- convert my lilypond files to musicxml using python-ly (or frescobaldi, which uses python-ly)
- load the result in Musesscore to check if the conversion succeeded (sometimes it fails comlletely), and/or if errors can easily be corrected.
- use Musescore to export the result again to musicxml
- Let the people who insist using Sibelius/Finale import the musicxml file and apply their preferred housestyles to it.
MT
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-------- Oorspronkelijk bericht --------
Onderwerp: Re: Export to XML
Van: Jean Abou Samra
Aan: nitra...@posteo.net,lilypond-user@gnu.org
Cc: Jacques Menu
Le 25/08/2022 à 14:43, nitra...@posteo.net a écrit :
> Dear LilyPond users,
>
> I used to post questions on the LilyPond forums few years back when it was
> possible to post and edit messages directly online (on nabble.com if I
> recall correctly). But since it was closed, I didn't take the time to
> subscribe to the mailing list and haven't try that way. I somehow managed
> to find answers to my questions myself, but today I would need some advice.
>
> I used to be an intense Finale then Sibelius user and I learnt LilyPond
> back in 2017. Since then, it is my only tool to engrave my scores and I have
> moved progressively my workflow on Linux. Hence I cannot (and doesn't want) to
> go back on those proprietary software and it also changed my use of LilyPond (I
> replaced frescobaldi by vim, I use a lot of separate folders for each
> projects and program some Makefiles to link everything smoothly, ...).
>
> I received some good news recently. A big music publisher (Schott Music Group),
> is interested in publishing some of my compositions I made for my piano students
> and it should be released in a near future. I engraved my score with great care,
> and as I said, using a Makefile and some unix architecture for that particular
> project. However, as you might guess, they want to engrave it with their own
> editorial chart and within their music software (I am not sure of which one they
> are using yet).
>
> I proposed to send them my LilyPond files but I have been confirmed yesterday
> that they cannot process those... They told me an XML file might help them
> though. I looked if it was possible to export in XML but I read the result was
> bad and LilyPond wasn't made for that task... So here's my question: what would
> you suggest I could do to export my scores and help them prepare the album?
>
> Thanks for the advices!
>
Frescobaldi has an experimental feature to export LilyPond code
to MusicXML. Check "Enable experimental features" in the settings
and (after restarting Frescobaldi) you get a button File > Export
> Export to MusicXML.
There is experimental openLilyLib package:
https://github.com/openlilylib/lilypond-export
Both are experimental, but maybe one of them will work reasonably
for you.
Best,
Jean