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Alphabetic list of elements (v1.0)
| Genres and genre |
<!ELEMENT genres (genre+)> |
Element genres is a container for one or more specifications of music genre. Element genre allows specification a music genre for classification purpose.
Attributes
- name, the term or locution that textually identifies the genre. A number of dimensions may be needed for classification purpose: historical period (e.g. "20th century"), critical classification (e.g. "Baroque"), type of composition (e.g. "Counterpoint"), geographical area (e.g. "Balkan music"), ensemble (e.g. "quartet"), etc.
- description, that provides an extended text description of the genre.
- weight, which defines through a numerical value the weight of this particular classification respect to other classifications listed within element genres. For instance, a piece can be considered 0.7 classical and 0.3 romantic, such as Beethoven late compositions. Please note that a reference scale is not provided, in the sense that the sum of values for different genre elements do not have to reach a predefined value.
| Laboratorio di Informatica Musicale | |||||
| Dipartimento di Informatica Università degli Studi di Milano Via G. Celoria, 18 - 20133 Milano, ITALY 
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Goffredo Haus, PAR1599 chair Phone: +39 02 50316 222 E-mail: goffredo.haus@unimi.it |
Luca A. Ludovico, PAR1599 vice-chair Phone: +39 02 50316 382 E-mail: luca.ludovico@unimi.it |
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