Julie E. Cumming

Introduction to SIMSSA (Single Interface for Music Score Searching and Analysis)

Musical scores are the central resource for musicological research. Our project, Single Interface for Music Score Searching and Analysis (SIMSSA), targets digitized music scores to design a global infrastructure for searching and analyzing music scores. Specifically, we seek to provide researchers, musicians, and others to access the contents and metadata of a large number of scores in a searchable, digital format. During the project, we will be developing prototypes for processing and accessing the scores by consulting closely music researchers and librarians.