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Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design

15th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2026, Held as Part of EvoStar 2026, Toulouse, France, April 8–10, 2026, Proceedings

Edited by Penousal Machado, Juan J. Romero, Sérgio M. Rebelo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design, EvoMUSART 2026, held as part of EvoStar 2026, in Toulouse, France, during April 8-10, 2026.The 13 full papers together with 15 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions.The EvoMUSART 2026 cover a wide ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design, EvoMUSART 2026, held as part of EvoStar 2026, in Toulouse, France, during April 8-10, 2026.The 13 full papers together with 15 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions.The EvoMUSART 2026 cover a wide
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A School Story

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Juan LePuen ...

Chekhov noted that if, early in a story, mention was made of a rifle hanging on the wall, it would eventually have to go off. Hanging on the window frame of the schoolhouse in Machado de Assis's "A School Story" is not a rifle, but a paddle, complete with five holes drilled in it.Genre: short storyLength: 3,450 wordsTranslated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenBrazil's Machado de Assis, the ... Read more

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Chekhov noted that if, early in a story, mention was made of a rifle hanging on the wall, it would eventually have to go off. Hanging on the window frame of the schoolhouse in Machado de Assis's "A School Story" is not a rifle, but a paddle, complete with five holes drilled in it.Genre: short storyLength: 3,450 wordsTranslated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenBrazil's Machado de Assis, the
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Midnight Mass

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Juan LePuen ...

It's Christmas Eve, 1861 or 1862. Seventeen-year-old Nogueira, a native of the provinces living in Rio de Janeiro for his studies, has arranged with a neighbor to go to midnight mass. Into the parlor where he is waiting up alone walks Dona Conceição, the thirty-year-old wife of the man in whose house he is lodging. "Midnight Mass," perhaps Machado's most beloved tale, is a Brazilian classic ... Read more

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It's Christmas Eve, 1861 or 1862. Seventeen-year-old Nogueira, a native of the provinces living in Rio de Janeiro for his studies, has arranged with a neighbor to go to midnight mass. Into the parlor where he is waiting up alone walks Dona Conceição, the thirty-year-old wife of the man in whose house he is lodging. "Midnight Mass," perhaps Machado's most beloved tale, is a Brazilian classic
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Three yet One

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Juan LePuen ...

"Her gaze was not absent, as it had been shortly before; instead, it was fixed on the flowers on the wallpaper that lined the room. She noticed, for the first time, that the flowers were daisies. And she shifted her gaze from one to the next, to see if the pattern was the same, and she found that it was. Is that not delightful? Daisies painted on paper."Genre: short storyLength: 4,200 ... Read more

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"Her gaze was not absent, as it had been shortly before; instead, it was fixed on the flowers on the wallpaper that lined the room. She noticed, for the first time, that the flowers were daisies. And she shifted her gaze from one to the next, to see if the pattern was the same, and she found that it was. Is that not delightful? Daisies painted on paper."Genre: short storyLength: 4,200
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The Machete

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Juan LePuen ...

Inácio Ramos is a cellist. His young wife, daughter of a poor shopkeeper, does not understand his art. She is drawn instead to popular music and those who play it, above all to a mediocre law student who is back in Rio de Janeiro for the holidays.Machado de Assis, Brazil's greatest novelist, also excelled in the short story.Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenGenre: short storyLength ... Read more

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Inácio Ramos is a cellist. His young wife, daughter of a poor shopkeeper, does not understand his art. She is drawn instead to popular music and those who play it, above all to a mediocre law student who is back in Rio de Janeiro for the holidays.Machado de Assis, Brazil's greatest novelist, also excelled in the short story.Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenGenre: short storyLength
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A Game

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Juan LePuen ...

"'Now, you’ve played cards with so many people, but only once, a long time ago, have you played with me, écarté. Isn’t écarté the name of that game you taught me? Let’s play a game.' Xavier started laughing."So says Dona Paula to her husband Xavier before they start playing a card game for neither money nor points.Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenGenre: short storyLength: 6,200 ... Read more

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"'Now, you’ve played cards with so many people, but only once, a long time ago, have you played with me, écarté. Isn’t écarté the name of that game you taught me? Let’s play a game.' Xavier started laughing."So says Dona Paula to her husband Xavier before they start playing a card game for neither money nor points.Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenGenre: short storyLength: 6,200
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Trio in A Minor

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Juan LePuen ...

