On 1/23/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
2007/1/23, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 1/23/07, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I can't find any history about this matter as fast as I would like to.
> > What was the reasoning behind the use of the colon behind the name of
> > the work? This differs substantially from the main classical guidelines
> > and it makes the last part (first words of the scene), imo
> > unnecessarily, ambiguous. The way I look at it would make one of the
> > following more appropriate:
> >
> > - Don Giovanni, Act I, Scene 3: La ci darem la mano
> > - Don Giovanni, Act I, Scene 3: "La ci darem la mano"
> >
> > I'd prefer to use quotes since it's actually a quote of the text.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Age
> >
>
> Quotes are good for parts that are sung (feature singers) but I don't
> think we should use them for orchestral parts (like preludes, etc.).
> See this release for an example of how I think they should be entered:
>
http://musicbrainz.org/release/2aeeebbb-9594-4562-9afc-d539f28fa65b.html
>
Yes, we should keep such an example for the wiki. BTW, your example uses 2
colons. I take it you are in favor of this.
--
Frederic Da Vitoria
What I do think is good:
1. The work title followed by a colon (standard in all classical releases)
2. Act II, Scene IV (follows part number style?)
3. Using quotes around "sung" parts (no quotes for orchestral parts)
Can we all agree on those three points?
The second colon I don't have a strong opinion on - I thought I saw
somewhere it was proposed to replace the second colon with a period so
it would look like this:
Das Rheingold: Act I, Scene I. "Lugt, Schwestern! Die Weckerin lacht
in den Grund"
instead of:
Das Rheingold: Act I, Scene I: "Lugt, Schwestern! Die Weckerin lacht
in den Grund"
I don't know which is more "in-line" with the CSG - any thoughts?
--
-Aaron
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