Wolfgang, could you send a minimal example showing your problem?
I tried compiling Lyx's help file on lilypond with xetex and libertine and it works fine. I even scattered a few umlaute at random with no problems. So it looks like there are no issues preventing lilypond to work with either system fonts and xetex. Cheers, Stefano -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA stef...@tamu.edu http://stefano.cleinias.org