The Lugert publishing house, which developed the Forte software, had its beginnings in 1981 when Wulf-Dieter Lugert and Volker Schütz were preparing [[popular music]] for higher education courses. The use of popular music in the classroom was unusual in [[Germany]] at the time. In 1998 the principals formed a publishing house, which subsequently became known as ''Lugert Verlag''. The firm later diversifie, producing magazines and audio media and selling musical instruments.<ref name="LugertHistory"/><ref name="Emusician-PrRel"/> Forte, their [[scorewriter|score-writing]] program, was first released in 2005.{{Disputed inline|Is this Forte program related to the Midisoft software? If so, How?|date=October 2021}}
==Functionality==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fortenotation.com Official Forte web site in English]
