I've rewritten the proposal. http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Symphonick/Work_titles
2013/10/22 symphonick <symphon...@gmail.com> > This was the quote from the wiki: "The canonical title of the work, > expressed in the language it was originally written." > > > 2013/10/22 Frederik "Freso" S. Olesen <freso...@gmail.com> > >> Den 22-10-2013 22:04, symphonick skrev: >> >> > I'll revert to "canonical" if people think that's better; this guideline >> > should not be classical-specific. >> >> I didn't link to my case (mostly because I didn't bother figuring out >> which one it was :)), but that was actually a "classical" work, IIRC. A >> song by an 1800-something Danish poet and/or composer. >> >> "Original" work title also has all sorts of problems for traditional >> songs and tunes. Heck, even "canonical" doesn't fit there, as one tune >> can easily have several "canonical" titles[1], depending on the musician >> you talk to or the tune-/songbook you refer to... >> >> Anyway, yeah, I'd prefer "canonical" over "original", even if that also >> carries some issues. But I guess the TradFactor here simply is that some >> works do not have a "canonical" name and you just try and use the best >> possible/most common name you can find. :) >> >> [1] Take a look at pretty much any tune at http://thesession.org/ >> >> -- >> Namasté, >> Frederik "Freso" S. Olesen <http://freso.dk/> >> MB: https://musicbrainz.org/user/Freso >> Wiki: https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Freso >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MusicBrainz-style mailing list >> MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org >> http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style >> > > > > -- > > /symphonick > -- /symphonick
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