What is "frescobaldi"

The Frescobaldi are a prominent Florentine noble family that have been involved in the political, sociological, and economic history of Tuscany since the Middle Ages. Originating in the Val di Pesa in the Chianti, they appear holding important posts in Florence in the twelfth century. In the struggles of Guelfs and Ghibellines the family was split between the Guelf factions of Bianchi and Neri, of whom only the Bianchi remained in Florence.

Frescobaldi is an editor for LilyPond music files. It aims to be powerful, yet lightweight and easy to use. Frescobaldi is free software, freely available under the GNU General Public License. It is designed to run on all major operating systems ( Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows). It is named after Girolamo Frescobaldi, an Italian composer of keyboard music in the late Renaissance and early Baroque period.

In April 2009, Frescobaldi won a "HotPick" award in Linux Format. In May 2009, TuxRadar listed it as one of "100 open source gems".

Frescobaldi is written in Python and uses PyQt4 for its user interface.

Frescobaldi may refer to:

• Frescobaldi - a prominent family from Italy
• Girolamo Frescobaldi - the Italian Baroque composer
• Frescobaldi (software) - music notation software for editing LilyPond format