(Not really begun last week- began using LilyPond last year; but this particular project- using it to transcribe this piece- yes, began it a week or so ago.)
The 6th symphony (written in 1969) of
Benjamin Frankel was broadcast over the BBC in March of that year (New Philharmonia/Denis Vaughan- this was the premiere performance, and was preceded by a talk given by the composer) and published by Chester Novello Co. of London.
The score is a photocopy of the manuscript, which to my mind discourages much further performance. I have a recording made by the German label cpo a few years back, I like the piece, I want to encourage this as much as the quality of the work will allow.
The computer program LilyPond (www.lilypond.org) is free, and designed to specialize in creating very good, typeset-quality music. I've been using an early version for a year- the most recent version I can use.
(I'm going to purchase and install a more recent version of my computer's operating system soon. More on that in another post anon. With that, I can install a more recent version.)
The third movement, Adagio, twenty-three pages of orchestral score, is the object of my present converting endeavor *g*. If I do a good job on that, the remaining four movements (115 pages in all) are next. Only about five pages done so far, though, and not even really done.
