Peter Gentry wrote
>>
>>Message: 3
>>Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:48:42 +0000
>>From: David Sumbler <
> david@.co
> >
>>To:
> lilypond-user@
>>Subject: Producing a title page
>>Message-ID: <1391104122.2284.67.camel@vesta>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>
>>Having now got LilyPond 2.18.0 set up on my two machines,
>>thanks to all the help from the list, I have now started
>>trying to adjust the output of the pieces I have so far produced.
>>
>>I have used \header blocks for title, composer etc., and these
>>are working as I would wish.
>>
>>However, I should like to produce a separate title page which
>>precedes the music, but everything I have tried so far doesn't
>>work. Usually I either get additional text added to the first
>>page of music, or I get no title above the music itself.
>>
>>Of course, I could easily create a title page in LibreOffice
>>or similar, but as LilyPond seems to have sufficient markup
>>capabilities to do anything I am likely to want on a title
>>page, it seems a shame not to keep the whole thing in the one place.
>>
>>What I would like to do is to have some items (e.g. title,
>>composer) appearing on page 1, and some of the same ones
>>appearing above the music which starts on page 2 (or perhaps
>>page 3 in some cases). I imagine it is possible to set things
>>up so that the data only appears once in the file - e.g.
>>"Title" appears once in the .ly file, but appears both on the
>>title page (page 1) and on the first page of music.
>>
>>Here is an abbreviated example of one of my efforts:
>>
>>
>>\version "2.18.0"
>>
>>\book {
>> \paper {
>> indent = 0\mm
>> scoreTitleMarkup = \markup {
>> \fill-line {
>> \null
>> \fontsize #3 \bold \fromproperty #'header:piece
>> \null
>> }
>> }
>> first-page-number = #2
>> }
>>
>> \header {
>> title = "Partita"
>> subtitle = "for solo marimba"
>> }
>>
>> \score {
>> { c'1 c' }
>> \header { piece = "I. Allemande" }
>> \layout { }
>> }
>> \pageBreak
>>
>> \score {
>> { d'1 d' }
>> \header { piece = "II. Courante" }
>> \layout { }
>> }
>>}
>>
>>
>>How should I alter this to get a title page showing "Partita"
>>and "for solo marimba" on a title page preceding the music pages?
>>
>>David
> How about this as a possibility:
>
> % Mozart Quartet K464 Line 1 Bb Clarinet pitch \
> % File K464_Bb_L1.ly \
> % ----------------------------------------------------------
> \version "2.16.0"
> #(set-global-staff-size 20)
>
> %--------------------------------------------------------------------
> % variables for later use to avoid repititions
> %---------------------------------------------------------------------
> date = #(strftime "%d-%m-%Y" (localtime (current-time)))
> xtitle = "String Quartet K464"
> xsubtitle = "transposed for flute, clarinet, alto flute, and bass
> clarinet"
> xChristian = "Wolfgang Amadeus"
> xSurname = "Mozart"
> xdates = "(1756-1791)"
> xpart = "Clarinet 1"
> xinstrument = "Clt 1"
> xmidiInstrument = "clarinet"
> xgraphic="./mozza2.eps"
> xstamp = \markup{\concat { "Engraved " \bold \date " with " \with-url
> #"http://lilypond.org/"; "LilyPond " \simple
> #(lilypond-version) " (http://lilypond.org/)" } }
>
> %-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> % variable to control minimum ledger space after pageturn shrinkage
> %-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ledgers = \override Staff.LedgerLineSpanner #'minimum-length-fraction =
> #0.4
>
>
> % ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> % header for the first page only
> %--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> \header {
> mycustomtext= \markup {
> \fill-line {
> \column {
> \center-align {
> \xstamp
> " "
> \fontsize #-1 "Original
> IMSLP64141-PMLP05225-Mozart_Werke_Breitkopf_Serie_14_KV464"
> \fontsize #-1 "Clarinet Quartet
> Copyright @ 2002 by Oliver Seeley and assigned to the public
> domain" }
> }
> }
> }
> }
> % -----------------------------------------------------------
> % define staffclarinet
> % -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> staffinstrument = \new Staff {
> \set Staff.instrumentName = \xinstrument
> \set Staff.midiInstrument = \xmidiInstrument
> }
>
> % -----------------------------------------------------------
> % set the paper layout for binding
> % footer has title and page number
> % -----------------------------------------------------------
> \paper {
> two-sided = ##t
> top-margin = 10\mm
> bottom-margin = 10\mm
> inner-margin = 20 \mm
> outer-margin = 15 \mm
> binding-offset = 5 \mm
> first-page-number = #1
> blank-after-score-page-force = #10
> page-breaking = #ly:page-turn-breaking
> ragged-bottom = ##t
> indent = 0\mm
> print-page-number = ##t
> print-first-page-number = ##f
> oddHeaderMarkup = \markup \null
> evenHeaderMarkup = \markup \null
> oddFooterMarkup = \markup {
> \fill-line {
> \null \fontsize #2
> \fromproperty #'header:mycustomtext
> \on-the-fly
> #print-page-number-check-first
> \fontsize #2
> \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string
> } % end of
> fill line
>
> } % end of
> markup block
> evenFooterMarkup = \oddFooterMarkup
> } % end of paper block
>
> % -----------------------------------------------------------
> % typeset the music in a book
> % use bookpart for individual movements
> % -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> \book {
>
> % -----------------------------------------------------------
> % Frontispiece block - note use of variables
> % -----------------------------------------------------------
> \markuplist {
> \justified-lines {
> \hspace #8
> {\fontsize #8 \xChristian \fontsize #8 \xSurname } }
> }
>
> \markuplist {
> \justified-lines {
> \vspace #1
> \hspace #26
> {\fontsize #6 \xdates} }
> }
> \markuplist {
> \justified-lines {
> \vspace #1
> \hspace #12
> {\fontsize #12 \xtitle } }
> }
>
> \markuplist {
> \justified-lines {
> \vspace #2
> \hspace #18
> {\fontsize #4 \xsubtitle} }
> }
>
>
> \markup {
> \vspace #6
> \hspace #20
> \general-align #Y #DOWN {\epsfile #Y #40 #"./mozza2.eps" }
>
> }
>
> \markuplist {
> \justified-lines {
> \vspace #2
> \hspace #32
> {\fontsize #8 \xpart} }
> }
>
>
> \markuplist {
> \wordwrap-lines {
> \vspace #2
> { Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart baptismal name Johannes
> Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (27 January 1756 - 5
> December 1791), was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical
> era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as
> pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music.
> He is among the most enduringly popular of classical
> composers.
>
> Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg.
> Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from
> the age of five and performed before European royalty. At 17, he was
> engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and
> travelled in search of a better position, always composing abundantly.
> While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his
> Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame
> but little financial security. During his final years in
> Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and
> operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was largely
> unfinished at the time of his death.
>
> Mozart learned voraciously from others, and developed a brilliance and
> maturity of style that encompassed the light and graceful
> along with the dark and passionate. His influence on subsequent Western
> art music is profound. Beethoven composed his own early
> works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Haydn wrote that posterity will
> not see such a talent again in 100 years.
> }
> }
> }
>
> \pageBreak
>
>
>
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Hi Peter
I commented out the EPS reference and added the bracket, works great now no
errors thanks! :)
But, FYI: I see some hiccups in my log file - any idea why? Have a great
weekend!
Ben
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