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Re: What is LilyPond's ideal of "classical music engraving" ?
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steve |
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Re: What is LilyPond's ideal of "classical music engraving" ? |
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Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:51:41 -0500 |
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> Hi Steve,
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:30 AM, <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>>
>> Howdy!
>>
>> I am starting to investigate how Ties and Slurs should look
>> according to the
>> statement on lilypond.org that lilypond
>>
>> "creates beautiful sheet music following the best traditions of
>> classical music engraving."
>>
>> I was looking at a couple of engravings, Ralph Kirkpatrick's
>> Shirmer Goldberg and
>> the OpenGoldberg....
>>
>> the more engraving's I look at, computer generated or not, the
>> more I realize
>> how good LilyPond is... So where is an example of good historical
>> engraving that
>> is diverse enough in its content so as to be representative of that
>> model
>> that
>> LilyPond seeks to emulate?
>>
>
> You might want to consult this essay for insights:
>
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/essay-big-page.html
Yes also this
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/essay/engraved-examples-_0028bwv-861_0029
Hmm, Is the Bärenreiter Neue Bach Ausgabe engraving the "gold
standard" in
engraving that LilyPond seeks? At least for Bach?
-steve
>
> HTH,
> David
>