Titling

[Erik Sandberg]

Hi,

I don't know the correct geometry terminology, but piece is always placed 
below composer and opus, like

                composer
                opus
piece
===================
===notes===========

I would find it more natural (and space saving!) to write piece and opus at 
the same y position, like

                composer
piece           opus
===================
===notes===========

I don't own many hand-engraved scores, but I have the feeling that most scores 
I've seen are typeset this way.

I could find one example among my own notes, of a well-engraved score which 
had both piece and opus. (Henle Urtext / Armin Raab: Beethoven, Werke fur 
Mandoline und Klavier).

Apart from one obscure exception, piece and opus were always placed at exactly 
the same y position, which was as close to the staff as possible without 
colliding with the notes. I.e. like this:

                composer
piece  o        opus
  o    | o
==|====|=|==o====o==
==|======|==|====|==
(piece is as low as possible without touching the note, opus is at the same 
height as piece).


If there is no opus, then in my opinion it should be typeset as

piece           composer
===================
===notes===========

though I have nothing that backs up this claim.

If I got it right, 2.3 is having its titling code rewritten; in that case I 
hope these observations will be of use in that process.

Thanks,
Erik