Put fragments of music into texts without cutting and pasting
pictures. Integrate music into @LaTeX{} or HTML seamlessly, or add
-music to OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice with OOoLilyPond. Plugins are
-also available to allow LilyPond code in various blogs and wikis, making
-online collaboration possible.
+music to OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice with
+@uref{http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/OOoLilyPond,OOoLilypond}.
+Plugins are also available to allow LilyPond code in various blogs and
+wikis, making online collaboration possible.
@subsubheading Accessibility
@unnumberedsec Examples
@divClass{column-center-top}
-
-@subheading Beautiful examples
+@subheading Beautiful Examples
LilyPond is a powerful and flexible tool for engraving tasks of
all kinds. Please browse our gallery of examples and be inspired!
+@divEnd
+
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Classical Music
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Classical Music
This organ work by J.S. Bach is a fairly typical engraving project
in LilyPond.
@exampleImage{bach-bwv610}
-@newsEnd
+@divEnd
+
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Complex Notation
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Complex Notation
This example from @emph{Goyescas} by Enrique Granados shows some
of the more advanced features of typesetting, including kneed
beams, cross-staff stems, and voice-follow lines.
@exampleImage{granados}
-@newsEnd
+@divEnd
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Early Music
+
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Early Music
LilyPond also supports various types of ancient notation, such
as this passage of Gregorian chant.
@exampleImage{ancient-headword}
-@newsEnd
+@divEnd
+
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Modern Music
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Modern Music
Contemporary composers find LilyPond well-suited to displaying
unusual notation. Here is an excerpt from Trevor Bača's
@emph{Čáry}, for unaccompanied bass flute.
@exampleImage{cary}
-@newsEnd
+@divEnd
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Efficient, flexible creation of performance materials
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Efficient, flexible creation of performance materials
Various performance materials can be created from the same source
code. This is an excerpt of @uref{http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/,
@exampleImage{sesto-violin}
-@newsEnd
+@divEnd
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Tablature
+
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Tablature
LilyPond supports tablature notation, which can be customized to
suit any instrument that reads from tablature. The tablature
staff.
@exampleImage{tab-example}
-@newsEnd
-
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Schenker Graphs
-
-Standard output can be modified heavily. Here is an impressive
-Schenkerian analysis, created by Kris Schaffer, for an article
-in @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364 , Linux Journal}.
-The colors have been added for better visibility.
-
-@exampleImage{bach-schenker}
-@newsEnd
-
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Customized Output
+@divEnd
-A short excerpt from Stockhausen's Klavierstück II to demonstrate
-Lilypond's ability to provide customised output.
-@exampleImage{Stockhausen_Klavierstueck2}
-@newsEnd
-
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Vocal Music
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Vocal Music
LilyPond is excellent for vocal music of all kinds, from sacred
hymns to opera. Here is a medieval motet with slightly unusual
and the ligature braces above certain groups of notes.
@exampleImage{aucun-snippet}
-@newsEnd
-
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Educational Applications
-
-LilyPond is perfectly suited for educational purposes as well.
-Here is an example of a simple counterpoint exercise.
+@divEnd
-@exampleImage{theory}
-@newsEnd
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Popular Music
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Lead Sheets
-It is simple to create pop lead sheets with melody, lyrics,
+It is simple to create lead sheets with melody, lyrics,
chord names, and fretboards. In this example you see some of the
predefined fretboard diagrams, but these can be heavily customized
to suit nearly any situation.
@exampleImage{chart}
-@newsEnd
+@divEnd
+
+
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Educational Applications
+
+LilyPond is perfectly suited for educational purposes as well.
+Here is an example of a simple counterpoint exercise.
+
+@exampleImage{theory}
+@divEnd
+
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Large Projects
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Large Projects
LilyPond is excellent for large projects like operas or works for
full symphony orchestra, as well. In addition, the text-based
contributed by Hu Haipeng, a blind composer.
@exampleImage{orchestra}
-@newsEnd
+@divEnd
+
+
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Customized Output
+
+A short excerpt from Stockhausen's Klavierstück II to demonstrate
+LilyPond's ability to provide customised output.
