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classical composers and visualizes both the macrocosm of the Common Practice Period and …

This paper proposes a statistical analysis that captures similarities and differences between
classical music composers with the eventual aim to understand why particular composers …

This paper applies clustering techniques and multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) analysis to a
500× 500 composers' similarity/distance matrix. The objective is to visualize or translate the …

Creative workers strive to achieve success and influence by producing original output. In this
paper we define and measure originality and influence, based on a new model of style. We …

The author's longstanding interest in the life and thought of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-
1913) is profiled in three ways, through:(1) a brief factual review of its history (2) a discussion …

Music evolution is an important cultural phenomenon. It is connected to other types of
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This paper illustrates different information visualization techniques (data visualization)
applied to a classical composers' database. In particular we present composers network …