---
_id: '12807'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Writing chorales in the style of Bach has been a music theory exercise for
    generations of music students. As such it is not surprising that automatic Bach
    chorale harmonization has been a topic in music technology for decades. We suggest
    several improvements to current neural network solutions based on musicological
    insights into human choral composition practices. Evaluations with expert listeners
    show that the generated chorales closely resemble Bach's harmonization style.
author:
- first_name: Alexander
  full_name: Leemhuis, Alexander
  last_name: Leemhuis
- first_name: Simon
  full_name: Waloschek, Simon
  last_name: Waloschek
- first_name: Aristotelis
  full_name: Hadjakos, Aristotelis
  id: '58704'
  last_name: Hadjakos
citation:
  ama: Leemhuis A, Waloschek S, Hadjakos A. <i>Bacher than Bach? On Musicologically
    Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization</i>. Vol 1168. (Cellier P, Driessens
    K, eds.). Springer International Publishing; 2020:462-469. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39">10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39</a>
  apa: 'Leemhuis, A., Waloschek, S., &#38; Hadjakos, A. (2020). Bacher than Bach?
    On Musicologically Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization. In P. Cellier
    &#38; K. Driessens (Eds.), <i>Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases :
    International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2019</i> (Vol. 1168, pp. 462–469). Springer
    International Publishing. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39</a>'
  bjps: '<b>Leemhuis A, Waloschek S and Hadjakos A</b> (2020) <i>Bacher than Bach?
    On Musicologically Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization</i>, Cellier P
    and Driessens K (eds). Cham: Springer International Publishing.'
  chicago: 'Leemhuis, Alexander, Simon Waloschek, and Aristotelis Hadjakos. <i>Bacher
    than Bach? On Musicologically Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization</i>.
    Edited by Peggy Cellier and Kurt Driessens. <i>Machine Learning and Knowledge
    Discovery in Databases : International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2019</i>. Vol. 1168.
    Communications in Computer and Information Science . Cham: Springer International
    Publishing, 2020. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Leemhuis, Alexander, Simon Waloschek und Aristotelis Hadjakos. 2020.
    <i>Bacher than Bach? On Musicologically Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization</i>.
    Hg. von Peggy Cellier und Kurt Driessens. <i>Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery
    in Databases : International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2019</i>. Bd. 1168. Communications
    in Computer and Information Science . Cham: Springer International Publishing.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39">10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Leemhuis, Alexander</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Waloschek, Simon</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Hadjakos,
    Aristotelis</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Cellier, P.</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Driessens, K.</span> (Hrsg.): <i>Bacher
    than Bach? On Musicologically Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization</i>,
    <i>Communications in Computer and Information Science </i>. Bd. 1168. Cham : Springer
    International Publishing, 2020'
  havard: A. Leemhuis, S. Waloschek, A. Hadjakos, Bacher than Bach? On Musicologically
    Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization, Springer International Publishing,
    Cham, 2020.
  ieee: 'A. Leemhuis, S. Waloschek, and A. Hadjakos, <i>Bacher than Bach? On Musicologically
    Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization</i>, vol. 1168. Cham: Springer International
    Publishing, 2020, pp. 462–469. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39">10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39</a>.'
  mla: 'Leemhuis, Alexander, et al. “Bacher than Bach? On Musicologically Informed
    AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization.” <i>Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery
    in Databases : International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2019</i>, edited by Peggy
    Cellier and Kurt Driessens, vol. 1168, Springer International Publishing, 2020,
    pp. 462–69, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39</a>.'
  short: A. Leemhuis, S. Waloschek, A. Hadjakos, Bacher than Bach? On Musicologically
    Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization, Springer International Publishing,
    Cham, 2020.
  ufg: '<b>Leemhuis, Alexander/Waloschek, Simon/Hadjakos, Aristotelis</b>: Bacher
    than Bach? On Musicologically Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization, Bd.
    1168, hg. von Cellier, Peggy/Driessens, Kurt, Cham 2020 (Communications in Computer
    and Information Science ).'
  van: 'Leemhuis A, Waloschek S, Hadjakos A. Bacher than Bach? On Musicologically
    Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization. Cellier P, Driessens K, editors.
    Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases : International Workshops
    of ECML PKDD 2019. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2020. (Communications
    in Computer and Information Science ; vol. 1168).'
conference:
  end_date: 2019-09-20
  location: Würzburg
  name: European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge
    Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD)
  start_date: 2019-09-16
date_created: 2025-04-16T07:52:39Z
date_updated: 2025-06-26T13:36:14Z
department:
- _id: DEP2000
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-43887-6_39
editor:
- first_name: Peggy
  full_name: Cellier, Peggy
  last_name: Cellier
- first_name: Kurt
  full_name: Driessens, Kurt
  last_name: Driessens
intvolume: '      1168'
keyword:
- Bach chorale harmonization
- Deep learning
- Beam search
language:
- iso: eng
page: 462–469
place: Cham
publication: 'Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases : International
  Workshops of ECML PKDD 2019'
publication_identifier:
  eisbn:
  - 978-3-030-43887-6
  eissn:
  - 1865-0937
  isbn:
  - 978-3-030-43886-9
  issn:
  - 1865-0929
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer International Publishing
series_title: 'Communications in Computer and Information Science '
status: public
title: Bacher than Bach? On Musicologically Informed AI-Based Bach Chorale Harmonization
type: conference_editor_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 1168
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '12857'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: On the occasion of the 250th anniversary celebrations of Ludwig van Beethoven
    in 2020, we developed the musical room installation "Inside Beethoven! The Audience
    Goes on Stage". It is a stage with virtual musicians. Visitors are invited to
    enter, take the position of the musicians and listen to each of them at close
    range. The installation emulates the listening perspective of the musicians, thus,
    providing an uncommon experience to visitors who are mostly used to listen to
    music from recordings or from a concert audience's perspective. The musicians
    play Beethoven's septet op. 20 and its trio arrangement op. 38, two exclusive
    14 channel music productions. Both versions are aligned and can be switched seamlessly.