+
+@exampleImage{Stockhausen_Klavierstueck2}
+@divEnd
+
+
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
+@subheading Schenker Graphs
+Standard output can be modified heavily. Here is an impressive
+Schenkerian analysis, created by Kris Schaffer, for an article
+in @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364 , Linux Journal}.
+The colors have been added for better visibility.
+
+@exampleImage{bach-schenker}
@divEnd
+
@divClass{column-center-bottom}
@subheading Where now?
@c @divClass{column-left-top}
-@divClass{color2}
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color2}
@divClass{keep-bullets}
@subheading What are the benefits to users?
@c @divClass{column-right-top}
-@divClass{color3}
+@divClass{column-center-middle-color3}
@divClass{keep-bullets}
@subheading Why do LilyPond developers @qq{give away} their work for free?
@itemize
@item
-@uref{http://www.aurelienbello.com/,Aurélien Bello} has re-orchestrated
-@emph{Der Ring des Nibelungen} by Richard Wagner to a
-@uref{http://www.rsb-online.de/content/konzerte/wagnerzyklus-10-13/wagner-fuer-kinder/index_ger.html,100-minute version for children}.
-It has been written for a standard symphony orchestra but with a reduced
-cast of singers, and will be performed by the
-@emph{Radio-Sinfonieorchester Berlin} on the 5th and 6th April 2014 in
-the Atze Musiktheater, Berlin. The Conductor is Heiko Matthias Förster.
+@uref{http://www.aurelienbello.com/,Aurélien Bello} has arranged a
+version of Richard Strauss's @emph{Der Rosenkavalier} for four singers
+and a chamber orchestra of thirteen players. This has been commissioned
+by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra whose members will be the performers on
+@uref{http://www.festspielhaus.de/veranstaltung/der-kleine-rosenkavalier-02-04-2015-1100/,April 2nd and 6th}
+at the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, and on
+@uref{http://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/details/21070/,April 26th}
+in the @emph{Philharmonie (großer Saal)}, Berlin. We are pleased to see
+musicians of such reputation playing from LilyPond scores -- and they are
+reportedly very happy with them.
+
+Aurélien has also re-orchestrated @emph{Der Ring des Nibelungen} by Richard
+Wagner to a
+@uref{http://www.rsb-online.de/content/concerts/new-season-1516/family-concerts-age-7-and-above/index_eng.html,100-minute version for children}.
+Written for a standard symphony orchestra, but with a reduced cast of
+singers, it was performed by the
+@uref{http://www.rsb-online.de/,@emph{Radio-Sinfonieorchester Berlin}}
+in April 2014 at the Atze Musiktheater, Berlin. The Conductor was Heiko
+Matthias Förster.
@item
Joe Smeets created sheet music for the children's book @emph{Zing Mee}
-(@emph{Sing along}) by Annie M.G. published by Querido -- ISBN
-9789045106205:
-@uref{http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/web/Boek.htm?dbid=18954&typeofpage=134707, www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl}; choir
-rehearsal scores for the Dutch translation of Benjamin Britten's
+(@emph{Sing along}) by Annie M.G. published by
+@uref{http://www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl/, Querido}
+-- ISBN 9789045106205;
+choir rehearsal scores for the Dutch translation of Benjamin Britten's
@emph{Saint Nicolas} performed by @emph{Muziektheater Hollands Diep} in
-2011.
-@uref{http://www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl/nl/voorstellingen/sint_nicolaas_leeft, www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl}; and is currently
-working on the score and parts for an arrangement of Moussurgsky's
-@emph{Boris Godounov} for wind quartet, piano and percussion. To be
-performed in 2014, again by @emph{Muziektheater Hollands Diep}.
+2011;
+@uref{http://www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl/nl/voorstellingen/sint_nicolaas_leeft, www.muziektheaterhollandsdiep.nl}.
+He has also worked on the score and parts for an arrangement of
+Moussurgsky’s @emph{Boris Godounov} for wind quartet, piano and
+percussion which was performed in 2014, again by
+@emph{Muziektheater Hollands Diep}.
@item
A critical edition of Tommaso Traetta's @emph{Enea nel Lazio (1760)},
for his Ph.D. Thesis.
