For what it's worth, here's my take on it. It's prefer to go with
Das Rheingold: Act I, Scene I. "LineFromTheLibretto" as surely this is closest to Symphony No. 1 in A major, Op. 1: I. Allegro I.e. we put the main title of the work before the colon. Then the "movement" / "section" information before a full stop. Then some other stuff (which isn't necessarily standard across different releases of the same work). I don't like the idea of having two colons in a title unless we really can't avoid it. Cheers, Don On 23/01/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
2007/1/23, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Aaron Cooper 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. > >> > > > > 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 > > > > I think that the use of more than one colon in a track title should be > prevented to maintain a clear distinction between title parts. In your > example: > > Das Rheingold: Act I, Scene I: "Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle!" > > I would go for: > > Das Rheingold, Act I, Scene I: "Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle!" > > or even: > > Das Rheingold Act I, Scene I: "Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle!" > > Since this would be more like the way you would say or read it as well. > :-D we are answering too fast! Our answers don't really make chronological sense! -- Frederic Da Vitoria _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list [email protected] http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
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