Limits of algorithmic typesetting (was: Re: mutopia's shortcomings)

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 24.04.2015 um 20:25 schrieb Larry Kent:

I'm trying to decide if the last sentence (referring to the scores at the 3 links) is made in jest.  It must be, right?

I should’ve written “I believe that nothing as beautiful/good as this will ever be engraved by a machine” then, since basically it is my belief. Maybe I exaggerated a little :-)
And you may believe differently of course.
Perhaps it becomes clear if I exaggerate in another way: <http://imslp.org/wiki/File:PMLP03269-Bach_-_Dritter_Theil_der_Clavier_%C3%9Cbung,_bestehend_in_verschiedenen_Vorspielen_-...-_vor_die_Orgel.pdf>. It’s not the same, but a hint of that is still present in below-linked editions, and it’s that which can’t really be emulated by an algorithm – for what I think.

Yours, Simon

PS: For everyone with similar likings, I can strongly recommend the ‘Performer’s Facsimiles’ series, which contains nice and affordable reprints of e.g. the Clavierübung volumes by Seb. Bach. :-)

LK

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> wrote:

Am 24.04.2015 um 16:35 schrieb Gilles:

On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:01:29 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote:

Hi Simon,

You forgot the quality of sheets: a (really) digital PDF will always look better than a scanned PDF.

I think it depends: firstly, many IMSLP scores are on a level of typographical quality which – I’m sorry – Lilypond might never reach.

+1000

Why do use LilyPond then?
Or: Doesn't your appreciation need a more specific context?
Like: LilyPond might never reach [that] level of typographical quality *without human tweaking*.

If you’re interested, have a close look at <http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.9_%28Mahler,_Gustav%29> (UE, 1912) or <http://imslp.org/wiki/File:PMLP106915-Mendelssohn_op.79_Sechs_Sprueche.pdf> and <http://imslp.org/wiki/3_Motets,_Op.69_%28Mendelssohn,_Felix%29> (Peters, perhaps around 1900?). Nothing the likes of this will ever be engraved by a machine.

Yours, Simon

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