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\"ohne
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.
17 Ted Ross, Teach yourself the art of music engraving and processing.
18 Hansen House, Miami, Florida 1987
20 This is about engraving, i.e. professional typesetting. It contains
21 directions on good typesetting, but the sections on reproduction
22 technicalities, how to use pens and history are interesting.
23 Especially the section on Music Typewriters is amusing....
27 Tom Gerou and Linda Lusk, Essential Dictionary of Music
28 Notation. Alfred Publishing, Van Nuys CA ISBN 0-88284-768-6
30 A concise, alphabetically ordered list of typesetting and music
31 (notation) issues with a rather simplistic attitude but in most cases
32 "good-enough" answers.
37 Kurt Stone, Music Notation in the Twentieth Century
38 Norton, New York 1980.
40 The most important book on notation in recent years.
45 Karl Hader, Aus der Werkstatt eines Notenstechers. Waldheim--Eberle
49 Hader was the chief-engraver of the Waldheim-Eberle music publishers.
50 This beautiful booklet was intended as an introduction for laymen on
51 the art of engraving. It contains a step by step, in-depth
52 explanation of how to cut and stamp music into zinc plates. It also
53 contains a few compactly formulated rules on musical orthography. Out
59 Helene Wanske, Musiknotation --- Von der Syntax des Notenstichs zum EDV-gesteuerten Notensatz.
60 Schott-Verlag, Mainz 1988.
63 I. A very thorough overview of engraving practices of various
64 craftsmen. It includes detailed specs of characters, dimensions
65 etc. II. a thorough overview of a anonymous (by now antiquated)
66 automated system. EDV Means e(lektronischen) D(aten)v(erarbeitung),
67 electronic data processing HWN.
70 Gardner Read, Music Notation: a Manual of Modern Practice.
71 Taplinger Publishing, New York (2nd edition).
73 This is as close to the ``standard''
74 reference work for music notation issues as one is likely to get.