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

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The element | MusicXML 4.0

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work

The element

Parent elements:

    <score-partwise>, 

    <score-timewise>

Works are optionally identified by number and title. The element also may indicate a link to the document that composes multiple scores into a collection.

Content

In this order

• (Optional)
• (Optional)
• (Optional)

Attributes

None.

Examples

This element is used in the following examples:

and ,