Semi‑Automatic Pipeline for the Transcription of Mensural Polyphony into Symbolic Interpreted Scores
By: Martha E. Thomae
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.292 | Journal eISSN: 2514-3298
Language: English
Page range: 293 - 308
Submitted on: Jun 25, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 2, 2026
Published on: Jul 15, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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