2.1 Short literature list (Essay on automated music engraving)

### 2.1 Short literature list

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

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.

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.

Gould 2011

  Elaine Gould, Behind Bars: the Definitive Guide to Music Notation. Faber Music Ltd. ISBN 0-571-51456-1.

  Hals über Kopf: Das Handbuch des Notensatzes. Edition Peters. ISBN 1843670488.

  A comprehensive guide to the rules and conventions of music notation. Covering everything from basic themes to complex techniques and providing a comprehensive grounding in notational principles.

Read 1968

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

  A standard work on music notation.

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.

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.

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.

#### Essay on automated music engraving v2.26.0 (stable-branch).

- 1 Music engraving
  - 1.1 The LilyPond story
  - 1.2 Engraving details
    - Music fonts
    - Optical spacing
    - Ledger lines
    - Optical sizing
    - Why work so hard?
  - 1.3 Automated engraving
    - Beauty contests
    - Improvement by benchmarking
    - Getting things right
  - 1.4 Building software
    - Music representation
    - What symbols to engrave?
    - Flexible architecture
  - 1.5 Putting LilyPond to work
  - 1.6 Engraved examples (BWV 861)
- 2 Literature list
  - 2.1 Short literature list
  - 2.2 Long literature list
- Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License
- Appendix B Index