Lilypond

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LilyPond

http://www.lilypond.org/
Produces sheet music using a high level descriptive file as input. It excels at typesetting classical music, but you can also use it for pop music.

Documentation

User tutorial available in HTML format from http://www.lilypond.org/stable/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Tutorial.html; User reference manual available in HTML format from http://lilypond.org/stable/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/lilypond.html

Related Projects

• DansTuner
• MusiXTeX
• Note Editor
• Rosegarden
• Rumor
• Abc2ps
• Denemo
• TTRM

This is a GNU package

Download

Download version 2.15.13 (developmental)
released on 27 September 2011

Categories

• Hobbies:music
• Interface:command-line
• Use:hobbies

Licensing

License	Verified by	Verified on	Notes
GPLv3orlater	Kelly Hopkins	18 November 2009

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Mats Bengtsson	Contributor
Roy Tankin	Contributor
Han-Wen Nienhuys	Maintainer
Jan Nieuwenhuizen	Maintainer
Adrian Mariano	Contributor
Alexandre Oliva	Contributor

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Support	E-mail	mailto:lilypond-user@gnu.org
Developer	Download	http://lilypond.org/web/install/
Bug Tracking	E-mail	mailto:bug-lilypond@gnu.org
Help	E-mail	mailto:info-lilypond@gnu.org
Developer	E-mail	mailto:lilypond-devel@gnu.org

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Required to build	bison (v. 1.25 or newer)
Required to build	EGCS 1.1 or newer or gcc 2.95.2 or newer
Required to use	GUILE 1.3.4 or newer
Required to build	Python 1.5
Required to build	Guile 1.3.4
Required to build	GNU make
Required to build	flex (v. 2.5.4 or newer)

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 13 January 2009.

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