Heaps’ law and vocabulary richness in the history of classical music harmony
Abstract Music is a fundamental human construct, and harmony provides the building blocks of musical language. Using the Kunstderfuge corpus of classical music, we analyze the historical evolution of the richness of harmonic vocabulary of 76 classical composers, covering almost 6 centuries. Such cor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-08-01
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| Series: | EPJ Data Science |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-021-00293-8 |