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Table 2 Top 10 pairs of composers for edge weights

From: Topology and evolution of the network of western classical music composers

Rank

Weight

Pair

Name

Period

Active year

Name

Period

Active year

1

680

Giacomo Puccini

Romantic

1891

Giuseppe Verdi

Romantic

1857

2

613

Beethoven

Romantic

1798

WA Mozart

Classical

1773

3

417

Giuseppe Verdi

Romantic

1857

Gaetano Donizetti

Romantic

1822

4

389

Beethoven

Romantic

1798

Johannes Brahms

Romantic

1865

5

384

JS Bach

Baroque

1717

WA Mozart

Classical

1773

6

381

Gioachino Rossini

Romantic

1830

Giuseppe Verdi

Romantic

1857

7

368

JS Bach

Baroque

1717

GF Handel

Baroque

1722

8

355

Giuseppe Verdi

Romantic

1857

WA Mozart

Classical

1773

9

352

Maurice Ravel

Modern

1906

Claude Debussy

Modern

1890

10

350

Franz Schubert

Romantic

1812

WA Mozart

Classical

1773

  1. The weight of a pair indicates the number of records where they are co-featured. The pairs with high weights belong to the same period, or have similar active years.