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Bach Bibliographyhttp://www.music.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachbib/Yo Tomita
School of Music / Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen's University Belfast, UK
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What is ach i li raphy?
Online resource for scholars studying the lifeand works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Offering a range of useful features:
Closely-integrated cross references
Highly-structured search options
Inclusion of unpublished papers, thesis, online
review of hot-from-the-press books
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What is ach i li raphy?
Released online in May 1997
Currently accessed c.200 times per day
Receives contributions from c.70 scholarsworld wide.
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Focus ofthis presentation
Background
Search Strategies
Under the BonnetFuture Plans
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Back round
J. S. Bach is one of the most well-researched composers
Flood of new publications every yearResearch becoming increasinglyspecialized and fragmented: Biographical Studies, Historical Studies, Manuscript Studies,
Compositional Process, Rhetorical Approach, Music Analysis,Symbolism, Theological Studies, Mathematical Approach, HistoricalPerformance, Interpretation, etc.
Difficult to follow the latest research
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Data collectio
Main body of data come from the Bach-Jahrbuch
Support receiving from:
Many individuals
The American Bach Society
The Riemenschneider Bach Institute,Ohio
The Bach-Archiv LeipzigLots of my time being invested into thecollection of additional information
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Size
Currently it contains 19,029 records
Table 2
Comparing the scope of bibliographical data for Bach Studies
Bibliographical Refere ce items coverage otes
The on-line Bach Bibliography
Bach-Schrifttums in Bach-Jahrbuch
RILM onlineIIMP CD-ROM (reviewed in 1998)
ArticleFirst
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9876
78571588
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18001995
1967200319201995
19902003
plus c.700 of pre-1800 ref.
see Table 1 for details
keyword search Bachkeyword search Bach
keyword search Bach
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Search StrategiesDEMONSTRATION
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Under the Bonnet ( )
Database format
1985-86 (ViewStore on BBC Micro)
1986-92
(dB
ase IV on IBM compatible PC) 1992- (Idealist on Windows PC)
(1997-: comma delimited text file on the Webserver)
Relational Database
Main Bibliography database
Periodical database (also managing abbreviations and the
progress of research)
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Under the Bonnet (2)
Table 3
Selection criteria of references for the Bach Bibliography
Selected references
Published books of scholarlycontents and reviews
Published articles of scholarlycontents (including reviews andcorrespondence)
Published facsimiles
Unpublished dissertations (Masterand Doctor) from universities
Unpublished papers read atrecognised conference or meeting
Excluded references
Printed editions of music andscores (except those of a highlyscholarly nature)
Recording and its reviews (exceptaccompanying books or booklets
of a highly scholarly nature)Books for children
Fiction
On-line essays posted on theinternet
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Under the Bonnet (3)
Table 4
Additional fields made available in each recordField Notes
Genre
Music
Aspect
Publication type
Language used
Reviews
Created
Modified
Memo
general classification of genre, i.e. vocal, eyboard, instrumental, etc.
specifying Bachs works (in 3-letter abbreviation) discussed
specifying the aspect of discussion in 3-letter abbreviation
book, article, thesis, facsimile, music, unpublished paper, review
specifying with 3-digit telephone codes: 001=English; 049=German;
033=Dutch...
list of its reviews or authors own summary in separate publication
date on which the record was first created
date on which the record was last modified
reserved for future use for feedback, comments, etc.
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Under the Bonnet ( )
Search engines written in perlby Malcolm Vincent
(formerly a QUB staff at computer services)
Relatively simple, portable, and platform independent
This set of scripts is available for other scholars
Used by Dr. Paul Laird of University of Kansas for his
International Inventory of Villancico Texts database
(http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Music/ILM/IIVT/)
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F t re Plans (1)
Data Collection and Editorial Control
Invite collaboration of other scholars
Dynamic link to RIPM?Integrated into a much larger system of
musicological project conceived in e-Science
model
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Example model ofane-Science approach to
Bach So rce St dies
AA
AA
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1. Basic OMR
2. Advanced OMR
3. Graphoanalysis
Digital Image Library
of Sources
4. Staff measuringD
Bachs Scribe
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Bachs sources
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Bachs works
GH I J K
Middleware
USERBach Bibliography
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F t re Plans (2)
Enhance search facilities
Sort search results in alphabetical /
chronological orderSort search results according to the relevance
to queries
Widen/narrow down the search
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F t re Plans (3)
Introduction ofAI-driven search techniques
Table 5Knowledge required for measuring the significance of a scholarly contribution
category of
nowledge
about the author about the boo about the article
knowledge
extractable from
the existing
database
publication
record
participation in
NBA project
publishers prestige by its
history of continuity
page numbers
year of publication
number of reviews
prestige of the journal by
its history of continuity
page numbers
knowledge to
be assigned
(either manually
or by vote on
the internet)
into database
specialisation
education
posts held
specific scholarly
contributions
the number of citation by
others
prestige of the journal by
referee status
specific scholarly
contributions
the number of citation by
others