DAPrint Music Preparation / Publishing


DAPRINT MUSIC PREPARATION/PUBLISHING was founded in 1994, when I switched to computer-based notation (using Coda Music Technology's [now MakeMusic] Finale software) from traditional hand manuscript. In addition to my own music (mostly arrangements for the Omaha Symphony Trio) I began to prepare and publish music for other composers and organizations.

A partial client list:

New York Philharmonic
Gershwin Foundation
Sylvia McNair
Omaha Symphony
Opera Omaha
Omaha Public Schools
U.S. Air Force Band
Heartland of America Band
Cleveland Institute of Music

I constantly strive to make my publishing work of the highest quality, using 1200+ dpi printing, oversized pages, fine publishing papers, custom music typeface design, and clean lines. I try and develop a house style for each project that reflects its origins, in the case of a composer like David Maves we have worked together to develop a publishing style that recalls his hand manuscript, including a specially designed custom music font.

Computer-based music publishing should emulate the finest traditional engraving standards. It should have two primary design goals: easy reading for the performer, and aesthetic beauty to complement that of the music itself. The printed page should be constructed with a designer's eye. Choice of typefaces for the various elements should emulate the style of the either the original source material or the composer's manuscript.



DAPrint publications of the music of
David W. Maves

20801 - Procession with Vistas - Organ Solo - 1997 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $13

20802 - Three Studies for Trumpet and Organ - Trumpet in Bb, C & D & Organ - 1998 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $12

20803 - Onomatopoeia - English Horn & Organ - 1997 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $10

20804 - Toccata - Organ Solo - 1994 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $10

20805 - D to A - Trombone & Tape - 1974 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $8

20806 - Duet No. 1 - One Piano Four Hands - 1964 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $13.50

20807 - The Owl and the Nightingale - 1965 - free at the above link

20808 - Fanfare for the Common Recorder - 1994 - free at the above link

20809 - Duet for Two Flutes - 1999 - free at the above link

20810 - Through a Mountain Meadow - Piano Solo - 1984 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $5

20811 - Organ Symphony - Organ Solo - 1984 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $10

20814 - Trio for Brass - Trumpet, Horn, & Trombone - 1958 - 10 x 13" bound score copy - $8

20815 - Three Songs of Affirmation - Soprano and Piano - 1965 - free at the above link

20817 - Psalm 67 - A Cappella Chorus - 1963 - free at the above link

20818 - Psalm 134 - A Cappella Chorus - 1962 - free at the above link

20819 - Four Greek Songs - Voice and Guitar - 1998 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $13

20820 - Four Greek Songs - Voice and Piano - 1998 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $13

20821 - Fanfare for a Convocation - Chorus and Brass Octet - 2001 - 10 x 13" vocal, full score and parts - $15

20822 - Three Children's Songs - Children's Voices and Percussion - 1966 - free at the above link

20823 - The Four Short Seasons of Love - Voice and Piano - 2002 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $10

20824 - Climbing Up the Ladder - Trumpet in Bb, C & D and Piano - 2003 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $12

20825 - Prelude for Flute and Guitar - Flute & Guitar - 1998 - 10 x 13" bound copy - $8

20828 - Sir Isaac Newton - Children's Chorus & Piano - 1965 revised 2004 - free at the above link

20829 - Sea Shanty - Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Solo Voice - 2005 - free at the above link

20830 - Organ Prelude - Organ - 2001 revised 2003 - free at the above link

The links above will take you the applicable page for the piece on David's site. Many of these pieces can be downloaded as letter-size pdfs for free as part of a project funded by the College of Charleston and The South Carolina Arts Commission.



MUSIC ENGRAVING SAMPLES

The following example is a single page from a project done for Sylvia McNair, the internationally famous soprano. This project was a transposition of the song "POLO" by Manuel de Falla. The original pages were formatted for 10 x 13" paper (my standard size for parts). There is a PostScript version of that page here. This is a large file (447k), since it must include all the fonts, and will not print properly unless you have a printer capable of printing up to Tabloid (11 x 17") size pages. An alternative, smaller (48k) pdf version, reformatted for standard 8.5 x 11" paper is also available here.

Sylvia was kind enough to send me the following after she received the music:





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