Notation Codes and Score Analysis
Musicological Trends 1. From Comparative to Ethnographic Vergleichende Musikwissenschaft Guido Adler, “UMZ” (1885) Berlin School: Carl Stumpf (1848–1936) and his student Erich Moritz von Hornbostel (1877–1935) Ethnomusicology Jaap Kunst, Musicologica: a Study of the Nature of Ethno-musicology (Amsterdam, 1950) Society for Ethnomusicology, Philadelphia 1955
Adler: UMZ (1885)
Musicological Trends 2. From Style Analysis to Criticism Adler, Der Stil in der Musik (Leipzig, 1911) Kerman, Contemplating Music (Cambridge, MA, 1985)
Technological Development PC with GUI: Apple Lisa 1983
Musicological Trends & Technological Development Musicology turns away from “positivistic,” “empirical” research, when the means become available. Rethinking and Renewal: Data-poor and data-rich topics
ESAC Essen Associative Code developed for monophonic music, especially European folksong code inspired by Chinese JIANPU developed by Helmut Schaffrath ( ) in the 1980s 1994 project transferred from Essen to Warsaw
Key Meter Bar Octave
Application Stylistic, repertorial analysis Database searching grouping Limitation repertoire and tasks orientated
Other Codes MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) for sound DARMS (Digital Alternative Representation of Music Scores) for graphic Humdrum - Kern modular approach
Kern instrument category instrument meter key signature key { } phrase, note value (here ), pitch (f=f’) bar number
Kern Haydn “Kaiser” Quartet Op. 76,3,II
Application Regulative Explorative means seeking ends? form follows function?
Literature Selfridge-Field, Eleanor. Beyond Midi: The Handbook of Musical Codes. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, state.edu/Music220/Bloch.lectures/Bloch.lect ures.htmlhttp://dactyl.som.ohio- state.edu/Music220/Bloch.lectures/Bloch.lect ures.html