LilyPond

free score writing software
CreativeWork gnu_package Q195946
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LilyPond

Summary

LilyPond is a GNU package[1]. LilyPond draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (gnu_package category, ranking #7 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • LilyPond is the creator of Han-Wen Nienhuys[3].
  • LilyPond is the creator of Jan Nieuwenhuizen[4].
  • LilyPond is the creator of Graham Keith Percival[5].
  • LilyPond's image is recorded as PL-lilypond-2.10.33-screenshot.png[6].
  • LilyPond's image is recorded as Fibonacci composition.svg[7].
  • LilyPond's instance of is recorded as GNU package[8].
  • LilyPond's instance of is recorded as typesetting software‎[9].
  • LilyPond's instance of is recorded as scorewriter[10].
  • LilyPond's instance of is recorded as free software[11].
  • LilyPond's movement is recorded as free software movement[12].
  • LilyPond's logo image is recorded as LilyPond.svg[13].
  • LilyPond's developer is recorded as GNU Project[14].
  • LilyPond's developer is recorded as development team[15].
  • LilyPond's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[16].
  • LilyPond's copyright license is recorded as GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.3 or later[17].
  • LilyPond's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[18].
  • LilyPond's programmed in is recorded as Python[19].
  • LilyPond's programmed in is recorded as Q187560[20].
  • LilyPond's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[21].
  • LilyPond's operating system is recorded as BSD[22].
  • LilyPond's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[23].
  • LilyPond's operating system is recorded as macOS[24].
  • LilyPond's software version identifier is recorded as 2.20.0[25].
  • LilyPond's software version identifier is recorded as 2.21.1[26].
  • LilyPond's software version identifier is recorded as 2.22.0[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Created works include Han-Wen Nienhuys[3], a computer scientist[28], b. 1975[29], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[30]; Jan Nieuwenhuizen[4], a programmer[31], b. 1968[32], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[33]; and Graham Keith Percival[5].

Subject and Themes

LilyPond's movement is recorded as free software movement[12].

Why It Matters

LilyPond draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (gnu_package category, ranking #7 of 29).[2] LilyPond has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] LilyPond is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . lilypond.org. Retrieved . lilypond.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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