-=head1 NAME
+=head1 NAME
Lily Literature -- reading on music engraving/typesetting/etc.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
A list of resources on music printing/writing and engraving. Please
-note that don't have access to most material.
+note that don't have access to most material.
-[What I do know, I've commented inside brackets. They are just
-my personal comments, not to be taken too seriously]
+[What I do know, I've commented inside brackets. They are just my
+personal comments, not to be taken too seriously]
-=head2 Music engraving
+=head2 Music engraving: references
-Wanske, Helene. ``Musiknotation --- Von der Syntax des Notenstichs
-zum EDV-gesteuerten Notensatz'', Schott-Verlag, Mainz 1988. ISBN
-3-7957-2886-x.
+Helene Wanske. ``Musiknotation --- Von der Syntax des Notenstichs zum
+EDV-gesteuerten Notensatz'', Schott-Verlag, Mainz 1988.ISBN 3-7957-2886-x.
[I. A very thorough overview of engraving practices of various
craftsmen. It includes detailed specs of characters, dimensions etc.
II. a thorough overview of a (by now antiquated) automated system
called Ikarus; EDV Means e(lektronischen) D(aten)v(erarbeitung),
-electronic data processing]
+electronic data processing HWN]
Maxwell Weaner and Walter Boelke, Standard Music Notation Practice,
revised edition by Arnold Broido and Daniel Dorff. Music Publisher's
Association of the United States Inc., 1993.
-Ross, Ted. ``Teach yourself the art of music engraving and
-processing'' (3rd edition). Hansen House, Miami Beach, FL.
-
- Hansen House
- 1820 West Ave.
- Miami, FL 33139
- (305) 532-5461
+Ted Ross. ``Teach yourself the art of music engraving and processing''
+(3rd edition). Hansen House, Miami Beach, FLorida.
[This is about I<engraving> i.e. professional music typesetting, and
includes some good spacing tables MB]
-Read, Gardner. ``Modern Rhythmic Notation.'' Indiana University Press, 1978.
+Gardner Read. ``Modern Rhythmic Notation.'' Indiana University Press,
+1978.
-Read, Gardner. ``Music Notation'' (2nd edition). Taplinger Publishing,
+Gardner Read. ``Music Notation'' (2nd edition). Taplinger Publishing,
New York.
-[This is as close to the ``standard'' reference work for music notation issues
-as one is likely to get. MB]
+[This is as close to the ``standard'' reference work for music
+notation issues as one is likely to get. MB]
+
+MPA. Standard music notation specifications for computer programming.
+December 1996
-=head2 Related papers
+[Pamphlet explaining some fine points in music font design HWN]
+=head2 Notation with computers
-Byrd, Donald. ``Music Notation by Computer''. Diss. Indiana Univ.,
-1985.
+Donald Byrd. ``Music Notation by Computer''. Dissertation Indiana
+University, 1985.
-Byrd, Donaldn. ``A System for Music Printing by Computer.''
-Computers and the Humanities, 8 (1974), 161-72.
+Donald Byrd. ``A System for Music Printing by Computer.'' Computers
+and the Humanities, 8 (1974), 161-72.
-Smith, Leland. ``Editing and Printing Music by Computer.'' Journal
-of Music Theory, 17 (1973), 292-309.
+Leland Smith. ``Editing and Printing Music by Computer.'' Journal of
+Music Theory, 17 (1973), 292-309.
[If I remember correctly, this was concerned more with an input
language than with the typography. SP.]
-Gomberg, David A. ``A Computer-Oriented System for Music Printing.'' Diss.
-Washington Univ. 1975.
+David A Gomberg. ``A Computer-Oriented System for Music Printing.''
+Dissertation Washington University. 1975.
-Hewlett, Walter B. and Eleanor Selfridge-Field. Directory of Computer
-Assisted Research in Musicology. Menlo Park, CA: Center for Computer
-Assisted Research in the Humanities.
+Walter B Hewlett. and Eleanor Selfridge-Field. ``Directory of Computer
+Assisted Research in Musicology''. Menlo Park, CA: Center for Computer
+Assisted Research in the Humanities.
[Annual editions since 1985, many containing surveys of music
typesetting technology. SP]
+Wael A. Hegazy and John S. Gourlay. ``Optimal line breaking in music''. In
+Document Manipulation and Typography, J.C. van Vliet (ed) 1988.
-W.A. Hegazy and J. S. Gourlay. Optimal line breaking in music. In
-``Document Manipulation and Typography'', J.C. van Vliet (ed) 1988.
