>> Rests equal or longer than breves use a breve rest, and this is the
>> second of your examples. Gould agrees with this. The longer rests
>> appear to be longa rests - Gould does not mention them but it seems
>> appropriate to me.
>
> So, LilyPond's default seems to be correct.
I disagree. IMHO, LilyPond is plain wrong. If there is a number
above the rest, it certainly does *not* indicate the number of counts
but the number of bars. In other words, even if you have, say, \time
18/4, a two-bar rest should be realized with the breve rest symbol and
the number `2' above it.
A similar situation arises if you are using 4/4-rests within 2/4 music
to indicate whole rests.
Please file a bug report.
Werner
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