4 If you need to know more about music notation, here are some interesting titles to read
8 Harald Banter, Akkord Lexikon. Schott's S@"{o}hne
9 1987. Mainz, Germany ISBN 3-7957-2095-8
11 Comprehensive overview of commonly used chords. Suggests (and uses) a
12 unification for all different kinds of chord names.
18 Tom Gerou and Linda Lusk, Essential Dictionary of Music
19 Notation. Alfred Publishing, Van Nuys CA ISBN 0-88284-768-6
21 A concise, alphabetically ordered list of typesetting and music
22 (notation) issues which covers most of the normal cases.
26 Kurt Stone, Music Notation in the Twentieth Century
27 Norton, New York 1980.
29 The most important book on notation in recent years: it describes music
30 notation for modern serious music, but starts out with a thorough
31 overview of existing traditional notation practices.
34 Gardner Read, Music Notation: a Manual of Modern Practice.
35 Taplinger Publishing, New York (2nd edition).
37 A standard work on music notation.
41 Karl Hader, Aus der Werkstatt eines Notenstechers. Waldheim--Eberle
44 Hader was the chief-engraver of the Waldheim-Eberle music publishers.
45 This beautiful booklet was intended as an introduction for laymen on the
46 art of engraving. It contains a step by step, in-depth explanation of
47 how to cut and stamp music into zinc plates. It also contains a few
48 compactly formulated rules on musical orthography. This book is out of
53 Ted Ross, Teach yourself the art of music engraving and processing.
54 Hansen House, Miami, Florida 1987
56 This book is about engraving, i.e. professional typesetting. It contains
57 directions on good typesetting, but the sections on reproduction
58 technicalities, how to use pens and history are interesting.
62 Helene Wanske, Musiknotation --- Von der Syntax des Notenstichs zum
63 EDV-gesteuerten Notensatz. Schott-Verlag, Mainz 1988. ISBN
66 I. A very thorough overview of engraving practices of various
67 craftsmen. It includes detailed specs of characters, dimensions
68 etc. II. a thorough overview of a anonymous (by now antiquated)
69 automated system. EDV means E(lektronischen) D(aten)v(erarbeitung),
70 electronic data processing.