@item
-Mussorgsky's @emph{Pictures at an exhibition}, re-orchestrated and
+Mussorgsky's @emph{Pictures at an exhibition}, was re-orchestrated and
conducted by @uref{http://www.aurelienbello.com/,Aurélien Bello} with
-the @uref{http://www.junge-philharmonie-brandenburg.de/,
-Junge Philharmonie Brandenburg}
-on Oct 10 2011 and again on Apr 15-16 2012.
+the @uref{https://junge-philharmonie-brandenburg.de/,
+Junge Philharmonie Brandenburg} in October 2011 and April 2012.
@item
-@uref{http://www.kierenmacmillan.info/, Kieren MacMillan}, composer and
+@uref{http://kierenmacmillan.info/, Kieren MacMillan}, composer and
musical director. His many, recent works include; @emph{Go Thy Way},
performed by the @uref{http://www.saltlakechoralartists.org/,
Salt Lake Choral Artists} in March 2012; The
by the
@uref{http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/marshall/x1883873762/Music-duo-Chrysalis-to-perform-at-Marshall-University-on-Jan-19,
Chrysalis Duo} ; @emph{thrafsmata} performed in July 2011 by the
-@uref{http://www.pnme.org/CurrentSeason/PreviousSeasons.html, Pittsburgh
+@uref{http://www.pnme.org/, Pittsburgh
New Music Ensemble}.
@item
@emph{Anonymous Student Compliment or Complaint}, by
@uref{http://www.mikesolomon.org, Mike Solomon}, winner chosen from among
172 entries from 22 countries of the
-@uref{http://leftcoastensemble.org, 2011 Left Coast Composition Contest}.
+@uref{http://www.leftcoastensemble.org, 2011 Left Coast Composition Contest}.
Other works include, Norman (age 1) for clarinet solo, performed at the
-@uref{http://emu.music.ufl.edu/fems_concerts.html, University of Florida}'s
+@uref{http://arts.ufl.edu/academics/music/, University of Florida}'s
Electroacoustic Music Festival (FEMF), October 2010.
@item
in celebration of the composer's 350th birthday.
@item
-@uref{http://www.mercurybaroque.org, Mercury Baroque}'s performance of
+@uref{http://www.mercuryhouston.org/, Mercury Baroque}'s performance of
Lully's @emph{Armide}, May 15-16, 2009, in Houston, Texas (engraving by
@uref{http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/, Nicolas Sceaux}).
@emph{Affaire étrangère}, an opera by
@uref{http://valentin.villenave.net/,Valentin Villenave}
to a French libretto by
-@uref{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Trondheim, Lewis
+@uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Trondheim, Lewis
Trondheim}, premiered February 1, 2009 at
@uref{http://www.orchestre-montpellier.com/, L'Opéra National de
Montpellier}, France.
how to read sheet music.
@item
-@uref{http://www.adoromusicpub.com/, Adoro Music Publishing},
+@uref{https://twitter.com/adoromusic, Adoro Music Publishing},
high-quality scores of sacred music, available for immediate
download or in traditional paper format.
@item
-@uref{http://www.shadylane.fr, The Shady Lane Publishing},
+@uref{http://matthieujacquot.com/, The Shady Lane Publishing},
a @qq{micro musical publishing house} whose goal is to promote a
new form of musical economy closer to the musicians and music
lovers.
@uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
article titled
-@uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
+@uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
Projects on the Move}. It is an introductory article on MuseScore,
LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
@item
June 2009
-In an @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/Free-Music-Now, article}
+In an @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/Free-Music-Now, article}
published in the French @emph{National Conservatory Parent
Association}'s yearly magazine, French composer and LilyPond
contributor Valentin Villenave explains how Free licenses, and
@divClass{testimonial-item}
-@subsubheading Chris Snyder, @uref{http://www.adoromusicpub.com/, Adoro Music Publishing}
+@subsubheading Chris Snyder, @uref{https://twitter.com/adoromusic, Adoro Music Publishing}
@qq{The way that music is entered for LilyPond causes me to think in a
more musical way -- there have been times when I've been stumped as
@c TRANSLATORS, so far it's mostly from
@c http://lilypond.org/web/switch/howto
+@divClass{column-center-top}
@subheading @qq{Compiling} Music
@imageClickable{nereid-shot-small,png, (click to enlarge), nereid-shot,png, right}
actually provide a GUI which allows direct manipulation of a
graphical score. For more information, see @ref{Easier editing}.
