Re: How to run Lilypond programatically from Python instead of calling the Lilypond executable to generate sheet music?

[Jean Abou Samra]

> On 2020-10-09 18:00, Matthew Moisen wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >           The normal way to run Lilypond is to create a text file
> >             and then call the lilypond executable to convert
> >             it into a PDF.
> >           Is it possible to instead from python
> >             programmatically call Lilypond APIs to generate
> >             PDFs? I know that I can make a system call to the lilypond
> >             executable, but I was hoping to do this via APIs instead.
> >           
> Try Abjad
> https://abjad.github.io/
>
>       
      There is also music21.

http://web.mit.edu/music21/

Best,
Jean