Re: Issue 665 in lilypond: Request: MusicXML backend

[lilypond]

Comment #17 on issue 665 by address@hidden: Request: MusicXML  
backend
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=665

Does anybody know whether the old bounty offers are still valid?
If yes, they would by now up sum up to $600 (counting everything mentioned  
in this issue report).
Add to it $50 from me.

I would really like to have a structural MusicXML export.

My 2cts to the discussion:
- I think we all are convinced of the superiority of Lilypond's engraving  
output.
  Nevertheless there are situations where one may need Lilypond scores
  to be used with other programms.
  See comment #6
  or this discussion on -user ("my" thread):
  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2010-06/msg00438.html
- To offer an export option is nice behaviour,
  not to offer it may be regarded as arrogant.
  So having it could improve Lilypond's acceptance.
- To have an at least semantically correct MusicXML file
  (instead of one with Lilyponds's layout information)
  would be plain better than not having it.
- Many of the possible uses of such a file wouldn't even be interested
  in the superior layout information

So this is one more vote for this feature.