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Advanced Scientific Methodology Plays Rossini

May 12, 2026

arXiv
Abstract

A musical score provides the essential instructions for its performance while containing indications - at times implicit - regarding the composer's intentions. The presence of authorial variants, and even more so complex series of revisions associated with a single text, presents a challenging path for analytical study. This research, situated within the application of Scientific Methodologies to Music Philology, proposes a methodological approach oriented toward the structural analysis of one of the many settings composed by Gioachino Rossini on the same Metastasio arietta ``Mi lagnerò tacendo''. Through Computational Analysis - incorporating parsing, data mining, and graph theory - the melodic, harmonic, and textual compositional choices have been rigorously explored. The results constitute a significant unicum in the field, laying the foundation for a systematic study that supports philological research and paves the way for the use of generative models to investigate the creative process.

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Authors
Silvia Licciardi, Daniela Macchione, Emmanuel Caronna, Elisa Francomano
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arXiv:2605.20220