What is the best way to write "Anonymous"?
Could leave composer field blank, or write Anonymous or Anon.
John.
PS. I hope that all this discussion about finer (or boring) points
doesn't detract from peoples' enthusiasm to contribute!
Juergen Reuter wrote:
>
> Chris writes:
>
> >composer = "Composer"; (Initials then Surname, eg. "J. S. Bach")
>
> What about names like "C. M. von Weber"? On the one hand, the
> surname is "von Weber" (and not just "Weber"), but on the other
> hand, in a composer's index, I would look under "W" rather than
> under "v".
> What about the format "<surname>, <initial|first name>*",
> e.g. "von Weber, C. M."?
>
> >instrument = "Whatever";
>
> General MIDI (GM) defines 128 instruments; maybe we optionally want
> to specify a MIDI instrument that comes close (perhaps as a separate
> header field midi_instrument).
>
> >date = "1882"; (if known)
>
> I would like to suggest to optionally allow to specify
> month and day. Using a fully-fledged standard date format like
> GMT probably would be overkill; but with existing software in
> mind (including standard databases software) that is able to parse
> and operate on such standardized formats, one might at least want
> to keep compatible.
>
> Perhaps we want to have separate fields for
> - the date when the composition was finished, and
> - the date when it was performed for the first time?
>
> >style = "Style" - Early
> > Mediaeval
> > Renaissance
> > Baroque
> > Classical
> > Romantic
> > Modern
> > Jazz
> > Ragtime
> > Blues
>
> What about the category (chant, song, fuga, sonata, chamber music,
> missa, symphony, opera, ...)? What about hierarchical ordered styles?
>
> E.g.
>
> Mediaeval
> Gregorian Chant
> Ordinarium
> Graduale
> Early Multi-Voice Music (sorry, don't know the english term ;-)
> Parallel Organum
> Faux Bordun
> Troubadours
> Notre Dame Epoche
> Ars Antiqua
> Ars Nova
> Jazz
> Ragtime
> Spiritual/Gospel
> New Orleans/Dixieland
> Bebop
> Swing
> Combo
> Big Band
> Cool
> Free
> Rock
> Blues
> Rock & Roll
> Soft
> Hard
> Heavy Metal
> Pop
> 60s
> 70s
> 80s
> 90s
>
> etc.
>
> However, it is quite a difficult task to find a good hierarchy, and it
> may be even more difficult to classify single pieces...
> Perhaps there are existing catalogs of music which structures that may
> also applied on mutopia?
>
> Bye,
> Juergen
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