MusicXML compressed

Writable

audio

This is a ZIP container version of the MusicXML format, an XML based format. It was designed for sharing sheet music files between applications, and for archiving sheet music files for use in the future.

Identify it

Extensions	`.mxl`
MIME types	`application/vnd.recordare.musicxml`
PRONOM	`fmt/897fmt/2005`
Wikidata	`Q50223749`
Library of Congress	`fdd000358`

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Q240192Open sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
VerovioOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
Finalereads · shareware

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Versions and variants (1)

Compressed MusicXML 3.1+Unknown

Sources

File Formats Wiki
PRONOM fmt/897
Wikidata Q50223749

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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