Publishing and Performing Digital Musicology on the Web: Signature Sound Vienna
By: David M. Weigl, Chanda VanderHart and Werner Goebl
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.315 | Journal eISSN: 2514-3298
Language: English
Page range: 247 - 263
Submitted on: Jun 30, 2025
Accepted on: Mar 30, 2026
Published on: Jul 8, 2026
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