Harmony and form in Brazilian Choro
A corpus-driven approach to musical style analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5304643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fabian C Mo (0000-0001-9377-2066, Digital and Cognitive Musicology Lab, Digital Humanities Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, corresponding author), Wanderson Fernandes Souza (0000-0002-2798-8106, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Martin Rohrmeier (0000-0002-4323-7257, Digital and Cognitive Musicology Lab, Digital Humanities Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 416-437 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of New Music Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-8215 • E-ISSN: 1744-5027 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09298215.2020.1797109 |
| OpenAlex | W3047532891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 35 |
This corpus study constitutes the first quantitative style analysis of Choro, a primarily instrumental music genre that emerged in Brazil at the end of the 19th century. We evaluate its description in a recent comprehensive textbook by transcribing the chord symbols and formal structure of the 295 representative pieces in the Choro Songbook. Our approach uncovers central stylistic traits of this musical idiom on empirical grounds. It thus advances data-driven musical style analysis by studying both harmony and form in a musical genre that lies outside the traditional canon
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Musical · Musical analysis · Musical form · Visual arts · Computer Science · Music and Audio Processing · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Philosophy
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