In "Trio in A Minor," Machado's classic tale of a love triangle in Brazilian high society, the intrigue plays out to the tune of the old sonata of the absolute.Brazil's Machado de Assis, the greatest Latin American novelist of the nineteenth century (1839-1908), also excelled in the short story.Genre: short storyLength: 2,900 wordsTranslated from Portuguese by Juan LePuen ... Read more

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In "Trio in A Minor," Machado's classic tale of a love triangle in Brazilian high society, the intrigue plays out to the tune of the old sonata of the absolute.Brazil's Machado de Assis, the greatest Latin American novelist of the nineteenth century (1839-1908), also excelled in the short story.Genre: short storyLength: 2,900 wordsTranslated from Portuguese by Juan LePuen
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Holidays

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Juan LePuen ...

Young José Martins, let out of class early one day, heads home with his uncle and his older sister. On the way, he and his sister try to guess the reason--a party? a birthday? an election victory?--for their unexpected dismissal from class.Genre: short storyLength: 3,000 wordsTranslated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenBrazil's Machado de Assis, the greatest Latin American novelist of the ... Read more

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Young José Martins, let out of class early one day, heads home with his uncle and his older sister. On the way, he and his sister try to guess the reason--a party? a birthday? an election victory?--for their unexpected dismissal from class.Genre: short storyLength: 3,000 wordsTranslated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenBrazil's Machado de Assis, the greatest Latin American novelist of the
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Arms

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Juan LePuen ...

"And over the years, in other loves, more real and longer lasting, he never experienced a feeling like that of that Sunday on Rua da Lapa, when he was fifteen years old."Fifteen-year-old Inácio has been sent to work as a runner for the lawyer Borges. Borges's wife, the full-figured twenty-seven-year-old Dona Severina, fires the young runner's imagination, and she herself finds her own ability to ... Read more

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"And over the years, in other loves, more real and longer lasting, he never experienced a feeling like that of that Sunday on Rua da Lapa, when he was fifteen years old."Fifteen-year-old Inácio has been sent to work as a runner for the lawyer Borges. Borges's wife, the full-figured twenty-seven-year-old Dona Severina, fires the young runner's imagination, and she herself finds her own ability to
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Botany Lesson

by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Juan LePuen ...

Baron Sigismundo de Kernoberg, a single Swede of thirty-nine, wedded to science alone, suddenly finds himself roped into giving botany lessons to a neighbor's lovely young niece.Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenGenre: theater (comedy in one act)Length: 6,900 words ... Read more

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Baron Sigismundo de Kernoberg, a single Swede of thirty-nine, wedded to science alone, suddenly finds himself roped into giving botany lessons to a neighbor's lovely young niece.Translated from Portuguese (Brazil) by Juan LePuenGenre: theater (comedy in one act)Length: 6,900 words
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Book Analysis)

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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Shadow of the Wind with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, which tells the story of the young and idealistic Daniel and the mysterious novel he finds in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. He is soon plunged into the decades-old mystery surrounding the ... Read more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Shadow of the Wind with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, which tells the story of the young and idealistic Daniel and the mysterious novel he finds in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. He is soon plunged into the decades-old mystery surrounding the
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Trivia-on-Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia MárquezTake the fan-challenge yourself and share it with family and friends!One Hundred Years of Solitude is arguably the best work of one of the most accomplished authors, Gabriel García Márquez, and is considered to be one of the greatest books of the twentieth century. The story begins in a remote jungle of the Colombian ... Read more

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Trivia-on-Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia MárquezTake the fan-challenge yourself and share it with family and friends!One Hundred Years of Solitude is arguably the best work of one of the most accomplished authors, Gabriel García Márquez, and is considered to be one of the greatest books of the twentieth century. The story begins in a remote jungle of the Colombian
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