Mozart the music processor
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Mozart the music processor is a proprietary WYSIWYG scorewriter program for Microsoft Windows. It is used to create and edit Western musical notation to create and print sheet music, and to play it via MIDI.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The program was named after the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.[8]
History
Origins
Work was started on the software in the late 1980s as a personal project to assist its author in arranging music for the groups in which he played. The model was that of a WYSIWYG word processor, but for music notation. The idea was to be able to type the music as a document, save it in a file, print it as well as play it back through the computer's speakers. Following the advent of the internet, Version 1 was released to the world on 9 November 1994.
Development
Mozart 1, in 1994, was entirely based on its author's vision of what a music processor should be. Mozart's development in the subsequent decades has been driven by the needs of its users.[9] Elaine Gould's 2011 book, Behind Bars, is the primary guide to developing and maintaining music engraving in Mozart, as it is for other score writers.[10]
Timeline
Since the initial release in 1994, new major versions have been released regularly.[11] Intermediate free service packs are issued as needed.
- 1994: Mozart 1 – a 16 bit program for Windows 3.1
- 1996: Mozart 2 – a 32 bit program for Windows 95
- 1997–2001: Mozart 3 – Mozart 6
- 2002: Mozart Viewer/Reader is released: a free program which will view, print, and play Mozart (.mz) files
- 2003: Mozart 7
- 2004: Mozart 8 – aka Mozart 2005
- 2006–09: Mozart 9, 10
- 2010: The Mozart Jazz Font is introduced
- 2011–14: Mozart 11, 12
- 2016: Mozart 13 – introduces the ribbon bar interface
- 2018: Mozart 14 – automates proportional spacing
- 2020: Mozart 15 – symbols, rendering, interface improvements
- 2022: Mozart 16 – playback, arpeggiation
Features
Interface
- Score entry by computer keyboard, mouse, on-screen piano keyboard, external MIDI instrument.
- Extensive set of keyboard shortcuts with additional customisable mapping.
- Programmable through macros.
- Import: MusicXML, NIFF, abc, MIDI (.MID, .RMI, .KAR).
- Export: MusicXML, abc, MIDI (.MID, .RMI, .KAR), images including BMP, GIF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, EMF.
- Help: extensive, context-sensitive help system.
Score and instrumentation
- An extensible library of score templates.
- Support for a large collection of transposing instruments.
- Support for tablature notation, chord symbols, chord shapes, and percussion.
- Support for a number of plucked string instruments (i.a. guitar, banjo, ukulele, lute, tamburitza) in various tunings.
- Score can be shown in concert pitch, written pitch, B♭ pitch.
- Transposition to any key.
- Extraction of parts from a score.
Music entry
- Clefs include treble, bass, alto, tenor, percussion, tablature, and others.
- Time signatures automatically respected in the music.
- Key signatures from 7 flats to 7 sharps and changes with optional cancelling naturals.
- Repeated accidentals automatically respected.
- Optional courtesy accidentals.
- Cross- and diamond-shaped note heads, cue notes.
- Enharmonic transformations involving (double flat, ♭, ♮, ♯, double sharp).
- Lyrics attached to notes.
- All text items support Unicode characters.
- Text entry has keyboard shortcuts for accented characters and symbols.
Play-back
- Playback optionally with tracking cursor.
- Playback follows repeats and redirections.
- Playback obeys dynamics, pedal marks, phrasing, rubato, and articulation including tremolo and reiteration.
Miscellaneous
- Mozart 10 Gold-certified to run under Wine-1.1.36 on Slackware Linux 12.1.[12]
- Support for foot pedal page turners.
Limitations
- No macOS support.
- Limited control over MIDI events.
- Time signature must be common to all parallel staves.
- No Gregorian chant notation.
- No quarter tone or other microtonal notations.
- No handbell support.
- Minimal support for extended techniques and contemporary notations.
See also
References
Further reading
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- ↑ "Transposing instruments", "New in Mozart 15", mozart.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2021
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