MUSICAL CHRONOLOGY BY SERIATION

Authors
HALPERIN D
Citation
D. Halperin, MUSICAL CHRONOLOGY BY SERIATION, Computers and the humanities, 28(1), 1994, pp. 13-18
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Art & Humanities General","Computer Sciences, Special Topics","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal title
Computers and the humanities → ACNP
ISSN journal
00104817
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
13 - 18
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-4817(1994)28:1<13:MCBS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The statistical process of seriation arranges a set of objects along a one-dimensional line so that the distance between each pair of object s reflects the dissimilarity between them. The process has recently be en cast into an algorithm which makes it feasible to seriate a few ten s of objects efficiently on a personal computer. This algorithm is now used for establishing a chronology of the Troubadours according to ce rtain melodic features in their works. Other musicological uses for se riation are proposed.