User:Mjolnir/Resources

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This page lists choral music resources.

Music

Critical editions

• The Franco Codex Stephen Barwick. Sourthern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL.

Supplies and Accessories

==Vestments

==Choir folders

Books

Notation

• • • Musical Notation Gardiner Reed

Quires and Places Where They Sing , Sidney Nicholson ==

Journals

• • Journal

Software

Notation

Lilypond

OS: GNU/Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, MacOS X
Cost/license: Free, GPL
Native format: Lilypond (.ly)
Formats program can read: only Lilypond native format
Formats program can export to: pdf, svg, ps, MIDI
Included conversion tools: usually bundled with Lilypond come the following:

• abc2ly (from abc ASCII format)
• etf2ly (from Finale format)
• midi2ly (from MIDI format)
• mup2ly (from Arkkra Enterprises Music Publisher format)

Third party conversion tools:

• xml2ly (from MusicXML format) can be freely downloaded

Rosegarden

OS: GNU/Linux
Native format: Rosegarden (.rg)
Formats program can read: Rosegarden, MIDI, Hydrogen
Formats program can export to: MIDI, Lilypond, MusicXML, Csound, Arkkra Enterprises Music Publisher

NoteEdit

OS: GNU/Linux
Cost/license: Free, GPL
Native format: NoteEdit (.not)
Formats program can read: NoteEdit, MusicXML, MIDI
Formats program can export to: MIDI, MusiXTeX, ABC, PMX, Lilypond, MusicXML

Denemo

OS: GNU/Linux
Cost/license: Free, GPL
Native format: Denemo (.denemo, .dnm)
Formats program can read: Denemo, MIDI
Formats program can export to: Denemo, Lilypond, ABC, jtf, Csound

Sibelius

OS: Windows (latest version requires Windows 98 SE or above), Mac (not sure about Mac OS versions), Acorn
Cost: see this page
Native format: Sibelius (.sib)
Formats program can read: Sibelius, MIDI, PhotoScore (.opt), MusicXML, Sibelius 6/7 (.s7), Finale/Allegro/PrintMusic (.mus), Finale ENIGMA (.etf)
Formats program can export to: Sibelius (version 4 can export to ~3, ~2 and ~Student versions), ASCII Tab, MIDI, Scorch and various graphic formats (.eps, .tiff, .bmp, .eps, .emf)

Finale

OS:
Cost:
Native format:
Formats program can read:
Formats program can export to:

Professional Associations

The Royal School of Church Music

Usually abbreviated to RSCM, the Royal School of Church Music is an international charitable organisation which "seeks to enable church music in the present and invest in its future, largely through publications, courses and an award scheme" (see Wikipedia article).

• Official website