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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Inclusion of unpublished papers, thesis, online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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1800 1850 1900 1950 2000

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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

18300

9876

78571588

629

18002003

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

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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