Brodhead Music Typography

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

Brodhead Music Typography is in its fifteenth 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: Asko Concerto, Boston Concerto, Clarinet Concerto (piano reduction), Dialogues, Duettino, Flute Concerto, Fratribute, HBHH, Horn Concerto, Intermittences, Interventions, In the Distances of Sleep, Luimen, Matribute, Quartet for Oboe and Strings, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Quintet for Piano and Strings, Reflexions, Retracing, Rewaking, Shard, Sistribute, Sound Fields, Soundings, Tempo a Tempi, Tintinnabulation, Violin Concerto (piano reduction), What Next?
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)
Ned Rorem: Nine Episodes, Four Introits
Christopher Rouse: Rapturedux, Valentine, Violin Concerto (piano reduction)
Kurt Weill: Frauentanz

For prices and more information, write to

What is the SCORE program, anyway?

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

Auxiliary programs for use with Score

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

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!

Engraving examples in PDF format

Click here for PDFs of music engraving examples.

Having trouble installing Score on Windows XP?

Click here for step-by-step instructions that should work in most cases.

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? Click here 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

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. Click here for a detailed history of point sizes and a formula for creating accurate point sizes in Score.

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

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