00100										May 9,1974
00150									Music Department
00175									Stanford, Ca., 94305
00200	
00300	Dear Mr. Di Bonaventura,
00400	
00500		I have enclosed several examples of my computer music printing system.  The
00600	
00700	two completed "publications" are the SIX BAGATELLES and the TWO MOTETS.  The
00800	
00900	Bagatelles were printed only six weeks after I began work on this system.  The first steps,
01000	
01100	in 1971, were misleadingly simple.  I was in Europe for most of 1972 so I made
01200	
01300	little progress until the late fall of that year.  The Motets do not please me in the visual
01400	
01500	sense, poor clefs, etc.  At that time I was concentrating on the problems of creating larger
01600	
01700	braces of score and the semi-automatic positioning of the vocal text.  My main concerns
01800	
01900	up to this time have been to create a flexible editing system.  I feel I have largely succeeded in
02000	
02100	this but the complexity of the problem has surpised me.
02200	
02300		Recently I have been concentrating more on the appearance of my output.  I think you will
02400	
02500	note a great improvement in the two parts from my TRIO for WOODWINDS.  (I wanted
02600	
02700	to send you the complete Trio but I had a hang-up on the title page.  I'll send it as soon as
02800	
02900	it is ready.)  With the Trio, each player will have a full score, but with his own part
03000	
03100	about two times larger than the other two parts.  This should greatly facilitate
03200	
03300	rehearsals.  With my system only a size factor for the staff involved need be changed
03400	
03500	in order to change the size of a complete line.  There are very many features of this
03600	
03700	sort in this program.
03800	
03900		I have included three pages of Xerox output of the Clarinet part to the
04000	
04100	Trio.  This particular Xerox machine is hooked directly to the computer.  I use this mainly
04200	
04300	for getting copy to take home for liesurely proof-reading.  The sheet labeled "A"
04400	
04500	first gives an example of a line from the Clarinet part.  In the middle is the same line
04600	
04700	but with the other parts reduced to a practical minimum.  The lowest line then
04800	
04900	has the last measure deleted and the remaining music expanded to fill the space.  This
05000	
05100	kind of change is done in seconds.
05200	
05300		The "B" sheet shows my first attempts at using more conventional type
05400	
05500	fonts for the numbers and letters.  Up to this time I have been using minimal data
05600	
05700	for my alphabet and numbers.  I have now available in the program the possibility
05800	
05900	of using the many fonts we have in our text printing system.
06000	
06100		I will be in New York on the 27th and 28th of June and could meet with you at any
06200	
06300	time on those days.  Perhaps we could make a firm appointment.  Meanwhile if you have
06325	
06350	any immediate questions I would be glad to try to answer them by mail.
06600	
06700	
06800	
06900									Very sincerely,
07000	
07100	
07200	
07300									Leland Smith