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Musicologists map medieval chant tropes to 9th-century political borders

The spread of a particular genre of music reflects the borders between medieval empires in Europe. This is shown by a study conducted by a musicologist at the University of Würzburg, appearing in Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval.

Musicologists map medieval chant tropes to 9th-century political borders
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The spread of a particular genre of music reflects the borders between medieval empires in Europe. This is shown by a study conducted by a musicologist at the University of Würzburg, appearing in Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval.

Originally published at Phys.org

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