---
_id: '55841'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: For musicologists, the collation of multiple sources of the same work is a
frequent task. By comparing different witnesses, they seek to identify variation,
describe dependencies, and ultimately understand the genesis and transmission
of (musical) works. Obviously, the need for such comparison is independent from
the medium in which a musical work is manifested. In computing, comparing files
for difference is a common task, and the well-known Unix utility diff is almost
46 years old. However, diff, like many other such tools, operates on plain text.
While many music encoding formats based on plain text exist, formats used in the
field of Digital Humanities are typically based on XML. There are dedicated algorithms
for comparing XML as well, but they only focus on the syntax of XML, but not the
semantic structures modelled into such standards as MEI. MEI seeks to describe
musical structures, and the XML syntax is just a means to express those structures.
A diff tool for music should focus on comparing musical structures, but not the
specifics of their serialization into a file format. In {Beethovens Werkstatt},
a 16-year project focussed on exploring the concepts and requirements of digital
genetic editions of music, based on and arguing with examples from Ludwig van
Beethoven, a case-bound diff tool for music was developed. The following paper
discusses how that specific tool can be generalized, and which use cases such
a tool may support.
author:
- first_name: Kristin
full_name: Herold, Kristin
last_name: Herold
- first_name: Johannes
full_name: Kepper, Johannes
id: '1684'
last_name: Kepper
orcid: 0000-0003-4891-260X
- first_name: Ran
full_name: Mo, Ran
last_name: Mo
- first_name: Agnes Regina
full_name: Seipelt, Agnes Regina
id: '24239'
last_name: Seipelt
citation:
ama: 'Herold K, Kepper J, Mo R, Seipelt AR. MusicDiff – A Diff Tool for MEI. In:
De Luca E, Flanders J, eds. Music Encoding Conference Proceedings 2020.
Humanities Commons; 2020:59–66. doi:10.17613/ydbv-e158'
apa: Herold, K., Kepper, J., Mo, R., & Seipelt, A. R. (2020). MusicDiff – A
Diff Tool for MEI. In E. De Luca & J. Flanders (Eds.), Music Encoding Conference
Proceedings 2020 (pp. 59–66). Humanities Commons. https://doi.org/10.17613/ydbv-e158
bibtex: '@inproceedings{Herold_Kepper_Mo_Seipelt_2020, title={MusicDiff – A Diff
Tool for MEI}, DOI={10.17613/ydbv-e158},
booktitle={Music Encoding Conference Proceedings 2020}, publisher={Humanities
Commons}, author={Herold, Kristin and Kepper, Johannes and Mo, Ran and Seipelt,
Agnes Regina}, editor={De Luca, Elsa and Flanders, Julia}, year={2020}, pages={59–66}
}'
chicago: Herold, Kristin, Johannes Kepper, Ran Mo, and Agnes Regina Seipelt. “MusicDiff
– A Diff Tool for MEI.” In Music Encoding Conference Proceedings 2020,
edited by Elsa De Luca and Julia Flanders, 59–66. Humanities Commons, 2020. https://doi.org/10.17613/ydbv-e158.
ieee: 'K. Herold, J. Kepper, R. Mo, and A. R. Seipelt, “MusicDiff – A Diff Tool
for MEI,” in Music Encoding Conference Proceedings 2020, 2020, pp. 59–66,
doi: 10.17613/ydbv-e158.'
mla: Herold, Kristin, et al. “MusicDiff – A Diff Tool for MEI.” Music Encoding
Conference Proceedings 2020, edited by Elsa De Luca and Julia Flanders, Humanities
Commons, 2020, pp. 59–66, doi:10.17613/ydbv-e158.
short: 'K. Herold, J. Kepper, R. Mo, A.R. Seipelt, in: E. De Luca, J. Flanders (Eds.),
Music Encoding Conference Proceedings 2020, Humanities Commons, 2020, pp. 59–66.'
date_created: 2024-08-28T11:45:23Z
date_updated: 2024-08-28T14:04:19Z
department:
- _id: '874'
- _id: '538'
doi: 10.17613/ydbv-e158
editor:
- first_name: Elsa
full_name: De Luca, Elsa
last_name: De Luca
- first_name: Julia
full_name: Flanders, Julia
last_name: Flanders
keyword:
- mec-proceedings
- mec-proceedings-2020
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:31963/
oa: '1'
page: 59–66
project:
- _id: '743'
name: Beethovens Werkstatt - Genetische Textkritik und Digitale Musikedition
publication: Music Encoding Conference Proceedings 2020
publication_status: published
publisher: Humanities Commons
status: public
title: MusicDiff – A Diff Tool for MEI
type: conference
user_id: '1684'
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '14821'
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Agnes Regina
full_name: Seipelt, Agnes Regina
id: '24239'
last_name: Seipelt
citation:
ama: Seipelt AR. Aufführungs- und zensurbedingte Veränderungen im Wiener Manuskript
der Freischütz-Erstaufführung 1821 in Wien. Weberiana. 2019;29:107–161.
apa: Seipelt, A. R. (2019). Aufführungs- und zensurbedingte Veränderungen im Wiener
Manuskript der Freischütz-Erstaufführung 1821 in Wien. Weberiana, 29,
107–161.
