Phil,
In addition to the comments from Kieren and David, I should point out that the
"8" sign is ambiguous. Some composers use it to add the lower octave (as here),
others to play an octave lower (Debussy's Cathedrale Engloutie is an example),
and you have to work out which one is meant, usually on musical grounds or
parallel passages. If you look at the two settings of "hope nor love" in this
song, you'll see that RVW (or the publisher) has used both notations, which
makes it easy to work out what's needed.
But I'm a bit worried that you're setting the Songs of Travel at all. RVW died
in 1958 and is still in copyright, at least in the UK (I don't know where you
are). At any normal rate, the time taken to typeset it worth far more than
buying a copy from a shop! Of course, a programmer is someone who spends a week
programming something to save himself 5 minutes.
Regards,
Peter
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