+[This generalizes TeX's breaking algorithm to music HWN]
-[This generalizes TeX's breaking algorithm to music]
-
-David A. Gomberg; A Computer-oriented System for Music Printing.
+David A. Gomberg; ``A Computer-oriented System for Music Printing.''
Computers and the Humanities, Vol.11, pp 63-80.
-J. Gourlay, ``Spacing a Line of Music,'' Technical Report
+John S. Gourlay. ``Spacing a Line of Music,'' Technical Report
OSU-CISRC-10/87-TR35, Department of Computer and Information Science,
The Ohio State University, 1987.
-J. Gourlay, A. Parrish, D. Roush, F. Sola, Y. Tien, ``Computer
-Formatting of Music,'' Technical Report OSU-CISRC-2/87-TR3,
-Department of Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State
-University, 1987.
+[Algorithm to generate spacing in polyphonic music, tailored for use
+with MusiCopy HWN]
+
+Allen Parish, Wael A. Hegazy, John S. Gourlay, Dean K. Roush and
+F. Javier Sola. ``MusiCopy: An automated Music Formatting System''.
+Technical Report OSU-CISRC-10/87-TR29, Department of Computer and
+Information Science, The Ohio State University, 1987.
+
+[A brief overview of MusiCopy HWN]
+
+John S. Gourlay, A. Parrish, D. Roush, F. Sola, Y. Tien. ``Computer
+Formatting of Music,'' Technical Report OSU-CISRC-2/87-TR3, Department
+of Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University, 1987.
+
+[This paper discusses the development of algorithms for the formatting
+of musical scores (from abstract). It also appeared at PROTEXT III,
+Ireland 1986]
-W. Hegazy, ``On the Implementation of the MusiCopy Language
+Wael A. Hegazy. ``On the Implementation of the MusiCopy Language
Processor,'' Technical Report OSU-CISRC-10/87-TR34, Department of
Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University, 1987.
-A. Parrish and J. Gourlay, ``Computer Formatting of Musical
-Simultaneities,'' Technical Report OSU-CISRC-10/87-TR28, Department
-of Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University, 1987.
+[Describes the "parser" which converts MusiCopy MDL to MusiCopy
+Simultaneities & columns HWN]
+
+Dean K. Roush. ``Using MusiCopy''. Technical Report
+OSU-CISRC-18/87-TR31, Department of Computer and Information Science,
+The Ohio State University, 1987
+
+[User manual of MusiCopy. Includes an impressive example piece. HWN.]
+
+A. Parrish and John S. Gourlay. ``Computer Formatting of Musical
+Simultaneities,'' Technical Report OSU-CISRC-10/87-TR28, Department of
+Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University, 1987.
+
+[Placement of balls, stems, dots which occur at the same moment
+("Simultaneity") HWN]
-D. Roush, ``Music Formatting Guidelines,'' Technical Report
+D. Roush. ``Music Formatting Guidelines,'' Technical Report
OSU-CISRC-3/88-TR10, Department of Computer and Information Science,
The Ohio State University, 1988.
-F. Sola, ``Computer Design of Musical Slurs, Ties and Phrase
-Marks,'' Technical Report OSU-CISRC-10/87-TR32, Department of
-Computer and Information Science, The Ohio State University, 1987.
+[Rules on formatting music formulated for use in computers HWN]
+
+F. Sola. ``Computer Design of Musical Slurs, Ties and Phrase Marks,''
+Technical Report OSU-CISRC-10/87-TR32, Department of Computer and
+Information Science, The Ohio State University, 1987.
-F. Sola and D. Roush, ``Design of Musical Beams,'' Technical
-Report OSU-CISRC-10/87-TR30, Department of Computer and Information
-Science, The Ohio State University, 1987.
+[Overview of a procedure for generating slurs HWN]
+
+F. Sola and D. Roush. ``Design of Musical Beams,'' Technical Report
+OSU-CISRC-10/87-TR30, Department of Computer and Information Science,
+The Ohio State University, 1987.
-J. S. Gourlay. A language for music printing. In ``Communications of
-the ACM''. Vol. 29(5), 388--401, 1986.
+[Calculating beam slopes HWN]
-[This paper describes a vapourware music setting system and an input
-language to go with it. ]
+John. S. Gourlay. ``A language for music printing'', Communications
+of the ACM, Vol. 29(5), 388--401, 1986.
-D. Blostein and L. Haken, The Lime Music Editor: A Diagram Editor
-Involving Complex Translations, Software Practice and Experience,
-Vol. 24, No. 3, March 1994, pp. 289-306.
