Bach Chorales Figured Bass (BCFB) dataset

The Bach Chorales Figured Bass (BCFB) dataset includes the complete 139 Johann Sebastian Bach chorales with figured bass encodings in MusicXML, **kern, and MEI formats, based on the Neue Bach Ausgabe (NBA) critical edition. This work was presented at the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) Conference 2020. The files can be found within the folder FB_source. 

Within the folders FB_source/musicXML_master (.musicxml, ignore the files of the following subfolders: editorial_ones, editorial_FB_only, BCMCL), FB_source/translated_kern (.krn), and FB_source/translated_mei (.mei), you can find 143 (more than 139) symbolic files with figured bass annotations. This is because BWV 10.07, BWV 161.06, BWV 38.06, and BWV 177.05 have two different versions based on NBA. 

You can use MuseScore to open (.musicxml) files, Verovio Humdrum Viewer to open (.krn) file, and Verovio to open (.mei) file to view both the music and the figured bass annotations. 

If you use this version of the files, it will be greatly appreciated if you cite the following paper: 

@inproceedings{ju_automatic_2020,
	title = {Automatic {Figured} {Bass} {Annotation} {Using} the {New} {Bach} {Chorales} {Figured} {Bass} {Dataset}},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 21th {International} {Society} for {Music} {Information} {Retrieval} {Conference}},
	author = {Ju, Yaolong and Margot, Sylvain and McKay, Cory and Dahn, Luke and Fujinaga, Ichiro},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {640--646},
}

The metadata of these chorales can be found in Reference Table.csv under the root directory.

If you have any questions, please email to yaolong.ju@mail.mcgill.ca.