Re: manually set page numbers?

[Alexander Kobel]

Peter Kaplan wrote:
> Is it possible to manually set the page number with which lilypond begins when
> it engraves its page numbers for a given score?  Perhaps a means analogous to
> that by which one can manually set the bar number with which lilypond begins
> when it engraves its bar numbers for a given score: 
>  \set Score.currentBarNumber = 14

Hi, Peter,

see 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond/Page-formatting#Other-layout-variables 
:

\paper {
  first-page-number = #42
}


Cheers,
Alexander