MusicXML
Sign in to saveMusicXML is an XML-based file format for representing Western musical notation. The format is open, fully documented, and can be freely used under the W3C Community Final Specification Agreement.
Key facts
- File format.extension
- .musicxml, .mxl
- File format.mime
- application/vnd.recordare.musicxml+xml, application/vnd.recordare.musicxml
- File format.owner
- W3C Music Notation Community Group
- File format.latest release version
- 4.0
- File format.latest release date
- 1 June 2021
- File format.genre
- Musical notation
- File format.extended from
- XML
- File format.open
- Yes
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MusicXML is an XML-based file format for representing Western musical notation. The format is open, fully documented, and can be freely used under the W3C Community Final Specification Agreement.
==History== MusicXML was invented by Michael Good and initially developed by Recordare LLC. It derived several key concepts from existing academic formats (such as Walter Hewlett's ASCII-based MuseData and David Huron's Humdrum). It is designed for the interchange of scores, particularly between different scorewriters. MusicXML development was managed by MakeMusic following the company's acquisition of Recordare in 2011. MusicXML development was transferred to the W3C Music Notation Community Group in July 2015.