A programmer's environment for music analysis

Ó Maidín, Donncha Seán

A programmer's environment for music analysis

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dc.contributor.advisor	Cox, David	en
dc.contributor.author	Ó Maidín, Donncha Seán
dc.date.accessioned	2014-08-20T15:14:09Z
dc.date.available	2014-08-20T15:14:09Z
dc.date.issued	1995
dc.date.submitted	1995
dc.description.abstract	A model for representing music scores in a form suitable for general processing by a music-analyst-programmer is proposed and implemented. Typical input to the model consists of one or more pieces of music which are encoded in a file-based score representation. File-based representations are in a form unsuited for general processing, as they do not provide a suitable level of abstraction for a programmer-analyst. Instead, a representation is created giving a programmer's view of the score. This frees the analyst-programmer from implementation details, that otherwise would form a substantial barrier to progress. The score representation uses an object-oriented approach to create a natural and robust software environment for the musicologist. The system is used to explore ways in which it could benefit musicologists. Methodologies for analysing music corpora are presented in a series of analytic examples which illustrate some of the potential of this model. Proving hypotheses or performing analysis on corpora involves the construction of algorithms. Some unique aspects of using this score model for corpus-based musicology are: - Algorithms impose a discipline which arises from the necessity for formalism. - Automatic analysis enables musicologists to complete tasks that otherwise would be infeasible because of limitations of their energy, attentiveness, accuracy and time.	en
dc.description.status	Not peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version
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dc.identifier.citation	Ó Maidín, D. S. 1995. A programmer's environment for music analysis. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.13140/2.1.3387.2969
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/1629
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University College Cork	en
dc.relation.uri	http://library.ucc.ie/record=b1230585~S0
dc.rights	© 1995, Donncha S. Ó Maidín	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/	en
dc.subject	Music scores	en
dc.subject	Musicology	en
dc.subject	Music analysis programming	en
dc.subject	Score model	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Musical analysis.	en
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dc.title	A programmer's environment for music analysis	en
dc.type	Doctoral thesis	en
dc.type.qualificationlevel	Doctoral	en
dc.type.qualificationname	PhD (Arts)	en
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