Liderbukh

A program to create beautiful lead sheets using Python, Lilypond, and LaTeX, with templates and a collection of Yiddish folksongs

Visit the collection: https://liderbukh.jews.international/

Dependencies:

Python 3

Modules:

• pyratemp
• yaml
• click
• mistune

Lilypond and lilypond-book

XeLaTeX

Packages:

• multicol
• verse
• fontspec
• graphicx
• polyglossia
• fancyhdr

Font: Drugulin CLM

• Link to the font on GitHub

Usage

$ chmod +x liderbukh.py
$ ./liderbukh.py --help
Usage: liderbukh.py [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -s, --settings-file PATH  Settings file. Default: settings.yaml
  -d, --debug               Turn debug mode on
  -n, --no-write            Generate song data but don't write any files
  -p, --path TEXT           Only process this song file. Please provide path
                            without extension.
  -i, --index-only          Only write index file. Mutually exclusive with
                            --no-write
  --help                    Show this message and exit.

TODO (in no particular order):

• Add option to create a single, book-style pdf
• Add html export (partly done)
• Add metadata fields for source, arranger, etc
• Add transposition support?
• Add support for multiple templates based on, for example, language and target format
• Add option to process a list of songs, or only new songs
• Make some meta fields required
• Add auto generated "version" and "last updated" field to song meta, and display it in the index and possibly in the pdf.
• Add html templates for individual songs, with notes
• Add a space for notes on the index page.