Dear mutex subscribers.
I'm trying to see how far I can get in typesetting modern score editions
of renaissance music from original mensural notation mss and prints
using mtx/pmx.
As is customary with modern editions I want to prefix the scores with an
'incipit', a leading section showing the original keys, note values,
note shapes and mensural symbols. I can get the needed symbols I want
from the MusiXTeX fonts except for some of the mensural symbols. For
example if I want to indicate an original tempus perfectus I need a
circle or an oval shaped analogous to the C meter symbol (tempus
imperfectus). The original notation might be dividing the semibrevis
into three minima, in this case a centered dot were added to the tempus
sign.
I also want to indicate ligatures (compact notes with special meanings)
with brackets over the notes corresponding to the ligature.
For more details on mensural notation see
http://www.uconect.net/~raybro/index1.html.
For examples of modern editions of renaissance music see eg
http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/archive/ftp.htm
Any suggestions how to implement these features ?
Regards
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Christian Mondrup, Computer Programmer
Scandiatransplant, Skejby Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus
Brendstrupgaardsvej, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Phone: +45 89 49 53 01, Telefax: +45 89 49 60 07
