vim syntax coloring curiousity

[coralline algae]

greetings

I use vim in a terminal for editing, very occasionally something else
like abiword
I noticed recently and probably in the past that certain lilypond files were
not opening with the syntax coloring.  I am including a sample file here that
demonstrates the behavior.   If the comment lines at the top of the file
with text are deleted syntax coloring goes back on.

I am using fedora 8 and lilypond 2.11.63  not that it should matter.
Since I can't be sure if this only happens on my system, I decided
to post in case someone cares to try.

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\version "2.11"
#(set-default-paper-size "letter")
#(set-global-staff-size 20)

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