How to force lyrics -- music connections on melismas?

[maartenwisse]

Hi folks,

I'm preparing music samples of Renaissance music in Lilypond (Orlando di Lasso) 
and I'm quarreling with the lyrics support. The music has many melismas.

This is a sample piece of code:

sopMusic = \notes  \relative c'' { c1 a bes bes4. c8 d e d4 ~ d4 c2 b8 a b4
c a2 | r4 g4. a8 g4 f f8 e4 d8 e4 e1 r2 a2 }

sopWords = \lyrics { Par- ce mi- hi __  Do- mi- ne: ni- hil e- nim sunt
di- es me- i. Quid }

The problem arises on 'hi __' and 'Do-', that is LilyPond places the 'Do-' on 
c8, but in the music, the 'Do-' should be placed on c2. I've found one method 
to force the melisma from bes4. to d4 by doing bes4.( c8 d e d4 ~ )d4 (adding a 
beam). Then Lily understand that this is a melisma. But Renaissance music of 
course has no beams. How to enforce this without having the beam?

Thanks in advance, and I hope the example is clear enough.

Greetings,

Maarten Wisse


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