Re: Front pages

[Caio Barros]

Hey Mark,

Is there a way of adding a front page with graphics, title etc to a
Lilypond book, with the numbering starting at 1 on the first other
book page?

I'm not sure what exactly you want to accomplish here. Where do you want the numbering to appear? Is your question also about how to create a title page?

Maybe my approach to that problem can help you. What I normally do is to create a "cover.ly" file with all the elements I need (title, composer, graphics, etc.), and then, in a separate file, I organize the music inside \bookpart blocks. This avoids that lilypond prints the default  header, but requires a bit caution. For instance:

---- cover.ly

\version "2.19.46"

\paper {

    bookTitleMarkup = ""

    scoreTitleMarkup = ""

  }

 \markup  {

  \vspace #20

  \fill-line {

    \fontsize #12 \title }

}

\markup  {

  \vspace #2

  \fill-line {

    \fontsize #5 \instrument }

}

\markup  {

  \vspace #5

  \fill-line {

    \fontsize #8 \composer }

}

\markup {

  \vspace #3

  \fill-line {

    \fontsize #6 \poet }

}

\markup  {

  \vspace #5

  \fill-line {

    \fontsize #2 \italic \dedication }

}

\markup {

  \vspace #4

  \fill-line {

    \fontsize #4 \date }

}

\pageBreak

---- mainfile.ly

\version "2.19.46"

%% Notice we have to add the header elements as variables

title = "My piece"

subtitle = "it has a cover page!"

composer = "Me"

date = "2018"

dedication = "To Mr. Someone"

instrument = "Piano"

poet = ""

\header {

  %% and now we just call the variables we just created

  title = \title

  subtitle = \subtitle

  composer = \composer

  date = \date

  dedication = \dedication

  instrument = \instrument

  arranger = ""

}

\bookpart {

  %\include "cover.ly"

  %{  \markup {}

  \pageBreak

  \paper {

    print-page-number = ##f

    oddHeaderMarkup = ##f

    evenHeaderMarkup = ##f 

    bookTitleMarkup = ""

    scoreTitleMarkup = ""

  %}

}

\paper {

  first-page-number = #0 %this avoids counting the cover as page 1

  #(include-special-characters)  

  bottom-margin = 1.5\cm

}

\bookpart {

  \paper {

    oddHeaderMarkup = \markup {

      \fill-line {

        \on-the-fly \not-part-first-page

        \fill-line { \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string \null }

        \null

      }

    }

    evenHeaderMarkup = \markup {

      \fill-line {

        \null \fromproperty #'page:page-number-string

      }

    }

  }

  \score {

    \new Staff {

\relative c'{ c }

}

  }

}

Caio