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Computer printouts of sheet music usually look dull. LilyPond is different: it makes beautiful sheet music. Give it a try!

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What sets LilyPond apart from other programs? Why did we revive the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music? How did we do it?

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The LilyPond Report #9 - May 05, 2008
Welcome to this ninth issue of the LilyPond Report!
This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community. Follow this link to read the full issue...
LilyPond 2.11.45 available - April 26, 2008
Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting engine. lilypond-book has been improved, with better performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin Villenave. Changes, Bugfixes, Download.
LilyPond 2.11.44 available - April 14, 2008
Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord names has been added to the MusicXML converter. Bugfixes, Download.

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