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@node Literature list
@chapter Literature list

Here are lists of references used in LilyPond.

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* Short literature list::
* Long literature list::
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@node Short literature list
@section Short literature list


If you need to know more about music notation, here are some
interesting titles to read.



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@item Ignatzek 1995
Klaus Ignatzek, Die Jazzmethode für Klavier. Schott's Söhne
1995. Mainz, Germany ISBN 3-7957-5140-3.

A tutorial introduction to playing Jazz on the piano.  One of the first
chapters contains an overview of chords in common use for Jazz music.

@item Gerou 1996

Tom Gerou and Linda Lusk, Essential Dictionary of Music
Notation. Alfred Publishing, Van Nuys CA ISBN 0-88284-768-6.

A concise, alphabetically ordered list of typesetting and music
(notation) issues, covering most of the normal cases.

@item Read 1968
Gardner Read, Music Notation: A Manual of Modern Practice.
Taplinger Publishing, New York (2nd edition).

A standard work on music notation.

@item Ross 1987
Ted Ross, Teach yourself the art of music engraving and processing.
Hansen House, Miami, Florida 1987.

This book is about music engraving, i.e., professional typesetting.
It contains directions on stamping, use of pens and notational
conventions.  The sections on reproduction technicalities and history
are also interesting.

@item Schirmer 2001
The G.Schirmer/AMP Manual of Style and Usage. G.Schirmer/AMP, NY, 2001.
(This book can be ordered from the rental department.)

This manual specifically focuses on preparing print for publication by
Schirmer.  It discusses many details that are not in other, normal
notation books.  It also gives a good idea of what is necessary to bring
printouts to publication quality.

@item Stone 1980

Kurt Stone, Music Notation in the Twentieth Century.
Norton, New York 1980.

This book describes music notation for modern serious music, but
starts out with a thorough overview of existing traditional notation
practices.

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@node Long literature list
@section Long literature list

@subheading Colorado

@include colorado.itexi

@subheading Computer notation

@include computer-notation.itexi

@subheading Engraving

@include engravingbib.itexi