Mozart the music processor


Mozart the music processor is a proprietary WYSIWYG scorewriter program, which runs on computers running Microsoft Windows. It enables the user to create, edit, and print musical notation and listen to it via MIDI.
The name of the program reflects its author's love of the clarinet and a classical work for that instrument, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's clarinet concerto.

History

Origins

Work was started on the software in the late 1980s as a personal project to assist its author in arranging music for the groups in which he played. The model was that of a WYSIWYG word processor, but for music notation. The idea was to be able to type the music as a document, save it in a file, print it as well as play it back through the computer's speakers. Following the advent of the internet, Version 1 was released to the world on 9 November 1994.

Development

Mozart 1, in 1994, was entirely based on its author's vision of what a music processor should be. Mozart's development in the subsequent decades has been driven by the needs of its users. Elaine Gould's 2011 book, Behind Bars, is the primary guide to developing and maintaining high quality music engraving in Mozart.

Timeline

Since the initial release in 1994, new major versions have been released regularly. Intermediate free service packs are issued as needed.

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