Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> writes: > Hello Janek! > > >> ?! How are we supposed to typeset Frédéric Chopin's songs written >> to polish lyrics, then? Or Moniuszko's operas? >> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Moniuszko#Operas] >> >> As a Pole i feel seriously discriminated - after all, isn't LilyPond >> supposed to provide "music notation for _everyone_"? > > I'm a pianist, and I know Chopin very well and like him a lot, but I > have *never* heard or played a song written by him. Regarding operas > of Moniuszko, let's have a look at the statistics from > http://www.operabase.com, for example the rank of the most performed > composers and the associated language of the last five years: > > #1 Verdi Italian (3020 szenical runs) > #2 Mozart German/Italian (2410) > #8 Bizet French (654)
How many of those are "Carmen"? For the purpose of LilyPonding, number of _different_ performed compositions might be interesting. > Sorry to say, but this is utter nonsense. It's a matter of fact that > from an international point of view Poland is not relevant to opera, > as Austria is not relevant to musical, for example. It doesn't > diminish the value of Polish music! How many .ly files of "Carmen" do we need for 654 performances? -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
