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    The Anatomy of a Bibliographic Search System for Music
    (2004-10) Scherle, Ryan; Byrd, Donald
    Traditional library catalog systems have been extremely effective in providing access to collections of books, films, and other material. However, they have many limitations when it comes to finding musical information, which has significantly different, and in many ways more complex, structure. The Variations2 search system is an alternative system, designed specifically to aid users in searching for music. It leverages a rich set of bibliographic data records, expressing relationships between creators of music and their creations. These records enable musicians to search for music using familiar terms and relationships, rather than trying to decipher the methods libraries typically use to organize musical items. This paper describes the design and implementation of the system that makes these searches possible.
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    Music Representation in a Digital Music Library
    (IEEE, 2003-05) Byrd, Donald; Isaacson, Eric
    The Variations2 digital music library currently supports music in audio and score-image formats. In a future version, we plan to add music in a symbolic form. This paper describes our work defining a music representation suitable for the needs of our users.