)
I have no particular librettists or composers in mind.
I just have the subject matter, which I am very familiar with. I would not write the text nor the music, obviously, and would even not mind finding current academic mathematicians/historians for help
I've got my own private math library, and of course, what I have in mind is pretty "classic" math, so a lot of it is online, for free
(I don't have sufficient money -right-now-, but this is about long-term planning, so I want to know what's involved)
I'm not expecting anybody to do this for free. This is about commissioning a professional work, and I want to be able to plan to get enough resources together to make this happen. I figure I should be able to amass enough for such a project.... eventually. Well, if somebody can give me an idea of what's involved. I have no clue.
So I just thought I'd ask:
How would one go about commissioning a song cycle about math/mathematicians?
I have two projects in mind:
- Proofs from The Book (infinitude of primes)
- particular mathematicians (Archimedes, Euler, Fermat, Halley, etc.)
I have no particular librettists or composers in mind.
I just have the subject matter, which I am very familiar with. I would not write the text nor the music, obviously, and would even not mind finding current academic mathematicians/historians for help
I've got my own private math library, and of course, what I have in mind is pretty "classic" math, so a lot of it is online, for free
(I don't have sufficient money -right-now-, but this is about long-term planning, so I want to know what's involved)
I'm not expecting anybody to do this for free. This is about commissioning a professional work, and I want to be able to plan to get enough resources together to make this happen. I figure I should be able to amass enough for such a project.... eventually. Well, if somebody can give me an idea of what's involved. I have no clue.