History

2010

When the work on the Web Audio API was starting, there were several people who expressed interest in standardizing a music notation markup. There was some discussion on the Audio Incubator Group list:

• “Music Notation on the Web” thread, December 2010, in particular:
  • Background email by Michael Good, creator and maintainer of MusicXML, the leading industry music notation markup
  • More background by Joe Berkovitz, CEO of Noteflight
  • Michael Good on the main issues in digital music notation
  • View of MusicXML from a notation vendor by Joe Berkovitz
  • More background by Michael Good