Linked Music Hackathon

Linked Music Hackathon. Programming with Purcell, Hacking with Handel, Linking with Liszt.

The Linked Music Hackathon brings together those with a shared passion for music and the data that describes it: students, coders, researchers from all disciplines, and members of the public; all with an interest in exploring, combining, playing, hacking, and creating with the vast wealth of musical information now available in digital form.

We will provide access to a number of linked (and potentially linkable!) musical datasets drawn from sources including the British Library and the BBC, with a particular focus on early European music of the 16th and 17th centuries; as well as a collection of tools and expertise to aid in the interlinking, analysis, creative use, and (re-)publication of this data.

Come and bring your ideas, enthusiasm, your own datasets and software, arts and craft materials, friends and colleagues!

Technical expertise is not a requirement although certainly much valued! Friendly techy collaborators will be available on the day. The goal is, loosely stated, to create something amazing, from scratch, within a very short time.

This event will take place at Goldsmiths, University of London, from 10:00am to 5:00pm on Friday 9th October 2015.

Datasets currently taking part:

British Library - Early Music Online
Electronic Corpus of Lute Music
BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show programme data
Concert programme data from the InConcert project
More to come!

This event is generously backed by the EPSRC-funded Semantic Media project.