| Hierarchical Music Specification Language (HMSL) A programming language for experimental music composition and performance. It is a set of extensions to . (Its near-total unintelligibility to people unfamiliar with has led some to expand "HMSL" as "Her Majesty's Secret Language".) Phil Burk (who also later developed ), Larry Polansky, and David Rosenboom started developing HMSL in 1980 while working at the {Mills College Center for Contemporary Music (http://www.mills.edu/LIFE/CCM/CCM.homepage.html)}. As of June 1998, development is ongoing. {(http://www.softsynth.com/hmsl/)}. (1998-09-07) |