Art Music Curation in Australia: Logs of classical music presented on ABC Classic FM (1996-2018), Concert Events (2009-2018), and Spotify Playlist (2018)

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    rt Music Curation in Australia: Logs of classical music presented on ABC Classic FM (1996-2018), Concert Events (2009-2018), and Spotify Playlist (2018)
    Description
    This dataset contains comprehensive logs, comprising 982,182 records of music presented on three platforms:

    ABC Classic FM radio broadcasts (1996-2018)
    Concert events catalogued by the Australian Music Centre (2009-2018)
    Classical genre Spotify playlists entries (Jan - May 2018)
    The raw data has been harvested, transformed and classified at the level of the individual composer whose music was featured in each discrete broadcast or presentation. This includes details on the following composer attributes:

    Name
    Year of birth
    Gender
    Place of activity (including state, country and continent)
    Spotify artist identifier
    Spotify popularity score (as of August 2017)
    iTunes artist identifier
    Each discrete content item includes details on:

    The context in which the item was featured (e.g. the radio program, concert program, or Spotify playlist)
    The sequential order in which it was presented
    The date and time of presentation
    The duration of the item
    The concert data also includes the following information on each of the performers:

    Name
    Gender
    Year of birth
    Size of the performing ensemble
    Repertoire focus of the performing ensemble
    Further information is available via the ReadMe document available via the GitHub repository (and attached to this record).
    Date made available14 Apr 2020
    PublisherWestern Sydney University
    Date of data production1 Jan 1996 - 31 May 2018

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