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 -February-2024-PhD-Defense-Bas-Cornelissen
DTSTAMP:20240219T140751
SUMMARY:PhD Defense, Bas Cornelissen
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20240223T110000
LOCATION:Aula, Oude Lutherse Kerk, Singel 411, Ams
 terdam
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Promotor:Jelle Zuidema
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Copromotor:Ashley Burgoyne and Henkj
 an Honing
DESCRIPTION:On 23 February 2024 at 11.00, Bas Corn
 elissen will publicly defend his doctoral disserta
 tion in the Aula. His dissertation develops comput
 ational methods to measure properties of musical t
 raditions, with the aim of comparing them. It cons
 ists of a series of studies covering, amongst othe
 rs, modality in Western plainchant, melodic contou
 r, and rhythmic motifs in music and animal vocaliz
 ations. The dissertation proposes a method to clas
 sify the mode of chants by segmenting melodies in 
 'natural units' corresponding to textual units. Th
 is even works relatively well when only the contou
 r of the melody is used. We then find that the pri
 ncipal components of melodies approximate cosine f
 unctions, which leads to the new 'cosine contour' 
 representation. However, those melodic contours do
  not seem to cluster in discrete types, which argu
 es for adopting a continuous view of contour typol
 ogy. The dissertation ends with an algorithmic rec
 onstruction of a piece by the composer Arvo Pärt, 
 highlighting the formal character of his compositi
 ons.  The ceremony will take place in the Aula of 
 the University of Amsterdam (Oude Lutherse Kerk, S
 ingel 411, Amsterdam) and is open for public. You 
 can also follow the ceremony remotely via this liv
 e stream.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n  <p>On 23 February
  2024 at 11.00, Bas Cornelissen will publicly defe
 nd his doctoral dissertation in the Aula. His diss
 ertation develops computational methods to measure
  properties of musical traditions, with the aim of
  comparing them. It consists of a series of studie
 s covering, amongst others, modality in Western pl
 ainchant, melodic contour, and rhythmic motifs in 
 music and animal vocalizations. The dissertation p
 roposes a method to classify the mode of chants by
  segmenting melodies in 'natural units' correspond
 ing to textual units. This even works relatively w
 ell when only the contour of the melody is used. W
 e then find that the principal components of melod
 ies approximate cosine functions, which leads to t
 he new 'cosine contour' representation. However, t
 hose melodic contours do not seem to cluster in di
 screte types, which argues for adopting a continuo
 us view of contour typology. The dissertation ends
  with an algorithmic reconstruction of a piece by 
 the composer Arvo Pärt, highlighting the formal ch
 aracter of his compositions.</p>\n  <p>The ceremon
 y will take place in the Aula of the University of
  Amsterdam (Oude Lutherse Kerk, <a href="https://m
 aps.app.goo.gl/Z82NzF2wxLQ9ocEz8" target="_blank" 
 rel="noopener">Singel 411, Amsterdam</a>) and is o
 pen for public. You can also follow the ceremony r
 emotely via <a href="https://hva-uva.cloud.panopto
 .eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=c3bae72d-4efe-415
 c-a4d3-b10900b291c9" target="_blank" rel="noopener
 ">this live stream</a>.</p>\n
URL:https://bascornelissen.nl/phd
CONTACT:Bas Cornelissen at mail at bascornelissen.
 nl
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