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Professor Alan Marsden
Emeritus ProfessorPersonal website:
I am interested in scientific and mathematical approaches to music, not because I think music can be reduced to formulae—I believe it cannot—but because we learn a lot in the attempt. Furthermore, with computer tools, a systematic approach allows us to do interesting musical things. From 2004 to 2021, I was editor of the leading journal in the area of scientific, systematic and technological research in music, the .
My principal research objective is to develop computational systems which allow us to reach a deeper understanding of how music presents an aural environment which captivates a listener's attention. To this end, I have developed software which implements some aspects of Schenkerian theory (a quasi-grammatical theory of music which reveals underlying hierarchical structures). I am also interested in computational methods which allow us to extract information or test theories on large datasets of music, whether in the form or audio recordings or representations of scores.
I am interested in extending some of these computational techniques to the study of visual art, in particular through the application of information theory.
<糖心Vlog>PhD Supervision InterestsComputational musicology, music information retrieval, intelligent music software systems, formal music theory, digital arts research
Selected Publications
Marsden, A.A. 1/06/2020 In: Leonardo. 53, 3, p. 274-280. 7 p.
Journal article
Marsden, A.A., Tojo, S., Hirata, K. 28/09/2018
Conference contribution/Paper
Rizo, D., Marsden, A.A. 1/03/2019 In: International Journal on Digital Libraries. 20, 1, p. 93-105. 13 p.
Journal article
Marsden, A. 2016 In: Computational music analysis. Springer p. 3-28. 26 p. ISBN: 9783319259291. Electronic ISBN: 9783319259314.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Abdallah, S., Gold, N., Marsden, A. 1/01/2016 In: Computational music analysis. Springer p. 157-189. 33 p. ISBN: 9783319259291. Electronic ISBN: 9783319259314.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Padilla Martin-Caro, V.M., McLean, A., Marsden, A.A., Ng, K. 30/10/2015
Conference contribution/Paper
Marsden, A. 2012 In: Journal of New Music Research. 41, 4, p. 323-335. 13 p.
Journal article
Marsden, A. 2012 In: Journal of Mathematics and Music. 6, 2, p. 145-153, 103-106, 125-128, 161-167.
Journal article
Marsden, A. 09/2010 In: Journal of New Music Research. 39, 3, p. 269-289. 21 p.
Journal article
Marsden, A. 2009 In: Modern Methods for Musicology. Farnham : Ashgate p. 137-147. 11 p. ISBN: 9780754673026.
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All Publications
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11/03/2017 → 22/04/2017
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01/06/2015 → 31/03/2016
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01/09/2014 → 31/10/2015
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01/01/2014 → 31/03/2015
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01/10/2013 → 31/12/2017
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01/01/2008 → 30/04/2008
Research
- Cultures
- DSAIL - Society
- Insight
- Practices