George Heussenstamm.
The Norton Manual of Music Notation.
Norton, New York, 1987.
Hands-on instruction book for copying (ie. handwriting) music. Fairly complete.
HWN.
Clinton Roemer.
The Art of Music Copying.
Roerick music co., Sherman Oaks (CA), 2nd edition, 1984.
Out of print. Heussenstamm writes: an instructional manual which specializes in
methods used in the commercial field.
Harald Banter.
Akkord Lexikon.
Schott's S\"ohne, Mainz, Germany, 1987.
Comprehensive overview of commonly used chords. Suggests (and uses) a
unification for all different kinds of chord names.
A Barksdale.
The Printed Note: 500 Years of Music Printing and Engraving.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, January 1957.
`The exhibition "The Printed Note" attempts to show the various processes used
since the second of the 15th century for reproducing music mechanically ...
'. The illustration mostly feature ancient music.
Herbert Chlapik.
Die Praxis des Notengraphikers.
Doblinger, 1987.
An clearly written book for the casually interested reader. It shows some of
the conventions and difficulties in printing music HWN.
Donemus.
Uitgeven van muziek.
Donemus Amsterdam, 1982.
Manual on copying for composers and copyists at the Dutch publishing house
Donemus. Besides general comments on copying, it also contains a lot of
hands-on advice for making performance material for modern pieces.
William Gamble.
Music Engraving and printing. Historical and Technical
Treatise.
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, ltd., 1923.
This pattriotic book was an attempt to promote and help British music
engravers. It is somewhat similar to Hader's book\cite{hader48} in scope and
style, but Gamble focuses more on technical details (Which French punch
cutters are worth buying from, etc.), and does not treat typographical
details, such as optical illusions. It is available as reprint from Da Capo
Press, New York (1971).
Tom Gerou and Linda Lusk.
Essential Dictionary of Music Notation.
Alfred Publishing, Van Nuys CA, 1996.
A cheap, concise, alphabetically ordered list of typesetting and music
(notation) issues with a rather simplistic attitude but in most cases
"good-enough" answers JCN.
Karl Hader.
Aus der Werkstatt eines Notenstechers.
Waldheim--Eberle Verlag, Vienna, 1948.
Hader was a chief-engraver in a Viennese engraving workshop. This beautiful
booklet was intended as an introduction for laymen on the art of engraving.
It contains a step by step, in-depth explanation of how to cut and stamp
music into zinc plates. It also contains a few compactly formulated rules on
musical orthography. Out of print.
Mark Mc Grain.
Music notation.
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, 1991.
HWN writes: `Book' edition of lecture notes from XXX school of music. The book
looks like it is xeroxed from bad printouts. The content has nothing you
won't find in other books like\cite{read} or \cite{heussenstamm}.
Richard Rastall.
The Notation of Western Music: an Introduction.
J. M. Dent \& Sons London, 1983.
Interesting account of the evolution and origin of common notation starting
from neumes, and ending with modern innovations HWN.
Gardner Read.
Music Notation: a Manual of Modern Practice.
Taplinger Publishing, New York.
This is as close to the ``standard'' reference work for music notation issues
as one is likely to get.
Gardner Read.
Modern Rhythmic Notation.
Indiana University Press, 1978.
Sound (boring) review of the various hairy rhythmic notations used by
avant-garde composers HWN.
Carl A Rosenthal.
A Practical Guide to Music Notation.
MCA Music, New York, 1967.
Heussenstamm writes: Informative in terms of traditional notation. Does not
concern score preparation.
G. Schirmer, Inc.
The G. Schirmer Manual of Style and Usage.
The G. Schirmer Publications Department, New York, 2001.
This is the style guide for Schirmer publications. This manual specifically
focuses on preparing print for publication by Schirmer. It discusses many
details that are not in other, normal notation books. It als gives a good
idea of what is necessary to bring printouts to publication quality. It can
be ordered from the rental department.
Johannes Wolf.
Handbuch der Notationskunde.
Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipzig, 1919.
Very thorough treatment (in two volumes) of the history of music notation.
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