On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 15:52 -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote: > Hello all, > > > I'm hoping to break out a series of stylesheets (or stylesheet sets): > > instrument (e.g., violin) solo > > piano solo > > piano + vocal > > piano + solo instrument > > organ solo > > instrumental ensemble (e.g., piano quartet) > > chorus a cappella > > orchestra > > orchestra + chorus > > I've found lovely examples of piano + vocal, organ solo, chorus + piano > reduction, orchestra, and orchestra + chorus in my library. (Most are > Bärenreiter, so I'm sticking close to Lilypond's inspirational roots…) > > So now I really need a benchmark for instrument solo, piano solo, piano + > solo instrument, instrumental ensemble, and chorus a cappella. (I have some > scores in my library, of course, but none of them are stunning enough to > consider using as a benchmark.) > I think that the Hortus Musicus, any of the several hundred, are absolutely gorgeous examples of chamber music engraving. They are published by Barenreiter, as well. I was looking earlier today at Hortus Music 232 a recorder and continuo piece by Visee that is absolutely grand.
> Regardless of the engraving/publishing house these benchmarks come from, I > think the resulting Lilypond stylesheets should ONLY use fonts which are > available in the default Lilypond installation (e.g., New Century Schoolbook). > > Later on, when we make "house styles" (for those who really want, e.g., their > music theatre song to look like it came from a modern Warner Bros. songbook), > we can use non-standard fonts. > > Cheers, > Kieren. Just Saying, Rachael _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