bibtex: '@article{Seipelt_2019, title={Aufführungs- und zensurbedingte Veränderungen
im Wiener Manuskript der Freischütz-Erstaufführung 1821 in Wien}, volume={29},
journal={Weberiana}, publisher={Allitera}, author={Seipelt, Agnes Regina}, year={2019},
pages={107–161} }'
chicago: 'Seipelt, Agnes Regina. “Aufführungs- und zensurbedingte Veränderungen
im Wiener Manuskript der Freischütz-Erstaufführung 1821 in Wien.” Weberiana
29 (2019): 107–161.'
ieee: A. R. Seipelt, “Aufführungs- und zensurbedingte Veränderungen im Wiener Manuskript
der Freischütz-Erstaufführung 1821 in Wien,” Weberiana, vol. 29, pp. 107–161,
2019.
mla: Seipelt, Agnes Regina. “Aufführungs- und zensurbedingte Veränderungen im Wiener
Manuskript der Freischütz-Erstaufführung 1821 in Wien.” Weberiana, vol.
29, Allitera, 2019, pp. 107–161.
short: A.R. Seipelt, Weberiana 29 (2019) 107–161.
date_created: 2019-11-06T08:34:40Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:52:06Z
intvolume: ' 29'
keyword:
- Weber
- Wien
- Zensur
language:
- iso: ger
page: 107–161
publication: Weberiana
publication_identifier:
isbn:
- 978-3-96233-182-5
publication_status: published
publisher: Allitera
status: public
title: Aufführungs- und zensurbedingte Veränderungen im Wiener Manuskript der Freischütz-Erstaufführung
1821 in Wien
type: journal_article
user_id: '24239'
volume: 29
year: '2019'
...
---
_id: '14828'
author:
- first_name: Agnes Regina
full_name: Seipelt, Agnes Regina
id: '24239'
last_name: Seipelt
- first_name: Robert
full_name: Klugseder, Robert
last_name: Klugseder
citation:
ama: 'Seipelt AR, Klugseder R. Digitale Musikanalyse auf Grundlage von MEI-codierten
Daten. In: Aringer Klaus, Utz C, Wozonig T, eds. Musik im Zusammenhang: Festschrift
Peter Revers zum 65. Geburtstag. Wien: Hollitzer; 2019:69–87.'
apa: 'Seipelt, A. R., & Klugseder, R. (2019). Digitale Musikanalyse auf Grundlage
von MEI-codierten Daten. In Klaus Aringer, C. Utz, & T. Wozonig (Eds.), Musik
im Zusammenhang: Festschrift Peter Revers zum 65. Geburtstag (pp. 69–87).
Wien: Hollitzer.'
bibtex: '@inbook{Seipelt_Klugseder_2019, place={Wien}, title={Digitale Musikanalyse
auf Grundlage von MEI-codierten Daten}, booktitle={Musik im Zusammenhang: Festschrift
Peter Revers zum 65. Geburtstag}, publisher={Hollitzer}, author={Seipelt, Agnes
Regina and Klugseder, Robert}, editor={Aringer, Klaus and Utz, Christian and
Wozonig, ThomasEditors}, year={2019}, pages={69–87} }'
chicago: 'Seipelt, Agnes Regina, and Robert Klugseder. “Digitale Musikanalyse auf
Grundlage von MEI-codierten Daten.” In Musik im Zusammenhang: Festschrift Peter
Revers zum 65. Geburtstag, edited by Klaus Aringer, Christian Utz, and Thomas
Wozonig, 69–87. Wien: Hollitzer, 2019.'
ieee: 'A. R. Seipelt and R. Klugseder, “Digitale Musikanalyse auf Grundlage von
MEI-codierten Daten,” in Musik im Zusammenhang: Festschrift Peter Revers zum
65. Geburtstag, Klaus Aringer, C. Utz, and T. Wozonig, Eds. Wien: Hollitzer,
2019, pp. 69–87.'
mla: 'Seipelt, Agnes Regina, and Robert Klugseder. “Digitale Musikanalyse auf Grundlage
von MEI-codierten Daten.” Musik im Zusammenhang: Festschrift Peter Revers zum
65. Geburtstag, edited by Klaus Aringer et al., Hollitzer, 2019, pp. 69–87.'
short: 'A.R. Seipelt, R. Klugseder, in: Klaus Aringer, C. Utz, T. Wozonig (Eds.),
Musik im Zusammenhang: Festschrift Peter Revers zum 65. Geburtstag, Hollitzer,
Wien, 2019, pp. 69–87.'
date_created: 2019-11-06T10:36:20Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:52:07Z
editor:
- first_name: ' Klaus'
full_name: Aringer, Klaus
last_name: Aringer
- first_name: Christian
full_name: Utz, Christian
last_name: Utz
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Wozonig, Thomas
last_name: Wozonig
language:
- iso: ger
page: 69–87
place: Wien
publication: 'Musik im Zusammenhang: Festschrift Peter Revers zum 65. Geburtstag'
publication_identifier:
isbn:
- 978-3-99012-553-3
- 978-3-99012-554-0
publication_status: published
publisher: Hollitzer
status: public
title: Digitale Musikanalyse auf Grundlage von MEI-codierten Daten
type: book_chapter
user_id: '24239'
year: '2019'
...