---
_id: '65021'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Several early music projects, such as the Stanford Josquin Project, have demonstrated
    the potential for attaining valuable new musicological insights using a corpus-based
    approach. However, the available musical corpora tend to be relatively small and
    exhibit considerable variation in encoding practices. Aspiring corpus researchers
    are confronted with a lack of suitable data, which needs to be addressed before
    they can embark on their proper research. The EarlyMuse Short Term Scientific
    Mission CORSICA has surveyed the current state of corpus creation and digital
    editing in early music. Based on this information, it has developed a vision for
    the future of corpus building in this field, which aims to speed up the production
    of digital encodings while respecting the autonomy of the encoders and acknowledging
    their efforts. This is important because much high-quality encoding is carried
    out outside the field of professional musicology, and engaging citizen scientists
    could help address the current shortage of research data. The CORSICA team‘s vision
    is informed not only by a study of the available data, standards and technologies,
    but also by Human-Computer Interaction, placing human goals and values before
    the creation of technology and work processes. The core of the vision is that
    successful corpus creation must be an inclusive endeavour in terms of both technology
    and human participation. The report concludes with an implementation plan outlining
    the initial steps required to realise the vision.
author:
- first_name: Frans
  full_name: Wiering, Frans
  last_name: Wiering
- first_name: Erik
  full_name: Bergwall, Erik
  last_name: Bergwall
- first_name: Marnix
  full_name: van Berchum, Marnix
  last_name: van Berchum
- first_name: Werner
  full_name: Goebl, Werner
  last_name: Goebl
- first_name: Peter
  full_name: Van Kranenburg, Peter
  last_name: Van Kranenburg
- first_name: David
  full_name: Lewis, David
  last_name: Lewis
- first_name: Anna Viktoria Katrin
  full_name: Plaksin, Anna Viktoria Katrin
  id: '102981'
  last_name: Plaksin
  orcid: 0000-0002-9969-0608
- first_name: Esperanza
  full_name: Rodríguez-García, Esperanza
  last_name: Rodríguez-García
- first_name: David J.
  full_name: Smith, David J.
  last_name: Smith
- first_name: Mirjam
  full_name: Visscher, Mirjam
  last_name: Visscher
- first_name: David M.
  full_name: Weigl, David M.
  last_name: Weigl
citation:
  ama: 'Wiering F, Bergwall E, van Berchum M, et al. <i>Making Corpus Creation in
    Early Music Rewarding and Effective: Finding the Optimum Between Standardisation
    and Autonomy</i>.; 2026. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18413961">10.5281/zenodo.18413961</a>'
  apa: 'Wiering, F., Bergwall, E., van Berchum, M., Goebl, W., Van Kranenburg, P.,
    Lewis, D., Plaksin, A. V. K., Rodríguez-García, E., Smith, D. J., Visscher, M.,
    &#38; Weigl, D. M. (2026). <i>Making Corpus Creation in Early Music Rewarding
    and Effective: Finding the Optimum Between Standardisation and Autonomy</i>. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18413961">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18413961</a>'
  bibtex: '@book{Wiering_Bergwall_van Berchum_Goebl_Van Kranenburg_Lewis_Plaksin_Rodríguez-García_Smith_Visscher_et
    al._2026, title={Making Corpus Creation in Early Music Rewarding and Effective:
    Finding the Optimum Between Standardisation and Autonomy}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18413961">10.5281/zenodo.18413961</a>},
    author={Wiering, Frans and Bergwall, Erik and van Berchum, Marnix and Goebl, Werner
    and Van Kranenburg, Peter and Lewis, David and Plaksin, Anna Viktoria Katrin and
    Rodríguez-García, Esperanza and Smith, David J. and Visscher, Mirjam and et al.},
    year={2026} }'
  chicago: 'Wiering, Frans, Erik Bergwall, Marnix van Berchum, Werner Goebl, Peter
    Van Kranenburg, David Lewis, Anna Viktoria Katrin Plaksin, et al. <i>Making Corpus
    Creation in Early Music Rewarding and Effective: Finding the Optimum Between Standardisation
    and Autonomy</i>, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18413961">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18413961</a>.'
  ieee: 'F. Wiering <i>et al.</i>, <i>Making Corpus Creation in Early Music Rewarding
    and Effective: Finding the Optimum Between Standardisation and Autonomy</i>. 2026.'
  mla: 'Wiering, Frans, et al. <i>Making Corpus Creation in Early Music Rewarding
    and Effective: Finding the Optimum Between Standardisation and Autonomy</i>. 2026,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18413961">10.5281/zenodo.18413961</a>.'
  short: 'F. Wiering, E. Bergwall, M. van Berchum, W. Goebl, P. Van Kranenburg, D.
    Lewis, A.V.K. Plaksin, E. Rodríguez-García, D.J. Smith, M. Visscher, D.M. Weigl,
    Making Corpus Creation in Early Music Rewarding and Effective: Finding the Optimum
    Between Standardisation and Autonomy, 2026.'
date_created: 2026-03-17T10:25:37Z
date_updated: 2026-03-17T10:30:41Z
department:
- _id: '872'
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.18413961
keyword:
- citizen science
- crowdsourcing
- digital editions of music
- early music
- human computer interaction
- music corpora
- music encoding
- musicology
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://zenodo.org/records/18413961
oa: '1'
status: public
title: 'Making Corpus Creation in Early Music Rewarding and Effective: Finding the
  Optimum Between Standardisation and Autonomy'
type: report
user_id: '102981'
year: '2026'
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