+(it is somewhat lousy, but I have more important things to do).
+
+
+[DETAILED DESCRIPTION]
+
+WHAT IS GNU LilyPond
+
+Technically it is a preprocessor which generates TeX
+(or LaTeX) output which contains information to typeset a musical
+score. Practically it is a typesetter, which only uses TeX as an
+output medium. (this is handy because there exist music fonts for TeX)
+
+As a bonus, you can also output a MIDI file of what you typed.
+
+The input is a script file which is read. The script file is a "music
+definition", ie, you type the melody as if it is read out loud
+
+WHAT IS NEEDED?
+
+for compilation you need
+
+ Unix. (windows32 is known to work, too)
+ GNU C++ v2.7 or better, with libg++ installed.
+ GNU make.
+ Flex (2.5.1 or better).
+ Bison. (1.25 or better)
+
+for running you need
+
+ TeX
+
+FEATURES
+
+ASCII script input (mudela), with identifiers (for music reuse),
+customizable notenames
+
+MIDI output lets you check if you have entered the correct notes.
+MIDI to Mudela conversion through the mi2mu program.
+
+Multiple staffs in one score. Each staff can have a different meters.
+Multiple voices within one staff; beams optionally shared between
+voices. Multiple scores within one input file. Each score is output
+to a different file.
+
+Beams, slurs, chords, super/subscripts (accents and text),
+general n-plet (triplet, quadruplets, etc.), lyrics, transposition
+dynamics (both absolute and hairpin style) clef changes, meter
+changes, cadenza-mode, key changes, repeat bars