Laura Conrad wrote: > Trevor> I know essentially nothing about ancient music, > Trevor> but as these examples were set by experts I assume > Trevor> they know what should be done. I doubt that > Trevor> ancient music was ever typeset using modern > Trevor> lyric spacing hyphens, not least because the > Trevor> ligatures are conventionally grouped closely > Trevor> together, and the syllable (with the hyphen) > Trevor> almost always sits neatly under them. > > > I don't know that much about the chant publications, but the 16th and > early 17th century facsimiles I transcribe from don't use hyphens to > separate syllables at all. Underlay was a performers' job, not a > music publishers'.
I eventually found a source copy online: http://interletras.com/canticum/salve_regina.html Clearly we should leave the hyphens in that example as they are. However, there are other examples in the docs that I think would benefit from LyricHyphens (NR 2.1.2, NR 2.1.3, and NR 2.1.5). If I have time later, perhaps I can get around to it, but if nothing else, I've made a note of it here with this post. - Mark _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
