A Machine-Learning Assisted Approach to Reconstructing Polyphony from Lute Tablature using a Corpus of William Byrd's Consort Songs
(2020)
Journal Article
Sequera, H., & de Valk, R. (online). A Machine-Learning Assisted Approach to Reconstructing Polyphony from Lute Tablature using a Corpus of William Byrd's Consort Songs
Dr Hector Sequera Mora's Outputs (28)
A Historical, Practical and Computer-Based Approach to Reconstructing Vocal and Instrumental Polyphony from Lute Tablature (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (2019, December). A Historical, Practical and Computer-Based Approach to Reconstructing Vocal and Instrumental Polyphony from Lute Tablature. Paper presented at Seminar Series, Royal Holloway University of London
Reconstructing William Byrd’s consort songs from the Paston lutebooks: a historically informed and computational approach to comparative analysis and musical idiom (2019)
Journal Article
Sequera, H. (2019). Reconstructing William Byrd’s consort songs from the Paston lutebooks: a historically informed and computational approach to comparative analysis and musical idiom. Early Music, 47(4), 455-477. https://doi.org/10.1093/em/caz069This article outlines how computational analysis can be applied to the process of making and evaluating idiomatic reconstructions of polyphonic music from lute intabulations. It focuses on some of William Byrd’s consort songs that survive only as int... Read More about Reconstructing William Byrd’s consort songs from the Paston lutebooks: a historically informed and computational approach to comparative analysis and musical idiom.
Machine-Learning Assisted Polyphonic Reconstruction (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H., & Valk, R. D. (in press). Machine-Learning Assisted Polyphonic Reconstruction.
Dragons! Tales and Music from the North East (REED-NE). A Performance with North East Folk Artists The Brothers Gillespie (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Sequera, H., & al, E. (in press). Dragons! Tales and Music from the North East (REED-NE). A Performance with North East Folk Artists The Brothers Gillespie. [[Media unknown]]. Performed at Priors Hall, Durham Cathedral. 14 June 2019. (Unpublished)
Souls of the North (REED-NE). A Revival of North East Customs that Celebrate, Challenge, or Commemorate Death (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Sequera, H., & et al. (in press). Souls of the North (REED-NE). A Revival of North East Customs that Celebrate, Challenge, or Commemorate Death. [[Media unknown]]. Performed at Durham University Music Department. 12 September 2018. (Unpublished)
Reconstructing the Music of William Byrd: A Practical and Computer-Based Appraisal (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (in press). Reconstructing the Music of William Byrd: A Practical and Computer-Based Appraisal.
Lost Voices of the North East. A Lecture Recital Including Actors, Music, and Recitations (REED-NE). (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Sequera, H., & et al. (in press). Lost Voices of the North East. A Lecture Recital Including Actors, Music, and Recitations (REED-NE). [[Media unknown]]. Performed at Music Department, Durham University. 25 November 2017. (Unpublished)
Medieval and Early Modern Food and Music as Part of the Being Human Festival (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Sequera, H., Gaspers, G., & et al. (in press). Medieval and Early Modern Food and Music as Part of the Being Human Festival. [[Media unknown]]. Performed at Blackfriars Restaurant - Newcastle. 19 November 2017. (Unpublished)
“Canto Bello”: Performance Practice of 15th and 16th Century Italian Secular Music (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (2016, December). “Canto Bello”: Performance Practice of 15th and 16th Century Italian Secular Music. Paper presented at Seminar Lecture Series, Sheffield University - Music Department
Alternatives to the ‘English a cappella heresy’: Performance Practice of Sacred Spanish Polyphony in English Domestic Circles based on Elizabethan and Early Jacobean Sources (2015)
Book Chapter
Sequera, H. (2015). Alternatives to the ‘English a cappella heresy’: Performance Practice of Sacred Spanish Polyphony in English Domestic Circles based on Elizabethan and Early Jacobean Sources. In T. Knighton, & E. Ros-Fábregas (Eds.), New perspectives on early music in Spain (447-462). Edition Reichenberger
Lecture Recital: ‘From Pietrobono to Bossinensis: Reassessing Frottola Performance Practice Through F-Pn Rés. Vmd. MS 27' (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (2014). Lecture Recital: ‘From Pietrobono to Bossinensis: Reassessing Frottola Performance Practice Through F-Pn Rés. Vmd. MS 27'.
Conference organisation (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (2013, December). Conference organisation. Paper presented at John Dowland 450th Anniversary Conference, Cambridge
Chaired session. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (2013, December). Chaired session. Paper presented at Sources of Identity: Makers, Owners and Users of Music Sources Before 1600, Sheffield
Las Vihuelas o Laúdes en la Colección de Música del Gentilhombre Ingles “Eduardo Paston”: Contexto y Consideraciones Practicas (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (2012). Las Vihuelas o Laúdes en la Colección de Música del Gentilhombre Ingles “Eduardo Paston”: Contexto y Consideraciones Practicas.
