musixlyr--a MusiXTeX extension package for lyrics handling
                            version 1.1

		      (C) Rainer Dunker 1996-1997


musixlyr is a set of TeX macros to be used with Taupin MusiXTeX
(version T.52 or later) for typesetting vocal music.  Its purpose is
to compensate two drawbacks of MusiXTeX's lyrics handling:
 
 o Typesetting lyrics with the ``native'' MusiXTeX commands \zcharnote,
   \zsong etc. tends to be quite inefficient, particularly if the
   lyrics have to be changed or corrected.  The idea underlying
   musixlyr is to separate lyrics coding from music coding and let TeX
   weave them together with as little manual interference as
   possible. As a result you can enter and edit lyrics (nearly) as
   easily as normal text.

 o MusiXTeX has no built-in mechanism for centering hyphens between
   syllables and for handling hyphenation at long melismas.  This is
   implemented in musixlyr following the example of engraved music.

New in this version:

 o The capability to typeset lyrics above and below a staff 
   simultaneously and independently, for use with two polyphonic
   voices typeset on the same staff.

 o Nicer handling of hyphenation in dense spatial situations.

 o Better control over vertical spacing between multiple verses.

See the included file mxlyrdoc.dvi about how to make use of musixlyr.
This DVI file has been created using MusiXTeX T.80.  If you have
another version installed, the music examples of the manual may be
corrupted due to font incompatibilities.  Nevertheless, the rest of
the manual will remain readable so that you will be able to install
musixlyr and recompile the mxlyrdoc.tex file in order to get
everything right.

Author:  Rainer Dunker
         Arnikastr. 4
         85591 Vaterstetten
         Germany

         E-mail:  rainer.dunker@munich.ixos.de