The EthnoMuse digital library: conceptual representation and annotation of ethnomusicological materials

The paper presents two vital aspects of the EthnoMuse digital library. We first present the development of a flexible data model through FRBRoo and CIDOC CRM conceptualization of processes and relations in folk song and music realizations. The approach is novel in that it conceptualizes and integrates various folkloristic and ethnomusicological materials, and also standardizes the workflow of production and post-production processes related to recording and documenting of folk song and music. We also present how novel music information retrieval techniques were integrated into the library to provide support for annotation of its contents. Two case studies are presented: automatic segmentation and labeling of field recordings, and transcription of bell chiming recordings.

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