Practice and Dissemination of Music in Catholic Networks as Suggested By the Music Collection of Edward Paston (1550-1630) and Other Sources (2012)
Book Chapter
Sequera, H. (2012). Practice and Dissemination of Music in Catholic Networks as Suggested By the Music Collection of Edward Paston (1550-1630) and Other Sources. In D. J. Smith, & R. Taylor (Eds.), Networks of Music and Culture in the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries: A Collection of Essays in Celebration of Peter Philips’s 450th Anniversary (215-229). Ashgate Press
Victoria in England through the Lute: Reception and Performance practice of Tomas Luis de Victoria's Music in the Context of the Music Collection of Edward Paston (1550-1630) (2012)
Journal Article
Sequera, H. (2012). Victoria in England through the Lute: Reception and Performance practice of Tomas Luis de Victoria's Music in the Context of the Music Collection of Edward Paston (1550-1630). Revista de musicología, XXXV(1), 385-400
In the Privacy of Thy Chamber: Aspects of Musical Literacy in the English Renaissance (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (2012). In the Privacy of Thy Chamber: Aspects of Musical Literacy in the English Renaissance.
Music in English Domestic Circles (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Sequera, H. (2012). Music in English Domestic Circles. [CD, score, text portfolio]. Performed at Nottingham, England. 9 July 2012 - 9 July 2012. (Unpublished)
Practice and Dissemination of Music in the Recusant Network as Suggested by the Music Collection of Edward Paston (1550-1630) (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (2011). Practice and Dissemination of Music in the Recusant Network as Suggested by the Music Collection of Edward Paston (1550-1630).
Organised study day (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (2011, December). Organised study day. Paper presented at Domestic Music in Recusant Circles in Elizabethan and Jacobean Times, Cambridge
Alternatives to the ‘English a cappella heresy’: Performance Practice of Sacred Spanish Polyphony in Recusant Households Based on Elizabethan and Early Jacobean Sources (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. (2011). Alternatives to the ‘English a cappella heresy’: Performance Practice of Sacred Spanish Polyphony in Recusant Households Based on Elizabethan and Early Jacobean Sources.Many of the wealthy Catholics in England during Elizabethan times and afterward remained very influential and in some cases held high posts at court by pledging alliance to the throne. Some of them, however, agreed to retire to the countryside where... Read More about Alternatives to the ‘English a cappella heresy’: Performance Practice of Sacred Spanish Polyphony in Recusant Households Based on Elizabethan and Early Jacobean Sources.
Reconstructing the music of William Byrd: Practical and Computer-Based Evaluation
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sequera, H. Reconstructing the music of William Byrd: Practical and Computer-Based Evaluation.
Concert including repertoire from a panel on music in Catholic circles during Elizabethan and Jacobean times. Directing Ensemble Cantastorie
Exhibition / Performance
Sequera, H. (2012). Concert including repertoire from a panel on music in Catholic circles during Elizabethan and Jacobean times. Directing Ensemble Cantastorie. [[Media unknown]]. Performed at Nottingham. (Unpublished)
With the European Lute Orchestra at the Palazzo Archiginnasio
Exhibition / Performance
Sequera, H. (2014). With the European Lute Orchestra at the Palazzo Archiginnasio. [[Media unknown]]. Performed at Bologna. (Unpublished)
Organised and performed concert at the John Dowland 450th Anniversary Conference with The Rose Consort of Viols, Emma Kirkby, Paul O’Dette, Nigel North, Elizabeth Kenny, and Cambridge University Singers
Exhibition / Performance
Sequera, H. (2013). Organised and performed concert at the John Dowland 450th Anniversary Conference with The Rose Consort of Viols, Emma Kirkby, Paul O’Dette, Nigel North, Elizabeth Kenny, and Cambridge University Singers. [[Media unknown]]. Performed at Cambridge. (Unpublished)
'La Fleur des Chanson’. Concert with Jacob Heringman and members of the Dufay Collective, Fretwork, Phantasm, and the Brabant Ensemble as part of the Electronic Corpus of Lute Music (ECOLM) Project and the British Library
Exhibition / Performance
Sequera, H. (2012). 'La Fleur des Chanson’. Concert with Jacob Heringman and members of the Dufay Collective, Fretwork, Phantasm, and the Brabant Ensemble as part of the Electronic Corpus of Lute Music (ECOLM) Project and the British Library. [[Media unknown]]. Performed at London. (Unpublished)
Music director for AHRC project for the reconstruction of a Masque organised for Alessandro de Medici.
Exhibition / Performance
Sequera, H. (2014). Music director for AHRC project for the reconstruction of a Masque organised for Alessandro de Medici. [[Media unknown]]. Performed at Castle House, Sheffield. (Unpublished)