Re: Winterreise

[David Kastrup]

Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> writes:

> – For all the great achievements that have been made in creating
> lilypond, I think you will all consent that it is still far from
> reaching the quality level represented by hand-engraving from the end
> of 19th to the middle of 20th century.

Fortunately, the competition regarding things like transposability and
up-to-date state of research cannot do better than the quality level
represented by computer engravings from the early 21st century.

> But with Bach for example, I think most volumes of the old Bach
> complete edition
> <http://imslp.org/wiki/Bach-Gesellschaft_Ausgabe_%28Bach,_Johann_Sebastian%29>
> maintain a really high scientific standard on top of being beautiful,
> and they are freely available already, which to me makes the earlier
> mentioned Open Goldberg/WTC campaign somewhat needless.

[...]

> Or I’m simply lacking your musicological proficiency and my estimate
> about the necessity of a new edition of Schubert’s Winterreise is
> incorrect? After all, I am judging it more from the artist’s than from
> the scientist’s point of view.

Which will be the viewpoint for the overwhelming number of possible
customers, so not likely dismissed.

At any rate, regarding possible future projects and directions, it might
be worth talking with Jan Rosseel who is doing a tablet-based
synchronized sheet-reading solution for orchestra needs based on
LilyPond typesetting.  His project will run into scalability problems
once the project is taking off commercially (at the current point of
time, it has been premiered with one orchestra and that involved
basically turning his entire family into music typists).  That is an
"added value" project that is not easily possible with a normal printed
edition.

-- 
David Kastrup