Computing in Musicology, Vol. 12

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Adopting the view that 15^th- and 16^th-century mensural notation is different in significant enough ways from later notational styles that it needs to be transcribed with its own dedicated system, this paper explores the means for designing a new system to make electronic early music editions. The beginnings of a sample system with an accompanying piece of viewing software are presented.

Left: Five versions of the opening of Pierre de la Rue, Vexilla regis–Passio domini.  1, 2: Discantus and contratenor from original manuscript; 3: both parts in score without bar-lines; 4, 5: both parts in two different styles of modern score.

Right: Screen view of editor.