Lilypond: forcing a line break within lyrics

Question

I am trying to replicate something I've seen in other settings of choral Preces and Responses. In the Ayleward Responses, page 4, the words "which art... ...from evil" are split over two lines.

How would you go about doing this in lilypond? In my code I have all four voices with their lyrics from a single \lyricmode entry (i.e. a "verse" Lyric).

Answer 1

I think you should use a second \lyricmode entry to create a new stanza. I don't think there are other ways. That's why I asked for a minimal example.. to know also what you tried so far. Anyway, here's a version which works:

\version "2.19.82"

\paper {
  ragged-right = ##f
}

global = {
  \key d \major
  \time 4/4
}

% 1st stanza
StanzaOne = \lyricmode {
  which_art2 in_heaven…
  A -- men.
}

% 2nd stanza
StanzaTwo = \lyricmode {
  …but_deliver_us from_evil.
  A -- men
}

\new StaffGroup <<
  <<
    \new Staff { \global \clef treble a'1 | a'2 a' }
    \new Lyrics { \StanzaOne }
    \new Lyrics { \StanzaTwo }
  >>
  <<
    \new Staff { \global \clef treble a'1 | fis'2 e' }
    \new Lyrics { \StanzaOne }
    \new Lyrics { \StanzaTwo }
  >>
  <<
    \new Staff { \global \clef treble a'1 | d''2 cis'' }
    \new Lyrics { \StanzaOne }
    \new Lyrics { \StanzaTwo }
  >>
  <<
    \new Staff { \global \clef bass a1 | d2 a, }
    \new Lyrics { \StanzaOne }
    \new Lyrics { \StanzaTwo }
  >>
>>