A Music Information Retrieval Approach Based on Power Laws
Experiment Corpus
This page contains music (MIDI) used in the classification experiment based on aesthetic preferences of human listeners. This experiment is described in:
The corpus for this experiment comes from the
Classical Music Archives.
It consists of 14,695 classical MIDI encoded pieces, and the download log (1,034,355 downloads) for November 2003.
This corpus is divided into two classes, Most Preferred and Least Preferred, each containing 1,000 pieces.
The two classes are separated by more than 12,000 pieces.
This was done to strengthen the relationship between number of downloads and aesthetic preference.
Samples of Most Preferred Pieces
- BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Bagatelle No.25 in A- 'Für Elise', WoO.59 (B.Hisamori) (9965 downloads)
- VIVALDI, Antonio (1678-1741): No.1. La Primavera (Spring) in E, RV269, Op.8, No.1 (G.H.Pollen) (6382 downloads)
- MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91): Divertimento for strings in D, K.136 (G.H.Pollen) (6190 downloads)
- BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Toccata and Fugue in D-, BWV565 - Toccata in D-, BWV565a (5576 downloads)
- CHOPIN, Frédéric François (1810-49): Etude in C-, Op.10, No.12 ('Revolutionary') (M.A.Deocariza) (4723 downloads)
- TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr Ilich (1840-93): The Nutcracker, Op.7 - Miniature Overture (G.H.Pollen) (3948 downloads)
- CHOPIN, Frédéric François (1810-49): Polonaise in Ab, Op.53 ('Heroic') (R.S.Finley) (3564 downloads)
- DEBUSSY, Achille-Claude (1862-1918): Arabesque No.1 in E (R.S.Finley) (3545 downloads)
- CHOPIN, Frédéric François (1810-49): Nocturne in Ab, Op.32, No.2 (D.Inoue) (3166 downloads)
- BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C, BWV846 (J.Sankey) (2914 downloads)
- CHOPIN, Frédéric François (1810-49): Fantaisie-impromptu in C#-, Op.66 (2913 downloads)
- MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91): Serenade in G for strings, K.525 1.Allegro (M.Ishii) (2827 downloads)
- BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Toccata and Fugue in D-, BWV565 - Fugue in D-, BWV565b (2691 downloads)
- BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony No.5 in C-, Op.67 - Allegro con brio (P.Cvikl) (2504 downloads)
- BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Sonata No.14 in C#-, Op.27, No.2 'Moonlight' (B.Hisamori) (2192 downloads)
- MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91): Divertimento for strings in D, K.136 - Andante (G.H.Pollen) (2132 downloads)
- BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F, BWV1046 - 3.Allegro (D.L.Viens) (2129 downloads)
- BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-97): Waltzes, Op.39 - No.15 in Ab ('Lullaby') (R.S.Finley) (2075 downloads)
- HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): Harpsichord Suite in E, HWV.430 - 4.Air and Variations(K.W.Whitcomb) (2039 downloads)
- PACHELBEL, Johann (1653-1706: Canon in D (R.Nau/J.Tin) (196 downloads)
Samples of Least Preferred Pieces
- HOLBORNE, Antony (c.1550-1602): Alman: The honeysuckle (S.Takahata) (10 downloads)
- MARINI, Biagio (c.1597-1665): La Ponte (C.M.Street) (10 downloads)
- MORLEY, Thomas (1557-1602): Sweet Nymph, Come to They Lover (B.Angus) (10 downloads)
- CATO, Diomedes (c.1560-c.1618): Galliarde I (from lute tab.) (J.-C.Templeur) (9 downloads)
- MILAN, Luys (1500-61): Six Pavanes for Guitar (D.E.Lovell) (9 downloads)
- CERTON, Pierre (1510-72): Chanson parisienne "Frère Thibault" (J.-C.Templeur) (9 downloads)
- HOLBORNE, Antony (c.1550-1602): The Widow's Mite (E.Gray) (9 downloads)
- LASSUS, Orlande de (1532-94): 12 Fantasies for 2 parts - #2 (S.Takahata) (8 downloads)
- BYRD, William (1543-1623): Pavans and Galliards - Pavan: 2 Parts in One (Music Britannica 74) (8 downloads)
- GORZANIS, Giacomo (c.1525-75): Che giova far morir - Napolitana a 3 v. p. (J.-C.Templeur) (8 downloads)
- GUERRERO, Francisco (1528-99): Todo quanto pudo dar (J.-C.Templeur) (8 downloads)
- GASTOLDI, Giovanni Giácomo (1556-1622): Balletti a tre voci, 1594 - Il tedesco (J.-C.Templeur) (7 downloads)
- MAIER, Michael (1568-1631): Atalanta fugiens - atala-48 (R.G.Senosiain) (7 downloads)
- GOUDIMEL, Claude (c.1520-72): 150 pseaumes de David (1568) - Pseaume XXXIII (J.-C.Templeur) (7 downloads)
- GROTTE, Nicolas de la (c.1530-c.1600): Douce maistresse touche (Poème de Ronsard) (J.-C.Templeur) (7 downloads)
- BYRD, William (1543-1623): Dances - Alman (Music Britannica 89) (6 downloads)
- MAIER, Michael (1568-1631): Atalanta fugiens atala-44 (R.G.Senosiain) (6 downloads)
- MAIER, Michael (1568-1631): Atalanta fugiens atala-12 (R.G.Senosiain) (6 downloads)
- MIKOLAJ, of Cracow (16th c.): Ach, hilf mich leid (J.-C.Templeur) (5 downloads)
- MIELCZEWSKI, Marcin (c.1590-1651: Canzona seconda a 2 (J.-C.Templeu) (4 downloads)