(lilypond-program.info)Invoking musicxml2ly

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5.2 Invoking `musicxml2ly'
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MusicXML (http://www.musicxml.org/) is an XML dialect for representing
music notation.

   `musicxml2ly' extracts the notes, articulations, score structure,
lyrics, etc. from part-wise MusicXML files, and writes them to a .ly
file.  It is invoked from the command-line.

   It is invoked from the command-line as follows,
musicxml2ly [OPTION]... XML-FILE

   Note that by `command-line', we mean the command line of the
operating system.  See Note: Converting from other formats, for more
information about this.

   If the given filename is `-', `musicxml2ly' reads input from the
command line.

   The following options are supported by `musicxml2ly':

`-a, --absolute'
     convert pitches in absolute mode.

`-h,--help'
     print usage and option summary.

`-l, --language=LANG'
     use a different language file 'LANG.ly' and corresponding pitch
     names, e.g. 'deutsch' for deutsch.ly and German note names.

`--lxml'
     use the lxml.etree Python package for XML-parsing; uses less
     memory and cpu time.

`--nd --no-articulation-directions'
     do not convert directions (`^', `_' or `-') for articulations,
     dynamics, etc.

`--no-beaming'
     do not convert beaming information, use LilyPond's automatic
     beaming instead.

`-o,--output=FILE'
     set output filename to FILE.  If FILE is `-', the output will be
     printed on stdout.  If not given, XML-FILE`.ly' will be used.

`-r,--relative'
     convert pitches in relative mode (default).

`-v,--verbose'
     be verbose.

`--version'
     print version information.

`-z,--compressed'
     input file is a zip-compressed MusicXML file.