lilypond-essay: Short literature list
2.1 Short literature list
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If you need to know more about music notation, here are some interesting
titles to read.
‘Ignatzek 1995’
Klaus Ignatzek, Die Jazzmethode für Klavier. Schott’s Söhne 1995.
Mainz, Germany ISBN 3-7957-5140-3.
A tutorial introduction to playing Jazz on the piano. One of the
first chapters contains an overview of chords in common use for
Jazz music.
‘Gerou 1996’
Tom Gerou and Linda Lusk, Essential Dictionary of Music Notation.
Alfred Publishing, Van Nuys CA ISBN 0-88284-768-6.
A concise, alphabetically ordered list of typesetting and music
(notation) issues, covering most of the normal cases.
‘Read 1968’
Gardner Read, Music Notation: A Manual of Modern Practice.
Taplinger Publishing, New York (2nd edition).
A standard work on music notation.
‘Ross 1987’
Ted Ross, Teach yourself the art of music engraving and processing.
Hansen House, Miami, Florida 1987.
This book is about music engraving, i.e., professional typesetting.
It contains directions on stamping, use of pens and notational
conventions. The sections on reproduction technicalities and
history are also interesting.
‘Schirmer 2001’
The G.Schirmer/AMP Manual of Style and Usage. G.Schirmer/AMP, NY,
2001. (This book can be ordered from the rental department.)
This manual specifically focuses on preparing print for publication
by Schirmer. It discusses many details that are not in other,
normal notation books. It also gives a good idea of what is
necessary to bring printouts to publication quality.
‘Stone 1980’
Kurt Stone, Music Notation in the Twentieth Century. Norton, New
York 1980.
This book describes music notation for modern serious music, but
starts out with a thorough overview of existing traditional
notation practices.
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