TITLE: Kolmogorov complexity of classical music
QUESTION [18 upvotes]: I have an impression that classical music pieces are more "structured" than white noise and more "complicated" than the soundtracks of the Billboard Hot 100 songs.
So assuming we are comparing recordings of similar duration I would expect in terms of Kolmogorov complexity C(soundtrack of a Billboard Hot 100 song)<C(classical music piece)<C(white noise). Maybe for a meaningful comparison we should also control for the number of instruments used.
Has anyone analyzed music from this perspective?
P.S. I ask here because it seems more likely that a mathematician would be somewhat familiar with both Kolmogorov complexity and music than a musician.

REPLY [2 votes]: For those who can read Italian, there is this interesting book by the physicist Andrea Frova:
Frova, A. (2014). Armonia celeste e dodecafonia. Publisher: BUR.
The Preface is written by Giorgio Parisi and addresses pretty much the question asked by the OP.