Re: Replacement suggestions for Century Schoolbook?

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> 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?

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David Kastrup