The evolution of popular music: USA 1960–2010

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Channel: The Royal Society · 2015 · Science & Technology

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Dr Mathias Mauch discusses his recent paper in Royal Society Open Science on the evolutionary trends in American pop music over the past 50 years. He explains how computers can break down music into its constituent parts, and follow how these trends changed over time, from the Beatles and "The British Invasion" to Hip-Hop in the early 90's.

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