This package provides a Python library ly containing various Python modules
to parse, manipulate or create documents in LilyPond format.  A command line
program ly is also provided that can be used to do various manipulations
with LilyPond files.

The LilyPond format is a plain text input format that is used by the GNU
music typesetter LilyPond (www.lilypond.org).

The python-ly package is Free Software, licensed under the GPL.  This
package is written by the Frescobaldi developers and is used extensively by
the Frescobaldi project.  The main author is Wilbert Berendsen.