MusicXML and Text blocks

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I import MusXML music scans into Dorico very successfully all the time, but rarely from Finale. Tried the latter today and was impressed. Everything musical was in place. Editorial elements, less so, but that is to be expected.

The glaring omission was the absence of the editorial text block footnotes. Past threads suggest that MusXML does not export text blocks, yet it did convert other elements into Dorico text.

I don’t know who now controls MusXML, but this is an area that might improve in the future.

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You’d need to provide the MusicXML file (and ideally also the Finale file, or at the least a PDF) so we can compare the MusicXML file to the source data and see what is included. My instinct is that the text will be included in the MusicXML file, but it might not be being imported by Dorico. Check that the Text items option is activated on the MusicXML Import page of Preferences.

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Thank you, Daniel. Text Items are activated in MusXML Preferences.

How do I send the two requested files to you? They don’t load in this window.

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XML’s can be uploaded if you zip them first.

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Thank you, Janus. that’s good to know. I think I would prefer to send both files to Daniel directly, however.

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That’s OK. Click on his avatar and send him a message (the same rules apply about file formats, so you will have to zip your xmls)

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Thanks again Janus. I’ll do that.

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@dspreadbury Sorry to bother you in the midst of what must be an overwhelming onslaught, but I did send you the two requested files in a private message and should have mentioned that the Finale file was done in Finale 25 but converted to MusXML in Finale 27.

Has anyone had success with exporting text blocks in MusXML? I tried drawing some text block frames in the converted Dorico file hoping that the text was actually there and just needed a frame to dump into, but no such luck.