From Vivaldi to Wagner to Schubert

A machine that knows a musical era within three notes





Editor’s note: This article is by Computational Biologist
Guillermo Cecchi of IBM Research.



Music may "soothe a savage breast." But a machine can now identify
the music’s era and composer.







Periods
of Western Music*

1700-1770 Baroque Era
1770-1830 Classical Era
1830-1900 Romantic Era
1900 - Post-Romantic Era


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