--- musicxml2ly 2020-03-05 22:30:57.558283750 -0500 +++ musicxml2ly.orig 2020-03-05 22:31:55.449670893 -0500 @@ -904,9 +904,9 @@ return elts def extract_display_text (el): - children = el.get_typed_children (musicxml.get_class ("display-text")) - if children: - return " ".join([child.get_text () for child in children]) + child = el.get_maybe_exist_named_child ("display-text") + if child: + return child.get_text () else: return False