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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