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A nalysing E motions in S chubert ' s E rlkönig : a C omputational A pproach

A nalysing E motions in S chubert ' s E rlkönig : a C omputational A pproach ABSTRACT The present article provides an outline of the computational prediction of emotions expressed by music. A recent model based on the extraction of acoustic features derived from film music is used to demonstrate each phase of the model's construction, and the musical relevance and predictive accuracy of such models are discussed. This model, as well as a stylistically more appropriate model based on piano performances, is applied to a segmented analysis of Schubert's Lied Der Erlkönig. The predictions are compared to analytical insights provided by Spitzer in this issue. The two approaches, music analytical interpretation and computational analysis of expressed emotions, yield often coinciding emotional nuances, particularly when the stylistically appropriate computational model based on piano performances is used. The potential synergies, especially those related to a more comprehensive analysis of timbral characters via computer tools as well as the more refined interpretations that only a music analyst is able to draw, are discussed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Music Analysis Wiley

A nalysing E motions in S chubert ' s E rlkönig : a C omputational A pproach

Music Analysis , Volume 29 (1‐3) – Mar 1, 2010

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Wiley
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© 2011 The Author. Music Analysis © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
ISSN
0262-5245
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1468-2249
DOI
10.1111/j.1468-2249.2011.00324.x
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Abstract

ABSTRACT The present article provides an outline of the computational prediction of emotions expressed by music. A recent model based on the extraction of acoustic features derived from film music is used to demonstrate each phase of the model's construction, and the musical relevance and predictive accuracy of such models are discussed. This model, as well as a stylistically more appropriate model based on piano performances, is applied to a segmented analysis of Schubert's Lied Der Erlkönig. The predictions are compared to analytical insights provided by Spitzer in this issue. The two approaches, music analytical interpretation and computational analysis of expressed emotions, yield often coinciding emotional nuances, particularly when the stylistically appropriate computational model based on piano performances is used. The potential synergies, especially those related to a more comprehensive analysis of timbral characters via computer tools as well as the more refined interpretations that only a music analyst is able to draw, are discussed.

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Music AnalysisWiley

Published: Mar 1, 2010

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