Using CPDL files for academic research
Posted: 20 May 2016 08:42
Dear all,
May I start by thanking most sincerely all involved with this site. I am a chorister and cantor, and I have long used the scores available on CPDL with much gratitude.
I have a brief request for information. I am planning a research paper on composer identification of early English choral composers, using machine learning. Using the music files available from CPDL and converting them to musicXML would solve the problem of obtaining data for this research. My understanding from reading the copyright information for CPDL is that this would cause no problem so long as I include appropriate citation.
I send this topic in the hope that if there is a problem with this plan, that someone would be prepared to correct my understanding. i.e. is it OK to use CPDL music files for academic research? I was also hoping that someone might let me know if there are any existing protocols for using files in this way.
Kind regards,
Robert Emmett
May I start by thanking most sincerely all involved with this site. I am a chorister and cantor, and I have long used the scores available on CPDL with much gratitude.
I have a brief request for information. I am planning a research paper on composer identification of early English choral composers, using machine learning. Using the music files available from CPDL and converting them to musicXML would solve the problem of obtaining data for this research. My understanding from reading the copyright information for CPDL is that this would cause no problem so long as I include appropriate citation.
I send this topic in the hope that if there is a problem with this plan, that someone would be prepared to correct my understanding. i.e. is it OK to use CPDL music files for academic research? I was also hoping that someone might let me know if there are any existing protocols for using files in this way.
Kind regards,
Robert Emmett