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We consider ways of conceptualizing, rendering and perceiving quantum music and quantum art in general. Thereby, we give particular emphasis to its non-classical aspects, such as coherent superposition and entanglement.

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Acknowledgments

This research has been partly supported by FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES-269151-RANPHYS.

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  1. Pädagogische Hochschule Wien, Grenzackerstraße 18, 1100, Vienna, Austria

    Volkmar Putz

  2. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10/136, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Karl Svozil

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Communicated by M. L. Dalla Chiara, R. Giuntini, E. Negri and S. Smets.

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Putz, V., Svozil, K. Quantum music. Soft Comput 21, 1467–1471 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-015-1835-x

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