A computational analysis on the relationship between melodic originality and thematic fame in classical music from the Romantic period

10/21/2022

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by   Hudson Griffith, et al.

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In this work, the researcher presents a novel approach to calculating melodic originality based on the research by Simonton (1994). This novel formula is then applied to a dataset of 428 classical music pieces from the Romantic period to analyze the relationship between melodic originality and thematic fame.