Re: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time

[Stanton Sanderson]

Mark, 

Thank you for the suggestion, but as stated previously, I’m trying to reproduce 
the original from the Peters edition. The problem, as you point out, is that 
the cut C is used in the original. Whether 8/4 or 4/2 (and I agree that 4/2 is 
the most reasonable time signature), I was looking for a way of declaring the 
cut C. 

The included photo is from the piece (# 67. Vater Unser in Himmelreich by 
Johann Kyieger, from _80 Choral Preludes_, Edition Peters, No. 4440, Copyright 
1947). I think I purchased it some time around 1959. 

Stan

> On Jan 11, 2024, at 7:49 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonmark@ca.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Stanton,
>  
> I think the piece is in 4/2.
> Do you want a numeric time signature?
> The cut C is used for 2/2.
>  
> Mark
>  
> From: lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr.com@gnu.org 
> <lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr.com@gnu.org> On Behalf Of Stanton 
> Sanderson
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2024 3:15 PM
> To: LilyPond Users <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
> Cc: Stanton Sanderson <stansand@gmail.com>
> Subject: Cut time/half-time/alle breve & 8/4 time
>  
> I’m setting various short organ pieces from an old Peters edition, mostly to 
> prevent my aging brain from forgetting… 
>  
> One piece is in 8/4 time -the first measure has a whole note and 2 half 
> notes. However, the time signature as printed is the cut time symbol. How can 
> I reproduce this? I’m using Lilypond 2.25.11.
>  
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