Significance of Similarity
• Ts’ong 2005
performance matches best to Shebanova
2002 in 3 phrases when comparing 36 performances
of mazurka 30/2.
• Is this a
coincidence or not?
• Could ask the
pianist (but might be problem in suggesting
an answer beforehand). Also they might not remember or be totally conscious of the borrowing (such as accents in language). Or there could be a third performer between them.
• Ideally a model
would be used to calculate a probability
of significance.
Mazurka in B minor 30/2