music-score/docs/musicxml-spec/elements/source.md

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The element | MusicXML 4.0

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source

The element

Parent element:

    <identification>

The element describes the source for the music that is encoded. This is similar to the Dublin Core source element.

Content

string

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples: