Tuesday, August 12, 2008

CANTILLION




Pronounced like marillion, sness brings you cantillion, a Cantillation research tool to help researchers from around the world collaborate together in investigating partially notated works of diverse oral traditions.

The paper that describes this research is:


Daniel Peter Biro, Steven Ness, Matthew Wright, W. Andrew Schloss and George Tzanetakis Decoding the Song: Histogram-Based Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Analysis of Melodic Formulae in Hungarian Laments, Jewish Torah Trope, Tenth Century Plainchant and Koran Recitation EMUS Expressivity in MUsic and Speech : IRCAM - Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique - Paris, France