+[This paper describes the MusiCopy musicsetting system and an input
+language to go with it. HWN]
+
+Dorothea Blostein and Lippold Haken, ``The Lime Music Editor: A Diagram
+Editor Involving Complex Translations'', Software Practice and
+Experience, Vol. 24, No. 3, March 1994, pp. 289-306.
[A description of various conversions, decisions and issues relating
-to this interactive editor]
+to this interactive editor HWN]
-L. Haken and D. Blostein, The Tilia Music Representation:
+Lippold Haken and Dorothea Blostein, ``The Tilia Music Representation:
Extensibility, Abstraction, and Notation Contexts for the Lime Music
-Editor, Computer Music Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, 1993, pp. 43-58
+Editor'', Computer Music Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, 1993, pp. 43-58
[A description of Lime internals (which resemble older (before
-0.0.68pre) LilyPond data structures somewhat)]
+0.0.68pre) LilyPond data structures somewhat) HWN]
-L. Haken and D. Blostein, A New Algorithm for Horizontal Spacing of
-Printed Music, International Computer Music Conference, Banff,
-Sept. 1995, pp. 118-119.
+Lippold Haken and Dorothea Blostein, ``A New Algorithm for Horizontal
+Spacing of Printed Music'', International Computer Music Conference,
+Banff, Sept. 1995, pp. 118-119.
[This describes an algorithm which uses springs between adjacent
-columns. This algorithm is a "subclass" of the LilyPond algorithm.]
+columns. This algorithm is a "subclass" of the LilyPond algorithm. HWN]
-D. Blostein and L. Haken, Justification of Printed Music,
-Communications of the ACM, VolJ34, No. 3, March 1991, pp. 88-99.
+Dorothea Blostein and Lippold Haken, ``Justification of Printed Music'',
+Communications of the ACM, VolJ34, No. 3, March 1991, pp. 88-99.
[This paper provides a shallow overview of the algorithm used in LIME
-for spacing individual lines.]
+for spacing individual lines. HWN]
-Gary M. Rader, ``Creating Printed Music Automatically''. Computer Vol
+Gary M. Rader. ``Creating Printed Music Automatically''. Computer Vol
29(6), June 1996, pp 61--69.
[Describes a system called MusicEase, and explains that it uses
"constraints" (which go unexplained) to automatically position various
-elements.]
+elements. HWN]
Stephen Dowland Page. ``Computer Tools for Music Information
-Retrieval''. Dissertation Univ of Oxford, 1988.
+Retrieval''. Dissertation University of Oxford, 1988.
[Don't ask Stephen for a copy. Write to the Bodleian Library, Oxford,
-or to the British Library, instead.]
+or to the British Library, instead. SP]
-=head2 Further reading
+Ren\'e Roelofs. ``Een Geautomatiseerd Systeem voor het Afdrukken van
+Muziek'' afstudeerscriptie Bestuurlijke informatica, no 45327, Erasmus
+universiteit Rotterdam, 1991. (``An automated system for printing
+music'' Master's Thesis Managerial Computer Science.)
+
+[This thesis describes a simplistic (monophonic) typesetting system,
+and focuses on the breaking algorithm, which is taken from Hegazy &
+Gourlay HWN]
-Chlapik, Herbert. ``Die Praxis des Notengraphikers''. Doblinger, 1987.
+Miguel Filgueiras and Jos\'e Paulo Leal. ``Representation and
+manipulation of music documents in SceX''. Electronic Publishing,
+vol. 6 (4), 507--518, 1993.
+
+Eric Foxley, Music --- A language for typesetting music scores.
+Software --- Practice and Experience, Vol. 17(8), 485--502, 1987.
+
+[A paper on a TROFF preprocessor to typeset music. The output shown is
+not very sophisticated, and contains some typographical atrocities HWN]
+
+Miguel Filgueiras, ``Implementing a Symbolic Music Processing
+System''. LIACC, Universidade do Porto, 1996; submitted.
+
+Miguel Filgueiras, ``Some Music Typesetting Algorithms''. LIACC,
+Universidade do Porto, forthcoming.
+
+=head2 Engraving: further reading
+
+Herbert Chlapik. ``Die Praxis des Notengraphikers''. Doblinger, 1987.
ISBN 3-9000 035-96-2.
[An clearly written book for the casually interested reader. It shows
-some of the conventions and difficulties in printing music]
+some of the conventions and difficulties in printing music HWN]
The University of Colorado Music Engraving page.
http://obenamots.cc.colorado.edu/Musicpress/engraving.html
-More on GNU Music: http://dept-info.labri.u-bordeaux.fr/~strandh/Gsharp
-
-Tablature: http://wabakimi.carleton.ca/~phacket2/guitar/tabfaq.html
-
-Donato, Anthony. Preparing Music Manuscript. Englewood Cliffs:
+Anthony Donato. Preparing Music Manuscript. Englewood Cliffs:
Prentice-Hall, 1963.
