On the relationship between tempo and quantitative metric, melodic, and harmonic information in Chopin's Prélude Op. 28 No. 4: A statistical analysis of 30 performances

Journal of Mathematics and Music

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-248

  Berana, Jan ^a   Goswitz, Robert ^b   Mazzola, Guerino ^b   Mazzola, Patrizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chopin; Harmonic weights; Hierarchic regression; Kernel smoothing; Melodic weights; Metric weights; Performance research; Rubato; Schumann; Tempo curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920108254     PISSN: 17459737     EISSN: 17459745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17459737.2014.930192     Document Type: Review

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