Steps to Modernism. Carl Nielsen’s String Quartets

String Quartets In Binary

Let M(n,A) denote the maximum possible cardinality of a family of binary strings of length n, such that for every four distinct members of the family there is a coordinate in which exactly two of them have a 1. We prove that M(n,A) ≤ 20.78n for all sufficiently large n. Let M(n,C) denote the maximum possible cardinality of a family of binary strings of length n, such that for every four distinc...

British string quartets of the twentieth century

Feature-Based Analysis of Haydn String Quartets

When listening to multi-movement works, amateur listeners have almost certainly asked the following situation: Am I still listening to the same movement? If not, which movement is being played now? Is this still the same work? These questions motivate the key questions in this study. First, is it possible to distinguish between different movements of the same multimovement work? Further, can on...

Sketching Sonata Form Structure in Selected Classical String Quartets

Many classical works from 18th and 19th centuries are sonata forms, exhibiting a piece-level tonal path through an exposition, a development and a recapitulation and involving two thematic zones as well as other elements. The computational music analysis of scores with such a largescale structure is a challenge for the MIR community and should gather different analysis techniques. We propose fi...

Computational Analysis of Solo Versus Ensemble Performance in String Quartets: Intonation and Dynamics

Musical ensembles, such as a string quartet, are a clear case of music performance where a joint interpretation of the score as well as joint action during the performance is required by the musicians. Of the several explicit and implicit ways through which the musicians cooperate, we focus on the acoustic result of the performance – in this case in terms of dynamics and intonation and attempt ...