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Capella (notation program)

capella is a musical notation program or scorewriter developed by the German company capella-software AG (formerly WHC), running on Microsoft Windows or corresponding emulators in other operating systems, like Wine on Linux and others on Apple Macintosh. capella requires to be activated after a trial period of 30 days. The publisher writes the name in lower case letters only. The program was initially created by Hartmut Ring, and is now maintained and developed by Bernd Jungmann, Christian Schauß and Markus Hübenthal. capella is one of the earliest computer programs for music notation and has a relatively moderate price compared with Finale or Sibelius, though up to version 7 it ran only on Windows. capella claims to have 300,000 users for the music notation program and 120,000 for the OCR program. Digital sheet music in capella formats is available in various online music libraries, especially in German speaking areas. The German Protestant hymnal has been digitized using capella software. Originally available only in German, capella is now available in English, French, Dutch, Finnish, Polish and Czech.

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capella is a musical notation program or scorewriter developed by the German company capella-software AG (formerly WHC), running on Microsoft Windows or corresponding emulators in other operating systems, like Wine on Linux and others on Apple Macintosh. capella requires to be activated after a trial period of 30 days. The publisher writes the name in lower case letters only. The program was initially created by Hartmut Ring, and is now maintained and developed by Bernd Jungmann, Christian Schauß and Markus Hübenthal. capella is one of the earliest computer programs for music notation and has a relatively moderate price compared with Finale or Sibelius, though up to version 7 it ran only on Windows. capella claims to have 300,000 users for the music notation program and 120,000 for the OCR program. Digital sheet music in capella formats is available in various online music libraries, especially in German speaking areas. The German Protestant hymnal has been digitized using capella software. Originally available only in German, capella is now available in English, French, Dutch, Finnish, Polish and Czech.

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  1. publication date: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 1993 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 2016-03-29 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1992". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "1993". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "2017". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "2016-03-29". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350374589

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