Ever more data: corpora and one-off cases

[MarkGotham]

This permanent issue lists some data that extensions of this meta corpus could consider taking on, both in the form of whole corpora and individual, one-off cases. This should serve to keep a record of ideas, perhaps to inspire; it is not a road-map or promissory note.

Pre-Nineteenth Century (by genre):

• 4-part psalm settings by Thomas Tallis and others somewhat similar to the
  Goudimel collection which is included.

Nineteenth Century (by genre):

• Many symphonies, especially but not exclusively in finale movements.
  E.g.,:
  • Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 (“Choral-Finale”)
  • Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.5, movement 2.
• Many songs (lieder) with direct allusions to the ‘chorale texture’
  such as the:
  • Anfangs wollt’ ich fast verzagen of Robert Schumann
    (Liederkreis, Op.24/8).

Nineteenth Century (by composer):

• Felix Mendelssohn: Many works by, e.g.:
  • Cello Sonata No.2 in D major, (Op.58, Adagio);
  • Symphony No.5 (Op.107, “Reformations-Symphonie”).
• Robert Schumann (notable in this context as founder of the Dresden Verein für
  Chorgesang which expanded the role of the chorale beyond the church in 19th-century Germany). E.g.:
  • Kinderszenen, Op. 15/8. Der Dichter spricht.
• Franck, César:
  • 3 Chorals for Organ
  • Prélude, choral et fugue

Twentieth Century (by composer):

• R. Vaughan Williams:
  • Chorale works (e.g., the anthem Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge (Psalm 90) using the words and tune of “Our God, Our Help in Ages Past” by Isaac Watts, 1708)
  • Instrumental works: such as the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis,
    after a 4-part psalm setting by Thomas Tallis (as above).
• Igor Stravinsky:
  • Symphonies of Wind Instruments the final chorale of
    which piece began with the chorale at the end, itself an homage to
    Debussy.
  • Chorale Variations 'Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her' (after Bach)
• Alban Berg: Violin Concerto, quoting Bach’s Es ist genug
• Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik, movement 4 of which is a choral quoting
  Für deinen Thron tret ich hiermit.
• Kurt Weill: Seven Deadly Sins of the Petits Bourgeois, Prologue,
  narrative chorale passages
• Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, mvt 2, chorale for brass after
  the wind pairs.
• Hans Werner Henze: Symphony No.2 (1949), movement 4 (with clear
  allusion to Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern)

Towards systematic searched

• Here are some example searches, simple by title:
  • ... with Google search across IMSLP
  • ... with the internal search of Boosey & Hawkes' catalogue
• To this should be added search on scores by feature extraction (see our paper for more)