If Dorico had Dorico...

[benwiggy]

I was transcribing a piece by Palestrina into Dorico, when I suddenly noticed that the 16th-century printed source I was reading was ... by Dorico!

So I then started thinking: what if Dorico had Dorico? A short time later, I produced this page in the style of a 16th-century partbook:

Palestrina Dorico.pdf

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I've managed to match his original system breaks (except for one). I think he'd be rather impressed with the result.

[John Ruggero]

I think he'd be rather impressed with the result.

I think so too. Beautiful.

[David Ward]

I think he'd be rather impressed with the result.

I think so too. Beautiful.

Yes, indeed.

[John Ruggero]

Now if Sibeiius had had Sibelius...

[Anders Hedelin]

And if Fin... No, forget that.

[Anders Hedelin]

There was, once, a music-notation program called Stravinsky (which he couldn't have used himself - otherwise than posthumously, that is).

Reading the advertisements you got the impression it might very well compete with Finale. I never got round to trying it out myself, and now it seems to have gone completely missing.

Does anyone know what the program was like, and what happened to it?

[Anders Hedelin]

My memory may have played a trick with me, I think the name of the program was "Igor Engraver". Does that ring a bell for anyone?

[John Ruggero]

I was about to suggest that, Anders. There is a recent discussion of Igor on this site.

[OCTO]

And if Fin... No, forget that.

Haha! I would say "Finally!"

[benwiggy]

Finally had time to finish all six parts of this Palestrina motet, each as a separate page, and I've applied a slight tint to the 'paper'.

There's only two places in all where I haven't quite matched his original line breaks: mostly problems due to the modern innovation of putting lyrics actually under the right syllable.