Re: MusicXML import: looking for co-sponsors

[Eduardo Vieira]

I support the idea. I wish I could come up with a good sum, but
unfortunately, right now, I can share in with 20 euros only.
It would be nice if Lilypond could export to XML format as well. But I guess
most of the users would think that once you are settled with Lilypond, you
wouldn't need any other program. Unless for the sake of sharing your work in
Lilypond with users of other programs.
Users of Lilypond, we invite you to share in this goal, if lots of us would
get together in this, it wouldn't be hard on our pockets, and the Lilypond
team do need some extra incentive.

Eduardo Vieira
Patos, Paraíba
BRAZIL


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Van den Borre" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 10:19 PM
Subject: MusicXML import: looking for co-sponsors


> Hi all,
>
> Who would like to co-sponsor a MusicXML to Lilypond conversion script?
>
> What: A script that extracts notes and rests from a MusicXML file into a
> Lilypond file. Written in Python, modular, extensible.
> Price: I've had a €350 price quote from Han-Wen.
> Current sponsors: Mark Van den Borre, €50; Tom Eykens: € ?;
> Still needed: €300 - Tom's contribution
> Goal 1: increase note entry productivity. A non-free (neither speech nor
beer)
> optical music recognition program produces produces MusicXML output.
Imagine
> being able to feed this to Lillypond...
> Goal 2: import simple MusicXML fragments made with Finale (Yes, recent
Finale
> versions support MusicXML output out of the box. Sibelius supports it too,
if
> you install the non-free Dolet plugin).
>
> I would personally use this functionality in my volunteer work for the
Mutopia
> free sheet music archive (http://mutopiaproject.org), and maybe for
integrating
> short and simple bits of music from solfege teachers at our music academy
in a
> consistent style.
>
>
> Mark
>
> P.S. I am aware of xml2ly, but that effort seems to be dead and won't get
> accepted into the official Lilypond tree.
> P.P.S. I am not a list subscriber. Please CC me your reply!
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>
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