LilyPond
Also known as GNU LilyPond
LilyPond is a computer program and file format for music engraving. One of LilyPond's major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand.
Key facts
- Software.name
- LilyPond
- Software.logo
- LilyPond-logo-with-music.png
- Software.screenshot
- Fibonacci composition.svg
- Software.developer
- David Kastrup, Werner Lemberg, Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Carl Sorensen, Janek Warchoł,
- Software.programming language
- C++, Scheme, Metafont, PostScript, Python
- Software.standard
- EPS, MIDI, MusicXML, PDF, PS, SVG
- Software.language
- Catalan, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
- Software.genre
- Music software, scorewriter
- Software.license
- GPL-3.0-or-later
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- lilypond.org
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Version 1.0
- Version 2.0
- Design
- Software features
- Overview of input syntax
- Example of LilyPond input file
- Corresponding output
- More complex output
- Collaboration with other projects
- Integration into MediaWiki
- Integration into text using <var>lilypond-book</var>
- Integration into LaTeX
- Comparison to other scorewriters
- See also
- References
- External links
LilyPond is a computer program and file format for music engraving. One of LilyPond's major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand.
LilyPond is cross-platform, and is available for several common operating systems; released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, LilyPond is free software and part of the GNU Project.