{"product_id":"the-music-in-the-data-9781032259222","title":"The Music in the Data","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePutting forward an extensive new argument for a humanities-based approach to big-data analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Music in the Data\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach 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 analysi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 - Introduction and Methodology: Corpus Analyses and Music Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eWhat Is Style? An Essay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 - What Is Harmony? A Narrative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 - What Is Function? An Epistolary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 - What Is Meter? A Dialogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 - What Is Musical Key? A Diatribe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018930979159,"sku":"9781032259222","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032259222.jpg?v=1750778710","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-music-in-the-data-9781032259222","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}