7.5.8 Creating titles

Titles are created for each \score block, and over a \book.

The contents of the titles are taken from the \header blocks. The header block for a book supports the following

title

The title of the music. Centered on top of the first page.

subtitle

Subtitle, centered below the title.

subsubtitle

Subsubtitle, centered below the subtitle.

poet

Name of the poet, left flushed below the subtitle.

composer

Name of the composer, right flushed below the subtitle.

meter

Meter string, left flushed below the poet.

opus

Name of the opus, right flushed below the composer.

arranger

Name of the arranger, right flushed below the opus.

instrument

Name of the instrument, centered below the arranger.

dedication

To whom the piece is dedicated.

piece

Name of the piece, left flushed below the instrument.

This is a demonstration of the fields available,

     \paper {
       linewidth = 11.0\cm
       vsize = 10.0\cm
     }
     
     \book {
       \header {
         title = "Title,"
         subtitle = "the subtitle,"
         subsubtitle = "and the sub sub title"
         poet = "Poet"
         composer = "Composer"
         texttranslator = "Text Translator"
         meter = "Meter"
         arranger = "Arranger"
         instrument = "Instrument"
         piece = "Piece"
       }
     
       \score {
         \header {
           piece = "piece1"
           opus = "opus1"
         }
         { c'1 }
       }
       \score {
         \header {
           piece = "piece2"
           opus = "opus2"
         }
         { c'1 }
       }
     }

Different fonts may be selected for each element, by using a \markup, e.g.

\header {
  title = \markup { \italic { The italic title } }
}

A more advanced option is to change the Scheme functions make-book-title and make-score-title functions, defined in the \paper of the \book block. These functions create a block of titling, given the information in the \header. The init file ly/titling.scm shows how the default format is created, and it may be used as a template for different styles.

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