Measuring Musics Public defense of my PhD dissertation.
Doctoral dissertation
On Friday 23 February 2024, I defended my doctoral dissertation Measuring musics: Notes on modes, motifs, and melodies. The dissertation consists of several studies that try to measure properties of musical traditions. In the same way linguists have compared languages to work out how they are related, what properties are common, and which are rare, musicologists have compared musical traditions or musics. To do so, you somehow need to measure the properties you are interested in. My dissertation develops computational methods to measure musics. It discusses, amongst others, modes in plainchant, inventories of rhythmic and melodic motifs, and shapes of melodies.
Curious? Read the feature Bruno van Wayenburg wrote for NRC or have a look at the dissertation.
Ceremony
The ceremony will take place in the Aula of the University of Amsterdam (Oude Lutherse Kerk, Singel 411, Amsterdam) and is open for public. You can also follow the ceremony remotely via this live stream.
Friday, 23 February 2024
10.55 Livestream starts
11.00 Introductory layman’s talk (‘lekenpraatje’)
11.15 Start of the defense
12.00 Hora est. Committe retreats for deliberation
12.15 Committee returns…
12.30 Reception
13.30 End of the reception
Questions
If you have practical questions about the ceremony or the drinks, please direct them to the paranymphs, Marie Beth van Egmond and Thomas Batelaan-Bruggeman, via measuringmusics@proton.me.