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The Network of Western Classical Music Composers

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Complex Networks V

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence ((SCI,volume 549))

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Network science focuses on the connections between the elements of a complex system in order to uncover the nature and the underlying patterns of interaction relationships inside the system. In this paper we apply network theory to understand associations between the composers of western classical music constructed from a comprehensive data of CD recordings. We study the properties of the network of composer-composer ties including the degree distribution, the component structure, clustering, and several types of centralities of the composers. We also investigate the nature of prominent modules found in the network, and show how the tastes of consumers of western classical music manifest themselves in the network.We believe that our work shows how network science can be a useful tool for studying arts and humanities.

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  1. Graduate School of Culture Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Doheum Park, Arram Bae & Juyong Park

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Pierluigi Contucci

  2. Florida Institute of Technology Dept. Computer Sciences, Melbourne, FL, Florida, USA

    Ronaldo Menezes

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Andrea Omicini

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    Julia Poncela-Casasnovas

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Park, D., Bae, A., Park, J. (2014). The Network of Western Classical Music Composers. In: Contucci, P., Menezes, R., Omicini, A., Poncela-Casasnovas, J. (eds) Complex Networks V. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 549. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05401-8_1

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