    Digital music stands visualize the score. In this paper we trace the genesis and
    construction of the installation and point at some conceptual and technical challenges
    tackled.
alternative_title:
- a musical installation for a new listening perspective
author:
- first_name: Axel
  full_name: Berndt, Axel
  last_name: Berndt
- first_name: Simon
  full_name: Waloschek, Simon
  last_name: Waloschek
- first_name: Aristotelis
  full_name: Hadjakos, Aristotelis
  id: '58704'
  last_name: Hadjakos
- first_name: Joachim
  full_name: Veit, Joachim
  last_name: Veit
citation:
  ama: Berndt A, Waloschek S, Hadjakos A, Veit J. <i>Inside Beethoven!</i> (Groß-Vogt
    K, ed.). ACM; 2020:245-248. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411115">10.1145/3411109.3411115</a>
  apa: Berndt, A., Waloschek, S., Hadjakos, A., &#38; Veit, J. (2020). Inside Beethoven!
    In K. Groß-Vogt (Ed.), <i>Proceedings of the 15th International Audio Mostly Conference</i>
    (pp. 245–248). ACM. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411115">https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411115</a>
  bjps: '<b>Berndt A <i>et al.</i></b> (2020) <i>Inside Beethoven!</i>, Groß-Vogt
    K (ed.). New York, NY: ACM.'
  chicago: 'Berndt, Axel, Simon Waloschek, Aristotelis Hadjakos, and Joachim Veit.
    <i>Inside Beethoven!</i> Edited by Katharina  Groß-Vogt. <i>Proceedings of the
    15th International Audio Mostly Conference</i>. New York, NY: ACM, 2020. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411115">https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411115</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Berndt, Axel, Simon Waloschek, Aristotelis Hadjakos und Joachim Veit.
    2020. <i>Inside Beethoven!</i> Hg. von Katharina  Groß-Vogt. <i>Proceedings of
    the 15th International Audio Mostly Conference</i>. New York, NY: ACM. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411115">10.1145/3411109.3411115</a>, .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Berndt, Axel</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Waloschek, Simon</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Hadjakos,
    Aristotelis</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Veit, Joachim</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Groß-Vogt, K.</span> (Hrsg.): <i>Inside
    Beethoven!</i> New York, NY : ACM, 2020'
  havard: A. Berndt, S. Waloschek, A. Hadjakos, J. Veit, Inside Beethoven!, ACM, New
    York, NY, 2020.
  ieee: 'A. Berndt, S. Waloschek, A. Hadjakos, and J. Veit, <i>Inside Beethoven!</i>
    New York, NY: ACM, 2020, pp. 245–248. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411115">10.1145/3411109.3411115</a>.'
  mla: Berndt, Axel, et al. “Inside Beethoven!” <i>Proceedings of the 15th International
    Audio Mostly Conference</i>, edited by Katharina  Groß-Vogt, ACM, 2020, pp. 245–48,
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411115">https://doi.org/10.1145/3411109.3411115</a>.
  short: A. Berndt, S. Waloschek, A. Hadjakos, J. Veit, Inside Beethoven!, ACM, New
    York, NY, 2020.
  ufg: '<b>Berndt, Axel u. a.</b>: Inside Beethoven!, hg. von Groß-Vogt, Katharina,
    New York, NY 2020.'
  van: 'Berndt A, Waloschek S, Hadjakos A, Veit J. Inside Beethoven! Groß-Vogt K,
    editor. Proceedings of the 15th International Audio Mostly Conference. New York,
    NY: ACM; 2020.'
conference:
  end_date: 2020-09-17
  location: Graz, AUSTRIA
  name: 15th International Audio Mostly Conference (AM)
  start_date: 2020-09-15
date_created: 2025-04-24T07:46:39Z
date_updated: 2025-06-26T09:01:06Z
department:
- _id: DEP2000
doi: 10.1145/3411109.3411115
editor:
- first_name: 'Katharina '
  full_name: 'Groß-Vogt, Katharina '
  last_name: Groß-Vogt
keyword:
- Beethoven
- Music
- Artistic Installation
language:
- iso: eng
page: 245-248
place: New York, NY
publication: Proceedings of the 15th International Audio Mostly Conference
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - 978-1-4503-7563-4
publication_status: published
publisher: ACM
status: public
title: Inside Beethoven!
type: conference_editor_article
user_id: '83781'
year: '2020'
...