Re: Lilypond vs Score

[David Stocker]

Hi Bob,

SCORE is an old program and, while I think it is still being supported, 
I don't think it's under active development. It's a DOS program and 
there have been rumors for years of a Windows port, but no one seems to 
know whether it's happening or not.

While a small number of publishers and engravers still use SCORE, most 
publishers (and almost all Major Publishers) are now using Finale or 
Sibelius.

SCORE is notoriously difficult to use (if you believe the people who use 
it or used to use it) and even now is quite pricey, at US$750.00 It has 
a reputation for fine control over placement of score elements and can 
certainly produce some astonishing output configurations (most of which 
no one would ever need), but I find the look of its output cold and 
mechanical, even compared with Finale or Sibelius (and certainly when 
compared to LilyPond).

David

Bobber wrote:
> I have been having a discussion with a small publisher who uses the 
> music manuscript program called Score.  He says that neither Lilypond 
> or Finale can produce engraving that is comparable to Score.  And that 
> most of the major music publishers in the world use Score.
>
> Is anyone familiar with Score and what makes it superior?