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MGPHot: A Dataset of Musicological Annotations for Popular Music (1958–2022) Cover

MGPHot: A Dataset of Musicological Annotations for Popular Music (1958–2022)

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|May 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.236 | Journal eISSN: 2514-3298
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 6, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 22, 2025
Published on: May 28, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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