-
+@divEnd
@divClass{column-center-bottom}
@subheading Where now?
A web-based LilyPond editor where you can typeset your scores directly
online without needing to install LilyPond.
-@subsubheading Tunefl
-@uref{http://www.tunefl.com}
-
-With tunefl, you can typeset your mini-scores directly online without
-needing to install LilyPond locally. It allows trying out all the
-program's features using a convenient web interface.
-
@divEnd
@divClass{column-center-top}
@sourceimage{logo-macosx,,,}
@sourceimage{logo-windows,,,}
-@uref{http://elysium.thsoft.hu}
+@uref{https://github.com/thSoft/elysium}
-Elysium is a LilyPond IDE for Eclipse with an integrated, side-by-side
-view for source and score. It includes rapid visual & auditive feedback
-without having to switch contexts, and comes with many wizard-driven
-templates.
+A complete environment for editing scores with LilyPond in Eclipse,
+offering a rich toolkit for conveniently managing LilyPond.
@divEnd
If you are not already familiar with Emacs then you may probably prefer
to use a different editor for writing LilyPond input files.
-More information on setting up Vim can be found in
+More information on setting up Emacs can be found in
@rprogram{Text editor support}.
@subsubheading Vim
@sourceimage{logo-macosx,,,}
@subsubheading TeXShop
-@uref{http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop}
+@uref{http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/}
The TeXShop editor for MacOS@tie{}X can be extended to run LilyPond,
@command{lilypond-book} and @command{convert-ly} from within the editor,
research and reverse engineering by tweaking existing .enc files and
loading them using the 4.55 demo version.
-@item
-@uref{http://www.musescore.org,MuseScore}, a score editor, has
-incomplete LilyPond export but is being actively developed.
-
@item
@uref{http://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/staff/jan/nted/nted.xhtml,NtEd},
a score editor based on the @uref{http://www.cairographics.org,Cairo}
@item
@uref{http://strasheela.sourceforge.net/strasheela/doc/index.html,Strasheela},
an environment built on top of the
-@uref{http://www.mozart-oz.org/, Mozart/Oz} constraint programming
-language.
+@uref{http://mozart.github.io/, The Mozart Programming System}.
@end itemize
@divEnd
for KDE 3.5 and lilypond-KDE4 for KDE 4.1 only.
@item
-@uref{http://noteedit.berlios.de,NoteEdit}, which imported
-@uref{http://www.makemusic.com/musicxml,MusicXML}, has been forked into
+@uref{http://lilycomp.sourceforge.net, LilyComp} is a graphical note
+entry program, acting much like a number-pad which produces LilyPond
+notes.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.musescore.org,MuseScore}, a score editor. LilyPond
+export was dropped in version 2.0 but earlier versions are still
+available for download at
+@uref{http://sourceforge.net/projects/mscore/files/mscore/,Sourceforge}.
+
+@item
+@uref{https://sourceforge.net/projects/noteedit.berlios/,NoteEdit}, which imported
+@uref{http://www.musicxml.com/,MusicXML}, has been forked into
@uref{http://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/staff/jan/nted/nted.xhtml,NtEd}
and @uref{http://canorus.org,Canorus}.
@item
-@uref{http://lilycomp.sourceforge.net, LilyComp} is a graphical note
-entry program, acting much like a number-pad which produces LilyPond
-notes.
+@uref{http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/OOoLilyPond,OOoLilypond},
+an OpenOffice.org extension that converts LilyPond files into images
+within OpenOffice.org documents. Although this is no longer being
+developed, it appears to still work with version 4.
@item
@uref{https://launchpad.net/rumor/,Rumor}, a realtime monophonic
MIDI-to-LilyPond converter.
+@item
+@uref{https://github.com/tiredpixel/tunefl,tunefl}
+Typeset your mini-scores directly online without needing to install
+LilyPond locally. It allows trying out all the program's features using
+a convenient web interface.
+
@item
@uref{http://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxguitar/,TuxGuitar}, a
multitrack tablature editor and player, includes a score viewer and can
approach to the computational aesthetics of classical engraving is
explained in our @ref{Background}.
+@divEnd
+
+@divClass{column-center-bottom}
@subheading Legalese
@divClass{legal}
projects / lilypond.git / blobdiff