Reflections on the History of Computer-Assisted Music Analysis I

Predecessors and the Beginnings

Bibliographic Data

ID14780816
AuthorsNico Schüler (0000-0002-9093-2455, Texas State University, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume41
Issue1
Pages31-43
Publication date2005-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMusicological Annual (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0580-373X • E-ISSN: 2350-4242
PublisherUniversity of Ljubljana (PUBLISHER • SI)
DOI10.4312/mz.41.1.31-43
OpenAlexW2197465096
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

This article is the first of a series that focuses on the history of computer-assisted music analysis. This first article discusses the philosophical basis of computer-assisted music analysis, i.e. the application of information theory to aesthetics, as well as representative applications of statistical and information-theoretical measurements to music analysis and other computational approaches to music analysis that did not include the use of electronic computers. In most cases, those approaches were direct models for computer-assisted applications. Finally, this article provides a short historical account of the development of early computers and summarizes the earliest computer-applications to music analysis, carried out during the 1950s

Art · Cognitive science · Computer music · Human–computer interaction · Music theory · Musical · Statistical analysis · Visual arts · Computer Science · Mathematics · Music and Audio Processing · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology

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