A polyphony of characteristics: An analysis of the categorisation of music’s subgenres
Journal of Information Science
Published online on October 24, 2023
Abstract
Journal of Information Science, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 631-647, April 2026.
We examine how music subgenres are differentiated from each other within seven parent genres – classical, folk, reggae, country, blues, electronic and jazz – according to two different sources, AllMusic and theLibrary of Congress Genre/Form Terms. Medium ...
We examine how music subgenres are differentiated from each other within seven parent genres – classical, folk, reggae, country, blues, electronic and jazz – according to two different sources, AllMusic and theLibrary of Congress Genre/Form Terms. Medium ...