Re: Choral music

[Hans Forbrich]

On Thursday 19 February 2004 19:05, Doug Asherman wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I'm trying to do something simple: a choral arrangement with an
> arbitrary number (> 4) of verses positioned between two staves. The
> soprano and alto parts would be in the treble staff, and the tenor and
> bass notes would be in the bass clef staff.
>
> There is probably a simple way to do this, but I can't seem to find it.
> I can do this in musiXteX (granted, I had to hack the musixcho macros a
> bit), but doing it in lilypond eludes me.
>
> If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd be much obliged.

The template files in the documentation might be useful.  You could also look 
at Mutopia (http://www.mutopiaproject.org)  for some samples.

I'm just starting on a project to put an oldmusic book into public domain 
through the Mutopia Project.  One piece I've just about cleaned up with 
Lilypond 2.1.24 is a vocal piece using 3 voices (2 treble and 1 bass) and 3 
verses.

I'm willing to send it to this list with a request for feedback from the more 
experienced writers.   It's a small 16-bar piece that could suit as a 
slightly more complex template.  Any objections?  

The piece is 'Never Forget the Dear Ones' by George F. Root (1820-1895) 
published in "Treasury of Song for the Home Circle" edited by Prof. D. H. 
Morrison. The book is copyright "Hubbard Brothers, 1882" and published "J.W. 
Keeler & Co. / Philedelphia, PA."  (The book is 400+ musty, crumbling pages 
that simply needs to be preserved!)

/Hans