Re: big-picture question regarding Lilypond's capabilities (current and potential)

[Tim Roberts]

Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> wrote:
> My two-act musical, "Robin Hood: The Legendary Musical Comedy", had a 
> three-week run at Toronto's Hart House Theatre in January. It was quite 
> successful, to the point that several parties have voiced an interest in 
> further developing and producing it.

Congratulations!


> In my dream world, people who are interested in producing any of my musicals 
> should be able to say (e.g.) the following:
>
>     1. “I would like PDFs for the full score, vocal score, vocal book, and 
> band parts for piano+bass+percussion."
>     2. "I would like ‘Generosity’ transposed down a tone.”
>     3. “In the opening number, I would like to cut mm. 101-117, and have mm. 
> 212-213 made into a vamp (i.e., with repeat signs and the word ‘vamp, cont. 
> on vox’ written above).”

That's very generous of you. Most of the rental license agreements one
has to sign for a musical today prohibit cuts or additions of any kind.
Of course, that prohibition is almost universally ignored.

-- 
Tim Roberts, address@hidden
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.