Re: [Finale] Off Topic: H.C. Robbins-Landon / Haydn biography and music engraving

2010-03-06 Thread John Howell
At 9:56 PM -0500 3/5/10, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Good day: I'm quite behind the times: I just discovered that H.C. Robbins-Landon passed away last November. I was a big fan of his Haydn 5 vol biography that was huge. I remember there were a lot of musical examples provided in those books. My que

Re: [Finale] Off Topic: H.C. Robbins-Landon / Haydn biography and music engraving

2010-03-05 Thread David W. Fenton
On 5 Mar 2010 at 21:56, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: > So I would imagine that a large book company during this period > was using much more sophisticated computers for text, but again-- what > were they doing for music; and how would they marry computer generated > mock-ups of text with plate engravin

[Finale] Off Topic: H.C. Robbins-Landon / Haydn biography and music engraving

2010-03-05 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
Good day: I'm quite behind the times: I just discovered that H.C. Robbins-Landon passed away last November. I was a big fan of his Haydn 5 vol biography that was huge. I remember there were a lot of musical examples provided in those books. My question is: back in the 1970s when the Haydn biograph