Description
The ability to digitally edit the score brought such potential, that gradually impose digital scores as the best means for writing music. The aim of the course is to examine the challenges and opportunities that are derived from the use of digital score in the hands of the modern musicologist. From the field of historical musicology, examined issues include dating the score, identifying the composer, investigating the authenticity of the work, copyright issues, etc. From the field of computational musicology, examined topics include the contribution of symbolic representation of music (such as MusicXML semantic language) in the field of interoperability, and the rapid spread of digital score thanks to Open Source Software. Regarding the utilization of new technologies in education, digital score is considered as a means of cultivating creativity. After completing the course students will be able, among other, to write music on the computer using score editing applications.