Re: Changing Header Mid-Score

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Brin,

> It seems I may have been overzealous in paring down my minimal example

That's better than erring on the other side…  ;)

> I actually am breaking the big score file down into scenes/sub-scenes that 
> can then be stitched together later in various combinations. But I'm missing 
> the step of how to get the header at the top of the page to reflect what the 
> current scene is at a given moment, since evenHeaderMarkup and 
> oddHeaderMarkup in the paper block don't seem to be able to pull 
> title/subtitle information from any except the top-level \header block. So 
> now I feel like I'm missing something that's right in front of my face! Can 
> you point me to the missing piece?

Put each contiguous chunk of pages in a \bookpart.
A page break will automagically appear between each \bookpart.
The header inside the \bookpart will be what the titling blocks use.
A silly MWE is included below.

Hope that helps!
Kieren.

%%%%%  SNIPPET BEGINS
\version "2.22.2"

\header {
  dedication = \markup { \smallCaps "Title of Opera" }
}

"Act 1, Scene 1" = {
  \repeat unfold 50 { c''1 } 
}

"Act 1, Scene 2" = {
  \repeat unfold 50 { d''1 } 
}

\bookpart {
  \header {
    title = "Act 1, Scene 1"
  }
  \score {
    \new Staff \"Act 1, Scene 1"
  }
}
 
\bookpart {
  \header {
    title = "Act 1, Scene 2"
  }
  \score {
    \new Staff \"Act 1, Scene 2"
  }
}
%%%%%  SNIPPET ENDS