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Main Authors: Nachtwey, Adrian, Moss, Fabian C., Plaksin, Anna Viktoria Katrin
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12786
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author Nachtwey, Adrian
Moss, Fabian C.
Plaksin, Anna Viktoria Katrin
author_facet Nachtwey, Adrian
Moss, Fabian C.
Plaksin, Anna Viktoria Katrin
contents In this paper, we present a method for conducting comparative corpus studies in musicology that reduces the time-consuming digitization process. Instead of encoding whole corpora of musical sources, we suggest sampling bars from these sources. We address the challenge of selecting representative samples and evaluate three different sampling methods. We used Beethoven's Bagatelles Op. 33 as a case study to find the method that works best in finding samples representative with respect to differences. We believe that this approach offers significant value to musicological research by enabling large-scale analyses and thereby statistically sound results. Moreover, we believe our work to be a valuable step toward understanding nineteenth-century editorial practices and enriching the field of scholarly editing of historical musical works.
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spellingShingle Beyond Bars: Distribution of Edit Operations in Historical Prints
Nachtwey, Adrian
Moss, Fabian C.
Plaksin, Anna Viktoria Katrin
Sound
In this paper, we present a method for conducting comparative corpus studies in musicology that reduces the time-consuming digitization process. Instead of encoding whole corpora of musical sources, we suggest sampling bars from these sources. We address the challenge of selecting representative samples and evaluate three different sampling methods. We used Beethoven's Bagatelles Op. 33 as a case study to find the method that works best in finding samples representative with respect to differences. We believe that this approach offers significant value to musicological research by enabling large-scale analyses and thereby statistically sound results. Moreover, we believe our work to be a valuable step toward understanding nineteenth-century editorial practices and enriching the field of scholarly editing of historical musical works.
title Beyond Bars: Distribution of Edit Operations in Historical Prints
topic Sound
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12786