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Lilypond did it for me


From: Han-Wen Nienhuys
Subject: Lilypond did it for me
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:14:38 +0200

address@hidden writes:
> This is the kind of comment one enjoys writing. 
> 
> I've been an enthousiast user of Lilypond for over two years now,
> and the last piece I worked on is a cimbalom (Typical hungarian
> instrument) concerto I write for an excellent friend  of mine,
> named Ernest Bango, and who is a world class cimbalom player.
> 
> I write this comment to celebrate the end of the journey. This concerto
> has taken almost a full year of work. Yesterday was the first rehearsal. I was
> not allowed to attend (the orchestra wanted to rehearse once or twice 
> without the scrutiny of the "composer") but I got numerous compliments
> about the quality of the scores. 
> 
> Even more importantly, while Lilypond provides numerous hacks to improve
> the way its scores look, what the orchestra got from me is basically the
> raw, untouched output. I'm not so fanatic about typesetting. I'd rather have
> a system which is over 90% correct automatically, rather than spend ages 
> trying to get it closer to 100%. I must say, that Lilypond' output,
> together with lilypond-book, is more than good enough as is. At least
> to me. And the orchestra.

Good to hear that!

(I hope the parts all say "Engraved by LilyPond"!)

(do you mind if I edit your  comments for our webpage?)

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 Han-Wen Nienhuys   |   address@hidden   |   http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen 





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