Computational Methodologies Supporting the Preservation, Access and Re-use of Sound and Musical Cultural Heritage

Dear Colleagues,

A great part of the records of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List involves sounds and music. The introduction of recording technologies drastically changed the oral and ephemeral transmission of sounds and music, increasing the possibility of safeguarding this heritage. In recent years, technological evolution, and, in particular, artificial intelligence, have provided new ways to study, preserve, access, promote and re-use this vital aspect of cultural heritage.

This Special Issue aims to delineate the state of the art of new technologies applied to sound and music in the context of the intangible cultural heritage.

Original and interdisciplinary research articles and reviews of technological or computational advancements in this field are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) one or more of the following:

• Artificial Intelligence for preserving, accessing, and re-using Sound and Musical Cultural Heritage (Music and Speech);
• Computational Musicology;
• Human–Computer Interaction for accessing and valorising Sound and Musical Cultural Heritage;
• Internet of Musical Things and Web Technologies for Sound and Musical Cultural Heritage;
• Music Information Retrieval;
• Preservation of Analog Recordings and Musical Instruments;
• New technology for enhancing the sustainability of Sound and Musical Cultural Heritage;
• Virtual, augmented, or mixed reality and Sound and Musical Cultural

We look forward to receiving your contributions. 

Dr. Niccolò Pretto
Prof. Dr. Sergio Canazza
Guest Editors

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• sound documents preservation
• artificial intelligence
• intangible cultural heritage
• music and speech collections
• human–computer interaction
• sound and music computing
• internet of musical things
• music information retrieval