After looking into it some more I think it's unlikely that an exact translation 
into a different notation system qualifies as a derivative work.  "The 
transformation, modification or adaption of the work must be substantial and 
bear its author's personality to be original and thus protected by 
copyright."[1]  

If that's right, then I think something like the following should work for 
attribution statements:

Translated into Clairnote music notation using LilyPond by Paul Morris. 
Original LilyPond file from the Mutopia Project, typeset in standard music 
notation by Nikos Kouremenos (© 2014, Mutopia-2014/03/24-519), used under a 
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license — 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ — free to distribute, modify, and perform.

Translated into Clairnote music notation using LilyPond by Paul Morris. 
Original LilyPond file from the Mutopia Project, typeset in standard music 
notation and placed in the public domain by Stelios Samelis 
(Mutopia-2012/12/23-931) — free to distribute, modify, and perform.

Please let me know if I'm off track here, or if these need to be improved in 
some way.

Thanks,
-Paul

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work
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