3 @chapter Literature list
5 If you need to know more about music notation, here are some
6 interesting titles to read. The source archive includes a more
7 elaborate Bib@TeX{} bibliography of over 100 entries in
8 @file{Documentation/bibliography/}. It is also available online from
13 Harald Banter, Akkord Lexikon. Schott's S@"{o}hne
14 1987. Mainz, Germany ISBN 3-7957-2095-8.
16 This book is a comprehensive overview of commonly used chords and
17 suggests a unification for all different kinds of chord names.
20 Klaus Ignatzek, Die Jazzmethode f@"{u}r Klavier. Schott's S@"{o}hne
21 1995. Mainz, Germany ISBN 3-7957-5140-3.
23 A tutorial introduction to playing Jazz on the piano. One of the first
24 chapters contains an overview of chords in common use for Jazz music.
29 Tom Gerou and Linda Lusk, Essential Dictionary of Music
30 Notation. Alfred Publishing, Van Nuys CA ISBN 0-88284-768-6.
32 A concise, alphabetically ordered list of typesetting and music
33 (notation) issues which covers most of the normal cases.
38 Karl Hader, Aus der Werkstatt eines Notenstechers. Waldheim--Eberle
41 Hader was the chief-engraver of an Austrian engraving firm. This
42 beautiful booklet was intended as an introduction for laymen on the
43 art of engraving. It contains a step by step, in-depth explanation of
44 how to cut and stamp music into zinc plates. It also contains a few
45 compactly formulated rules on musical orthography. This book is out of
50 Gardner Read, Music Notation: a Manual of Modern Practice.
51 Taplinger Publishing, New York (2nd edition).
53 A standard work on music notation.
57 Ted Ross, Teach yourself the art of music engraving and processing.
58 Hansen House, Miami, Florida 1987.
60 This book is about music engraving, i.e. professional typesetting.
61 It contains directions on stamping, use of pens and notational
62 conventions. The sections on reproduction technicalities and history
66 The G.Schirmer/AMP Manual of Style and Usage. G.Schirmer/AMP, NY, 2001.
67 (This book can be ordered from the rental department.)
69 This manual specifically focuses on preparing print for publication by
70 Schirmer. It discusses many details that are not in other, normal
71 notation books. It als gives a good idea of what is necessary to bring
72 printouts to publication quality.
76 Kurt Stone, Music Notation in the Twentieth Century
77 Norton, New York 1980.
79 This book describes music notation for modern serious music, but
80 starts out with a thorough overview of existing traditional notation
85 Helene Wanske, Musiknotation --- Von der Syntax des Notenstichs zum
86 EDV-gesteuerten Notensatz. Schott-Verlag, Mainz 1988. ISBN
89 A book in two parts: 1. A very thorough overview of engraving
90 practices of various craftsmen. It includes detailed specs of
91 characters, dimensions etc. 2. a thorough overview of a anonymous
92 automated system, which must be antiquated by now. EDV means
93 E(lektronischen) D(aten)v(erarbeitung), electronic data processing.