The Music in the Data: Corpus Analysis, Music Analysis, and Tonal Traditions

Synopsis

Putting forward an extensive new argument for a humanities-based approach to big-data analysis, The Music in the Data shows how large datasets of music, or music corpora, can be productively integrated with the qualitative questions at the heart of music research. The author argues that as well as providing objective evidence, music corpora can themselves be treated as texts to be subjectively read and creatively interpreted, allowing new levels of understanding and insight into music traditions. Each chapter in this book asks how we define a core music-theory topic, such as style, harmony, meter, function, and musical key, and then approaches the topic through considering trends within large musical datasets, applying a combination of quantitative analysis and qualitative interpretation. Throughout, several basic techniques of data analysis are introduced and explained, with supporting materials available online. Connecting the empirical information from corpus analysis with theories of musical and textual meaning, and showing how each approach can enrich the other, this book provides a vital perspective for scholars and students in music theory, musicology, and all areas of music research.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

318 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000811056

Related ISBNs:

9781032259239, 9781003285663, 9781032259222

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

12/28/22

Copyrighted By:

Christopher White. The right of Christopher White to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education, Music

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