adding rests automatically

[Stefan Thomas]

Dear Lilypond users,
is there possibilitiy to add the rests in the below quoted example not by hand but automatically?

\version "2.11.49"
restmusic = { d8 r d' r fis r d' r  e r d' r a r cis' r }
\new Staff { \clef bass \key d \major \restmusic }