Donemus. ``Uitgeven van muziek''. Donemus Amsterdam, 1900
-Heussenstamm, George. The Norton Manual of Music Notation. New York:
+George Heussenstamm. The Norton Manual of Music Notation. New York:
Norton, 1987.
-Karkoshka, Erdhard. Notation in New Music. Trans. Ruth Koenig. New York:
-Praeger Publishers, 1972. Out of print.
-
-Roelofs, Ren\'e. ``Een Geautomatiseerd Systeem voor het Afdrukken van
-Muziek'' afstudeerscriptie Bestuurlijke informatica, no 45327, Erasmus
-universiteit Rotterdam, 1991. (``An automated system for printing
-music'' Master's Thesis Managerial Computer Science.)
-
-[This thesis describes a simplistic (monophonic) typesetting system,
-and focuses on the breaking algorithm, which is taken from Hegazy & Gourlay]
+Erdhard Karkoshka. ``Notation in New Music. Trans. Ruth
+Koenig''. Praeger Publishers, New York, 1972. Out of print.
C. Roemer, The Art of Music Copying. Roerick music co., Sherman Oaks
(CA), 1973.
-Rosecrans, Glen. Music Notation Primer. New York: Passantino, 1979.
+Glen Rosecrans. Music Notation Primer. New York: Passantino, 1979.
-Stone, Kurt. Music Notation in the Twentieth Century. New York: Norton, 1980.
-
-=head2 other stuff
+Kurt Stone. Music Notation in the Twentieth Century. New York: Norton,
+1980.
-Peter S. Langston, Unix music tools at Bellcore.
-Software --- Practice and Experience, Vol. 20(S1), S1/47--S1/61, 1990.
+=head2 other stuff
-[This paper deals with some command-line tools for music editing and
-playback. It doesn't mention notation issues, but does come with the
-grand idea (not) of using music to monitor complex systems. Imagine your
-nuclear plant supervisor to use AC/DC for checking the reactor]
-Cindy Grande, NIFF6a Notation Interchange File Format.
-Grande Software Inc., 1995. ftp://blackbox.cartah.washington.edu/pub/
+More on GNU Music:
+http://dept-info.labri.u-bordeaux.fr/~strandh/Gsharp
-[Specs for NIFF, a comprehensive but binary (yuk) format for notation]
+Tablature: http://wabakimi.carleton.ca/~phacket2/guitar/tabfaq.html
-Miguel Filgueiras and Jos\'e Paulo Leal. Representation and
-manipulation of music documents in SceX. Electronic Publishing,
-vol. 6 (4), 507--518, 1993.
-Eric Foxley, Music --- A language for typesetting music scores.
-Software --- Practice and Experience, Vol. 17(8), 485--502, 1987.
+Peter S. Langston, ``Unix music tools at Bellcore''. Software ---
+Practice and Experience, Vol. 20(S1), S1/47--S1/61, 1990.
-[A paper on a TROFF preprocessor to typeset music. The output shown is
-not very sophisticated, and contains some typographical atrocities]
+[This paper deals with some command-line tools for music editing and
+playback. It doesn't mention notation issues, but does come with the
+grand idea (not) of using music to monitor complex systems. Imagine
+your nuclear plant supervisor to use AC/DC for checking the reactor HWN]
-Alexander Brinkman, PASCAL Programming for Music Research.
-The University of Chicago Press, 1990.
+Cindy Grande, NIFF6a Notation Interchange File Format. Grande
+Software Inc., 1995. ftp://blackbox.cartah.washington.edu/pub/
-Miguel Filgueiras, Implementing a Symbolic Music Processing
-System. LIACC, Universidade do Porto, 1996; submitted.
+[Specs for NIFF, a comprehensive but binary (yuk) format for notation HWN]
-Miguel Filgueiras, Some Music Typesetting Algorithms. LIACC,
-Universidade do Porto, forthcoming.
+Alexander Brinkman, ``PASCAL Programming for Music Research''. The
+University of Chicago Press, 1990.
=head1 AUTHORS
-Refs contributed by Han-Wen Nienhuys, Miguel Filgueiras, Mark
+References contributed by Han-Wen Nienhuys, Miguel Filgueiras, Mark
Basinski, Dorothea Blostein, Stephen Page, Jan Nieuwenhuizen.
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