bradr@bartok.Sun.COM (Brad Rubenstein) (01/03/90)
Lots of folks have asked about various programs for printing musical scores. If you are interested in this, you should know that the annual directory of Computing in Musicology distributed by the Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities (CCARH) describes most (all?) printing systems that deal with classical music. I kid you not. The 1989 edition contains 64 pages describing 55 systems, commercial and academic, some finished and some under development. They run on Suns, IBM PC's, MacIntoshes, Atari ST, etc. Systems are described that handle standard classical notation, as well as gregorian chant, guitar and lute tablature, mensural notation, neumes, shape notes, and more. The discussion focuses mostly on functional capability and output quality (with lots of printed examples from many of the systems). There isn't much discussion of user interface. You can email CCARH at XB.L36@forsythe.stanford.edu, but I'm not sure how reliable this is. Their US mail address is below. Here is an excerpt from an order form I had handy: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This year's directory has 177 pages, of which 54 contain illustrations [ 2 from an optical scanning project, 3 from transcription-and-analysis programs concerned with Byzantine notation, and the rest from music printing programs]. The cost is $15.00. Postage rates are $9 to Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and South America; $7 to Europe; $2 to Canada; and free within the US. The overseas ones go by air [postage is free if you want surface mail overseas; please allow up to four months for delivery]. All orders must be prepaid. Overseas orders paid by check should be in dollars from an American bank; they can also be paid by postal money order. Separate terms are available for bulk orders. Send all correspondence to: CCARH 525 Middlefield Road, Suite 120 Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA telephone: (415) 322-7050 email: XB.L36@forsythe.stanford.edu ---Brad Rubenstein-----Sun Microsystems Inc.-----bradr@sun.com---