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Re: [ANNOUNCE] my newest Lilypond engraving
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James |
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] my newest Lilypond engraving |
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Sat, 7 Feb 2015 15:20:57 -0600 |
Looks brilliant! It's inspiring me to look into the edition engraver now...
James Worlton
On Feb 7, 2015, at 14:51 , Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> Just a note to announce my newest Lilypond engraving: my Chaconne for
> unaccompanied violin (2001).
> (You can download the score at
> <http://kierenmacmillan.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Chaconne_letter.pdf>.)
>
> There are still some improvements I’m planning to make over the next little
> while — for me, tweaking the engraving of a score can be as endless as
> revising the composition itself ;) — and it’s not going to win any
> international music publication awards (cf. Urs & Janek!).
>
> All that being said, I’m pretty proud of it. Despite the fact that the piece
> was written almost fourteen years ago, and has had multiple performances and
> even a commercial CD recording, this is the first time I’ve made the score
> available to the public: the original score, engraved using the now-defunct
> Igor Engraver, never lived up to my aesthetic standards, and in fact was the
> reason I ended up moving to Lilypond the following year.
>
> Thanks to everyone in the ‘Pond, especially: the development team, old
> (Han-Wen et al.) and new (David K. and David N. et al.); Jan-Peter, for the
> \editionEngraver (which saved hours of frustration making this score look the
> way it does); and all those who have given me great assistance on the list
> over the years.
>
> I included a little shout-out to Lilypond in the score’s Colophon — my way of
> continuing to tell the world that Lilypond makes the most beautiful scores.
>
> All the best,
> Kieren.
> _______________________
>
> Kieren MacMillan, composer
> www: <http://www.kierenmacmillan.info>
> email: address@hidden
>
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