Citations: The Renaissance Imitation Mass (CRIM)

LE STUDIUM Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020, 4, 22-26

Richard Freedman1,2,6, Philippe Vendrix2, David Fiala2, Micah Walter3, Emilio Sanfilippo2, Raffaele Viglianti4, Daniel Russo-Batterham5

 

1Haverford College (USA)

2Université de Tours (France)

3Smith College (USA)

4University of Maryland (USA)

5Melbourne University (Australia)

6 LE STUDIUM Institute for Advanced Studies, 45000 Orléans, France

Abstract

Building upon recent developments in digital music scholarship, Citations: The Renaissance Imitation Mass investigates similarity and borrowing in music on a massive but detailed scale, using digital tools that only a few years ago were beyond our grasp. Our work focuses on the craft of musical counterpoint, and how musicians of the sixteenth century transformed pre-existing pieces to make intricate cyclic compositions from familiar sounds. The CRIM team, an accomplished group of scholars and data scientists active in Europe, North America, and Australia, will assemble a diverse collaborative network of music scholars and students at colleges, music schools and university graduate programs, extending the reach of digital scholarship to new users, and building new communities.

Keywords

Renaissance Music
Counterpoint
Data Analysis
Data Analysis
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