Publications by authors named "Eva Zangerle"
Article Synopsis
- The study examines the evolution of English lyrics in Western popular music over five decades, focusing on aspects like complexity, structure, emotion, and popularity.
- Lyrics in pop music have become simpler and easier to understand, showing decreases in both lexical and structural complexity.
- Emotional content in lyrics has shifted towards more negativity and personal themes, while fan preferences vary by genre, with rock fans favoring older lyrics and country fans leaning towards newer ones.
Selecting appropriate musical stimuli to induce specific emotions represents a recurring challenge in music and emotion research. Most existing stimuli have been categorized according to taxonomies derived from general emotion models (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMusic recommender systems have become an integral part of music streaming services such as Spotify and Last.fm to assist users navigating the extensive music collections offered by them. However, while music listeners interested in mainstream music are traditionally served well by music recommender systems, users interested in music beyond the mainstream (i.
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