Re: Large time signatures

[Arvid Grøtting]

Kim Bastin <address@hidden> writes:

> Well, I could give "scores" of examples, but I'm not sure what pieces
> or editions you can conveniently consult. Anyway, here are a few from
> one pile of music on my shelves:
>
> Schoenberg: Klavierstück Op. 33a, Universal-Edition Nr. 9773
> Schoenberg: Klavierstück Op. 33b, Belmont Music Publishers BEL 1003
> Schoenberg: Sechs Stücke für Klavier zu vier Händen (1896). Belmont
> Music Publishers BEL-1019
> Schoenberg: Fünf Klavierstücke Op. 23, Wilhelm Hansen Edition nr. 2326
> Schoenberg: Suite Op. 29, Universal Edition UE 8685
> Schoenberg: Sechs Stücke für Männerchor. Bote & Bock, Berlin (a
> different style to the above)

Ah.  Schönberg.  Like I guessed to myself.

[...]

> Can this style be emulated in Lilypond?

Let me ask you a question, quite seriously, coming from a singer
having to read such music once in a while:

Why would you want to?

(I'm a tenor, so the line I read is close to the number that actually
changes.  It's still quite a nuisance.)


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Arvid