=head2 Free packages (with source)
-G Sharp, http://dept-info.labri.u-bordeaux.fr/~strandh/Gsharp
+=over 4
-An alpha version notation editor for X. Source available on request.
+=item Rosegarden, http://www.bath.ac.uk/~masjpf/rose.html
-Rosegarden, http://www.math.bath.ac.uk/~masjpf/rose.html
+A Notation editor/Sequencer for X. Also outputs musictex.
-A Notation editor/Sequencer for X (win95 port underway). Outputs musictex.
+=item Common Notation,
+http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/CCRMA/Software/cmn/cmn.html
-Common Notation, ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/Lisp
+A versatile lisp package. Part of the Common Music system. Input is in
+Lisp. It needs the Adobe Sonata or Finale Petrucci font.
-A versatile lisp package. Part of the Common Music system. Input is in Lisp.
+=item Vivace, http://www.calband.berkeley.edu/~gmeeker/vivace
-Vivace, http://
+A amateurish notation program for TclTk and X.
-A amateurish notation program for TclTk and X
-
-MPP, http://www.stack.nl/~hanwen/mpp-english.html
+=item MPP, http://www.stack.nl/~hanwen/mpp-english.html
A preprocessor to MusixTeX by Jan Nieuwenhuizen and Han-Wen Nienhuys.
It is outdated by its successor, LilyPond.
-Music, http://
+=item LilyPond, http://www.stack.nl/~hanwen/lilypond/index.html
-A TROFF preprocessor by Eric Foxley
+Added for completeness. You are currently reading her documentation.
-MusicEase, ftp://ftp.secret.com/ad-ftp
+=item Music, http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/ef/printing.html
-Described in Computer vol 29(6)
+A TROFF preprocessor by Eric Foxley.
-MusE
+=item PMX, http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/
-A-R Music Engraving, by A-R Editions, Inc. Professional engraving on
-Sun boxen.
+A Preprocessor for MusiXTeX by Don Simons.
-Mup, http://www.arkkra.com/
+=item M-Tx,
-A program which creates PS from a script input. Although it comes with
-C source code, it is Shareware ($ 29).
+A Preprocessor to PMX by Dirk Laurie.
+
+=item Musictex, http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/
+
+MusicTeX is a macro package for TeX to typeset polyphonic or
+instrumental music. It was originally written by Daniel Taupin.
-PMX, http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/
+It includes a full-featured (but slightly unsightly) set of fonts.
-A Preprocessor for MusiXTeX by Don Simons
+=item MusiXTeX, http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/
-Musi*TeX, http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/
+A rewrite of MusicTeX, originally by Ross Mitchell and Andreas Egler.
+After quarrels, MusiXTeX has been split into two branches:
-MusixTeX is a macro package for TeX to typeset polyphonic or
-instrumental music by Daniel Taupin, Ross Mitchell and Andreas
-Egler. It includes a font set with lots symbols
+=item MusiXTeX, http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/
-ABC2MTeX, http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/
+Daniel Taupin's now maintains the branch that still carries
+the name MusiXTeX.
-A preprocessor to MusixTeX by Chris Walshaw for way of transcribing folk
-and traditional music.
+=item OpusTeX, http://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/achermann/
-SceX
+Andreas Egler's branch is now called OpusTeX.
+
+=item ABC2MTeX, http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc
+
+A preprocessor to MusixTeX by Chris Walshaw for transcribing folk and
+traditional music.
+
+=item SceX http://www.ncc.up.pt/~mig/SceX.html
A preprocessor to MusixTeX by Miguel Filgueiras. Source in prolog
available on request. (?)
-MUTEX, http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/
+=item MUTEX, http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/
A TeX macro package for typesetting single-staff music by Angelika
-Schofer & Andrea Steinbach. With some fonts
+Schofer & Andrea Steinbach. With some fonts.
+=back
=head2 Free (zero cents)
-Calliope, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/wfc/
+=over 4
-A NeXT package by William F Clocksin. Requires Adobe fonts
+=item Calliope, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/wfc/
+
+A NeXT package by William F. Clocksin. Requires the Adobe Sonata font.
+
+=back
=head2 Proprietary
-LIME, http://datura.cerl.uiuc.edu/
+=over 4
+
+=item Scribe, http://adu1.adu.lattrobe.edu.au/Music/Scribe.html
+
+A formatter for medieval scores.
+
+=item Mup, http://www.arkkra.com/
+
+A program which creates PS from a script input. Although it comes with
+C source code, it is shareware.
+
+=item MusicEase, http://mesa.colorado.edu/~grader/musicez.html
+
+Described in Computer vol 29(6). Shareware
+
+=item LIME, http://datura.cerl.uiuc.edu/
+
+Notation editor for W95 and Mac
+
+=item Sibelius, http://www.acorn.co.uk/developers/sibelius/Home
+
+Notation editor on Acorn machines. Their developers call it ``best
+notation program available''. In any case, they are good at bragging.
+
+=item [``EDV-Notensatz'']
-Sibelius, http://www.acorn.co.uk/developers/sibelius
+URW's music-engraving system described by [Wanske]. (Although URW
+used ~DM 1.000.000 while developing this, it didn't buy them a cute
+name.)
-Finale
+=item Logic, http://www.emagic.com/
-Score
+=item Finale
-Personal Composer
+=item Score, http://www.ymusic.com/Score
-Mozart,
+Werner Lemberg <sx0005@sx2.hrz.uni-dortmund.de> writes: I consider
+SCORE as the best program for typesetting classical music. [..] the
+price is quite high (about US$ 1000) [..] It has a graphical
+interface but to get all out of the program you have to learn a 400
+page manual almost by heart because you'll change most features by
+inputting parameters (up to 20 for some items) on a command
+line. Expect three months to master SCORE :-)
-A shareware windows package,
-Capella
+=item Personal Composer
-Encore
+=item Mozart, http://www.mozart.co.uk/
-Musicator
+A shareware windows package
+
+=item Capella
+
+=item Encore
+
+=item Musicator
+
+=item Noteworthy, http://www.ntworthy.com
+
+Shareware.
+
+=item WolfGang, http://www.unige.ch/lettres/armus/music/wolfgang.html
+
+=item Amadeus, Jerker.Elsgard@abc.se
+
+Jerker Elsgard <Jerker.Elsgard@abc.se> writes: professional and
+expensive (DM 4000,--) engraving. Designed as a batch program (like
+LilyPond). It is aimed at publishers. Its history is more than
+fifteen years and Amadeus has been running under different Unix
+clones. It uses MIDI-keyboard input
+
+=back
=head2 Unknown
-Berlioz, http://www.bsi.fr/~montel/
+=item MusE, [no WWW address known]
+
+A-R Music Engraving, by A-R Editions, Inc. Professional engraving on
+Sun boxen.
+
+=item MusiCopy, [no WWW address]
+
+A project at Ohio State university, which was discontinued in 1987.
+The technical reports that have resulted from MusiCopy can still be
+obtained by writing to OSU department of Computer Science.
+
+
+=item Berlioz, http://www.?.fr/
+
+Dominique Montel (a professional music typesetter) is now working
+together with computer scientists on his own software for music
+publishing, called "Berlioz".
+
+=head2 Other stuff
+
+=item Sonata, http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/F/F_SONA.html
+
+The music font by Adobe.
+
+
+
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