Re: some Musikmesse and MusicXML

[Klaus Föhl]

Janek Warchoł wrote:
> Many thanks for this report!  You made me realize that i didn't
> promote LilyPond actively enough.  We have unique features to offer
> and people in the music industry should know about us.

As the Lilypond name was mentioned a few times in that said meeting,
my impression was that it was known enough to the audience so no need
seen by the speakers to introduce it.
At one point it was explicitly quoted as rendering engine.

Whether all are aware about "unique features" is another question.

Be aware, this was musicXML and Michael Good works for "Finale",
so one can understand if he thinks about giving Finale the (future)
role as reference musicXML implementation.

And musicXML was pitched as "the" exchange format (dunno if this really
is the case) plus Lilypond is not on the list of software featuring
both Import and Export capability, so there is no guarantee to
publishing houses that they can avoid getting locked in another time.

Cheers
Klaus

P.S. in a private discussion Lilypond syntax was characterised to me as
hierarchical (overtone of restraint/limited) with Staff > Voices hence
it is difficult to run a voice across several staffs (i.e. piano).