Re: Lyircs melsima line ending in interpunctation

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Please consider this example too (see attachment) - it's taken from
> Haendel's "Messiah".  I find placing the semicolon before extender
> very awkward here - notice the line break.  It seems much more "in
> place" when punctuation is after the extender.

I disagree.  For me, the only right place for punctuation is directly
after the syllable.  Remember that if we sing, say,

  a - stray:_________


we actually do

  a - stra_________y:

so putting just the punctuation after the melisma is illogical.


    Werner