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Historical patterns based on automatically extracted data: the case of classical composers
Historische Muster basiert auf automatisch extrahierten Daten: der Fall klassischer Komponisten
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Abstract "The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the potential for generating interesting aggregate data on certain aspect of the lives of thousands of composers, and indeed other creative groups, from large on-line dictionaries and to be able to do so relatively quickly. A purpose-built java applicatio... view more
"The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the potential for generating interesting aggregate data on certain aspect of the lives of thousands of composers, and indeed other creative groups, from large on-line dictionaries and to be able to do so relatively quickly. A purpose-built java application that automatically extracts and processes information was developed to generate data on the birth location, occupations and importance (using word count methods) of over 12,000 composers over six centuries. Quantitative measures of the relative importance of different types of music and of the different music instruments over the centuries were also generated. Finally quantitative indicators of the importance of different cities over the different centuries in the lives of these composers are constructed. A range of interesting findings emerge in relation to all of these aspects of the lives of composers, which might provide insight and productive lines of enquiry for further work as to why certain composers were so successful in different historical periods." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
music; sociology of music; musician; data documentation; Federal Republic of Germany; United States of America; composer; historical analysis; comparative research; nineteenth century; twentieth century; biography; death; migration; world; international comparison; Europe; productivity; North America
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical; basic research; historical; development of methods
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 298-314
Journal
Historical Social Research, 37 (2012) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.37.2012.2.298-314
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed