Re: Fauré requiem

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 09.09.2015 um 16:55 schrieb address@hidden:
> > > The score is as is, but if anyone have tips on how to make it look
> > > better, please advise me.
> > Can’t do so without PDF :-)
> Sorry, it's here:
>
>   http://turkos.aspodata.se/choir/osthammar/faur%C3%A9/requiem.pdf

Some remarks:
– In choral music by convention the dynamics, sometimes also 
articulations, phrasing slurs &c. are placed above the staff, at least 
if a lyrics line follows below. This often allows to save vertical space 
and more importantly it brings the lyrics closer to the associated 
staff. So: \dynamicUp
– A similarly standard convention: don’t beam notes outside melismata. 
That means: \autoBeamOff, manual beams with melismata. This convention 
has only been put aside in the 20th century for music with great 
rhythmic complexity, where beaming is necessary for legibility.
– Why not use \RemoveEmptyStaves, at best along with fitting line breaks 
e.g. Agnus Dei, before m.32 and 45?
– You might be interested in 
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2015-05/msg00079.html>: 
placing the ambitus after clef and key signature (see also issue 4396). 
It leaves less of an unsightly gap and it makes more sense.

HTH, Simon