Western classical music development: a statistical analysis of composers similarity, differentiation and evolution. Georges, P. Scientometrics, 112(1):21–53, jul, 2017.
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This paper proposes a statistical analysis that captures similarities and differences between classical music composers with the eventual aim to understand why particular composers 'sound' different even if their 'lineages' (influences network) are similar or why they 'sound' alike if their 'lineages' are different. In order to do this we use statistical methods and measures of association or similarity (based on presence/absence of traits such as specific 'ecological' characteristics and personal musical influences) that have been developed in biosystematics, scientometrics, and bibliographic coupling. This paper also represents a first step towards a more ambitious goal of developing an evolutionary model of Western classical music.
@Article{          georges2017-western,
    author       = {Georges, Patrick},
    year         = {2017},
    title        = {Western classical music development: a statistical
                   analysis of composers similarity, differentiation and
                   evolution},
    abstract     = {This paper proposes a statistical analysis that captures
                   similarities and differences between classical music
                   composers with the eventual aim to understand why
                   particular composers 'sound' different even if their
                   'lineages' (influences network) are similar or why they
                   'sound' alike if their 'lineages' are different. In order
                   to do this we use statistical methods and measures of
                   association or similarity (based on presence/absence of
                   traits such as specific 'ecological' characteristics and
                   personal musical influences) that have been developed in
                   biosystematics, scientometrics, and bibliographic
                   coupling. This paper also represents a first step towards
                   a more ambitious goal of developing an evolutionary model
                   of Western classical music.},
    doi          = {10.1007/s11192-017-2387-x},
    issn         = {0138-9130},
    journal      = {Scientometrics},
    keywords     = {Classical
                   composers,Differentiation,Evolution,Imitation,Influences
                   network,Similarity indices,music analysis with computers},
    mendeley-tags= {music analysis with computers},
    month        = {jul},
    number       = {1},
    pages        = {21--53},
    url          = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11192-017-2387-x},
    volume       = {112}
}

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