Brodhead Music Typography

Digital music engraving via the Score® program,
the world's most comprehensive music typography system

Brodhead Music Typography is in its nineteenth year of offering a complete range of music engraving services, including the creation of full score and parts for:

Opera
Orchestra
Band
Chamber ensemble
Choral ensemble

...as well as solo pieces of any complexity. Recent projects include:

John Adams: Dr. Atomic, El Dorado, El Niño, Eros Piano, My Father Knew Charles Ives, Son of Chamber Symphony, Dr. Atomic Symphony
Béla Bartók: The Wooden Prince (new critical edition by Peter Bartok and Nelson Dellamaggiore)
Elliott Carter: The American Sublime, Asko Concerto, Boston Concerto, Clarinet Concerto (piano reduction), Clarinet Quintet, Dialogues, Dialogues II, Double Trio, Duettino, Duettone, Figment III, Figment IV, Figment V, The Fire and the Rose, Flute Concerto, Fratribute, HBHH, Horn Concerto, Intermittences, Interventions, In the Distances of Sleep, Luimen, Mad-Regales, Matribute, Oboe Concerto (piano reduction), Of Rewaking, On Conversing with Paradise, Quartet for Oboe and Strings, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Quintet for Piano and Strings, Reflexions, Retracing, Rigmarole, Shard, Sistribute, Sound Fields, Soundings, String Trio, A Sunbeam's Architecture, Tempo e Tempi, Three Explorations, Three Madrigals, Time and the Bell, Tintinnabulation, Trije Glasbeniki, Two Controversies and a Conversation, Violin Concerto (piano reduction), What Are Years, What Next?, Wind Rose
Alberto Ginastera: Cello Concerto No. 2
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 4 (Ives Society Critical Edition), Orchestral Set No. 2 (Ives Society Critical Edition), Three Places in New England (new engraving of version for Large Orchestra), Robert Browing Overture (Ives Society Critical Edition), String Quartet No. 2 (Ives Society Critical Edition)
Ned Rorem: Nine Episodes, Four Introits
Christopher Rouse: Rapturedux, Valentine, Violin Concerto (piano reduction)

For prices and more information, write to tom.brodhead@comcast.net

Engraving examples in PDF format

See Engraving Examples for PDFs of music engraving examples.

Auxiliary programs for use with Score

Brodhead Music Typography authors auxiliary programs for use with Score®: LABELS, VJ, LJ, BEAM, ACCS, EDITSCOR, EPSFONTS, SETGRAY, SETCOLOR, FREE UTILITIES,

What is the SCORE program, anyway?

Read Thomas Weber's excellent overview of Score for a clear explanation.

Having trouble installing Score on Windows XP?

Read INSTALLING SCORE ON WINDOWS XP for step-by-step instructions that should work in most cases.

Trying to run SCORE or SCOR4 in Window7 or Vista? Even the 64bit versions?

See Running Score on *ANY* Windows platform using DosBox for complete installation instructions, including links to necessary files.

Are the bounding boxes in SCORE's EPS files shearing off the tops of your title text or shearing off other things?

See Fixing SCORE'S EPS bounding boxes using GhostScrip, FONTMAP, and STOOL for complete solution.

Having trouble getting XP to recognize your Type 1 PostScript fonts?

Read Registering Type1 PostScript fonts in Windows XP for step-by-step instructions on how to overcome this problem.

Having trouble printing from Score to a USB-connected printer?

Read PRINTING FROM SCORE TO A USB PORT for step-by-step instructions on how to overcome this problem.

Having trouble understanding the DRAW program?

Read Tom Brodhead's DRAW essay for detailed information on how to negotiate DRAW effectively.

Did you know that Score's point sizes are wrong?

Score's PT command creates point sizes that are slightly larger than the standard PostScript point size. Read The Problem with Score's Point Sizes for a detailed history of point sizes and a formula for creating accurate point sizes in Score.

Tips, tricks, and free info on PostScript, PDF, and fonts

Ever need a free utility to combine a sequence of Score-generated EPS files into a single PDF file? Read PostScript Info for Score Users for free utilities and other information.

Confused about writing chords with 2nds?

Have you ever wanted a simple, step-by-step instruction for stacking notes in chords with 2nds? Look no further...

Left-click to view, or right-click to download CHORDS.PDF

LABELS -- The world's most comprehensive full score editor!

Find out about LABELS!

VJ -- SCORE's VJ+HS routine on steroids!

Find out about VJ!

LJ -- The world's most comprehensive horizontal music spacing program!

Find out about LJ!

BEAM -- The world's most comprehensive music beaming program!

Find out about BEAM!

ACCS -- The world's most comprehensive accidental arranging program!

Find out about ACCS!

EDITSCOR -- The world's most sophisticated conditional editor for use with SCORE!

Find out about EDITSCOR!

EPSFONTS -- A program that embeds Type1 fonts into EPS files, rendering downloading unnecessary and ensuring PDFs have the right fonts!

Find out about EPSFONTS!

SETGRAY -- A program that greatly simplifies setting items--any item or items!--in grayscale in SCORE!

Find out about SETGRAY!

SETCOLOR -- A program that allows you to set items--any item or items!--in RGB color or CMYK color in SCORE!

Find out about SETCOLOR!

FREE UTILITIES -- Yes! Brodhead Music Typography offers FREE UTILITIES!

Find out about our FREE UTILITIES!

Wonka quotes?

Visit Wonka Quotes for a complete listing of famous quotes and literary allusions spoken by Willy Wonka in the 1971 film, with source material and other information.

For a review of Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, visit What's Wrong with Tim Burton's Wonka?

For more information, write to Tom Brodhead at tom.brodhead@comcast.net