Performance Animations

aka as “The Performance Worm”

Relevant papers

• Jörg Langner & Werner Goebl (2003).
  Visualizing expressive performance in tempo-loudness space.
  Computer Music Journal, 27(4), 69–83, doi: 10.1162/014892603322730514.
  
  
• Dixon, S. E., Goebl, W., & Widmer, G. (2002).
  The Performance Worm: Real time visulisation based on Langner’s representation.
  In Proceedings of the 2002 International Computer Music Conference. Göteborg, Sweden, pp. 361–364.
  
  
• Dixon, S. E., Goebl, W., & Widmer, G. (2002).
  Real time tracking and visualisation of musical expression.
  In C. Anagnostopoulou, M. Ferrand, & A. Smaill (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Music and Artificial Intelligence (ICMAI’2002), Edinburgh. Berlin etc.: Springer, pp. 58–68.

Play and explore the worm animations as HTML5 Videos:

Chopin Worms

Schubert Worms

...and the revelation of Glenn Gould's secret message

Or download the (original and uncompressed) animations in QuickTime format, dating back to 2001:

• Frédéric Chopin: E-Major Etude, op. 10, No. 3
  
  
• Pianist 09 (QuickTimezipped, 28.05 MB)
  
• Pianist 18 (QuickTime zipped, 33.3 MB)
  
• Maurizio Pollini (QuickTime zipped, 30.37 MB)
  
  
• Franz Schubert: G-flat-Major Impromptu, D. 899, No. 3
  
  
• Todd Model, Hybrid version (QuickTime zipped, 25.71 MB)
• Alfred Brendel (QuickTime zipped, 38.05 MB)

 
 
[Download QuickTime]