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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
Music Encoding Initiative Council announces the release of MEI 2010-05<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>–
a groundbreaking digital musical notation model<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
MEI Council is pleased to announce the first collaboratively-designed method
for encoding the intellectual and physical characteristics of music notation
documents and their scholarly editorial apparatus. MEI has the ability to
manage complex source situations and will dramatically improve the search,
retrieval and display of notated music online, benefiting music scholars and
performers. Because of MEI’s software independence, the data format defined by
the schema also serves an archival function. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
MEI model is free and available for download at <a
href="http://music-encoding.org/">http://music-encoding.org</a>. The site also
offers tutorials, examples, and experimental software for MEI conversion – more
will be available in the near future. Information about the future of the
project and how to get involved are also on the site.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The MEI Council is an international
group of scholars, technologists, and educators representing a broad range of
musicological, theoretical, and pedagogical interests. The Council was created
through funding to the University of Virginia Library and the University of
Paderborn from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
and the National Endowment for the Humanities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>About the University of Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>With 14 physical locations as well as
the original Rotunda, the U.Va. Library contains more than 5 million books, 17
million manuscripts, rare books and archives, and rapidly growing digital
collections. The Library is a leader in developing collections, tools, and
collaborations that foster scholarship at the University and worldwide. It is
known, in particular, for its strength in American history and literature and
its innovation in digital technologies. The MEI project is a continuation of
work begun in 2000 at U.Va. <span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>About the University of Paderborn<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The University of Paderborn has a
special focus on Computer Science, exemplified by its Heinz-Nixdorf Institute.
Together with the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, the University conducts the
Seminar for Musicology where, in 2004 and in cooperation with the Carl Maria
von Weber Complete-Edition project, preliminary work was performed regarding
digital critical editions of music. Its "Edirom" project (also
DFG-funded) has been developing platform-independent solutions for musical
editions since 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>About the granting agencies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is
the central, self-governing research funding organization, serving all branches
of science and the humanities by funding research at universities and other
publicly financed research institutions in Germany and facilitating cooperation
among investigators.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The National Endowment for the
Humanities is an independent grant-making agency of the United States
government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and
public programs in the humanities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Any views, finding,
conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily
reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft.</span><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Erin Mayhood<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Head, Music Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Old Cabell Hall <br>
University of Virginia <br>
PO Box 400175 <br>
Charlottesville VA 22904-4175 <br>
(434) 924-7017 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>elm8s@virginia.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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