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Re: How did LilyPond get its name?
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Kieren MacMillan |
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Re: How did LilyPond get its name? |
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Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:50:55 -0400 |
Hi,
>> I've been reading a bit about LilyPond, but I can not find any reference
>> about how LilyPond got its name. Does anyone know that story?
> My guess would be that it was sort of a pun on Rosegarden (a Midi
> sequencer). Or an allusion to "I never promised you a rose garden”.
Why guess, when you can get it from the horse’s mouth?
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2004-09/msg00095.html>
Cheers,
Kieren.