Developing a new computer music programming language in the 'research through design' context

The development of computer music languages seems to be considered from outside the computer music community just as contributions in practice rather than in research. Yet, the emerging approach of ''Research through Design (RtD)' in HCI also casts a significant question as to how the academic contribution can be made through the design of such DSLs. We describe our practice in the development of a computer music language from the perspective of the RtD.