Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-02-01 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 2/1/07, Don Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:22:38 +0100, Aaron Cooper wrote: > Well, this discussion died off 4 days ago and I did manage to scrounge > up some time over last weekend to throw together the beginnings of a > Wiki page @ http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Class

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-02-01 Thread Don Redman
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:22:38 +0100, Aaron Cooper wrote: Well, this discussion died off 4 days ago and I did manage to scrounge up some time over last weekend to throw together the beginnings of a Wiki page @ http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ClassicalReleaseTitleStyle - Please check it out and post co

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-31 Thread leivhe
Aaron Cooper wrote: On 1/31/07, Andrew Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/31/07, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/31/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found another special case: multiple disc releases. See > > http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=6

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-31 Thread Aaron Cooper
I've been punching in some edits that follow http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ClassicalReleaseTitleStyle and I would appreciate it if you would check them out @ http://tinyurl.com/2l634c While making these edits I've been on the look-out for weird cases that may need discussion. Please check out the

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-31 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/31/07, Andrew Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/31/07, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/31/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found another special case: multiple disc releases. See > > http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=6359121. How do we nor

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-31 Thread Andrew Conkling
On 1/31/07, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/31/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found another special case: multiple disc releases. See > http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=6359121. How do we normalize > these? Should catalogue numbers be included? If so,

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-31 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/31/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2007/1/31, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 1/27/07, Don Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:38:54 +0100, David Gibson wrote: > > > > > Erm.. except I believe the thread was discussion classical Release > >

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-31 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/31, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 1/27/07, Don Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:38:54 +0100, David Gibson wrote: > > > Erm.. except I believe the thread was discussion classical Release > > Titles, not Track Titles. > > How embarrasing. :-) Funny that I did

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-31 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/31, Andrew Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 1/30/07, Rob Keeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The weird thing I've noticed over the years is that the CD release > titles often list the works out of order of the way they are actually > laid out on the recording. Never understood why. I have

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-31 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/31, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 1/30/07, Andrew Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yay! > > Only one question arising from a recent edit: what to do when multiple > works are contained in a release, but unsequentially. Do we do "Piano > Sonatas Nos. 24, 27, 25, 23" or the seque

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-30 Thread Andrew Conkling
On 1/30/07, Rob Keeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The weird thing I've noticed over the years is that the CD release titles often list the works out of order of the way they are actually laid out on the recording. Never understood why. I have noticed that too. But, just to be clear, I am talkin

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-30 Thread Rob Keeney
The weird thing I've noticed over the years is that the CD release titles often list the works out of order of the way they are actually laid out on the recording. Never understood why. Rob. Pianissimo84 On 1/30/07, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/30/07, Andrew Con

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-30 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/30/07, Andrew Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yay! Only one question arising from a recent edit: what to do when multiple works are contained in a release, but unsequentially. Do we do "Piano Sonatas Nos. 24, 27, 25, 23" or the sequential "Piano Sonatas Nos. 23-25, 27"? Silly people w

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-30 Thread Andrew Conkling
On 1/30/07, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/27/07, Don Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:38:54 +0100, David Gibson wrote: > > > Erm.. except I believe the thread was discussion classical Release > > Titles, not Track Titles. > > How embarrasing. :-) Funny tha

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-30 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/27/07, Don Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:38:54 +0100, David Gibson wrote: > Erm.. except I believe the thread was discussion classical Release > Titles, not Track Titles. How embarrasing. :-) Funny that I did not realise this while reading through the 50+ mails.

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-27 Thread Don Redman
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:38:54 +0100, David Gibson wrote: Erm.. except I believe the thread was discussion classical Release Titles, not Track Titles. How embarrasing. :-) Funny that I did not realise this while reading through the 50+ mails. I really have been reading too fast. Sorry. Still

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-27 Thread David Gibson
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 12:32:51AM +0100, Don Redman wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:29:45 +0100, Aaron Cooper wrote: > > >I started this thread to get rid of this: > > > >Symphon[y|ies] No[s|]. 5[, | / | & ] [No[s|].|] 7 > >// square brackets imply a choice between the items separated by bars > >

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-26 Thread Don Redman
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:29:45 +0100, Aaron Cooper wrote: I started this thread to get rid of this: Symphon[y|ies] No[s|]. 5[, | / | & ] [No[s|].|] 7 // square brackets imply a choice between the items separated by bars // so, for example we currently have: // Symphony No. 5 / No. 7 // Symphonies

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-26 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/26, David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 08:59:35PM +0100, leivhe wrote: > Aaron Cooper wrote: > > > >Yes, I will do that :) Thanks - examples are always good things. > > > >Typical releases where this would apply: > >http://musicbrainz.org/release/27b2dee9-5a06-49bf-

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-25 Thread David Gibson
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 08:59:35PM +0100, leivhe wrote: > Aaron Cooper wrote: > > > >Yes, I will do that :) Thanks - examples are always good things. > > > >Typical releases where this would apply: > >http://musicbrainz.org/release/27b2dee9-5a06-49bf-9e44-fb7bc00b95a2.html > >http://musicbrainz.or

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-25 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/25/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, where is the limit? I feel that saying "favorites" shouldn't be normalized because this would generate ridiculously long titles is precise enough. But your two examples are clearly completely different. Aaron, why did you start this t

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-25 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/25, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 1/25/07, leivhe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron Cooper wrote: > > > > Yes, I will do that :) Thanks - examples are always good things. > > > > Typical releases where this would apply: > > http://musicbrainz.org/release/27b2dee9-5a06-49bf-9e44-fb

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-25 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/25/07, leivhe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Aaron Cooper wrote: > > Yes, I will do that :) Thanks - examples are always good things. > > Typical releases where this would apply: > http://musicbrainz.org/release/27b2dee9-5a06-49bf-9e44-fb7bc00b95a2.html > http://musicbrainz.org/release/73221c97

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-25 Thread leivhe
Aaron Cooper wrote: Yes, I will do that :) Thanks - examples are always good things. Typical releases where this would apply: http://musicbrainz.org/release/27b2dee9-5a06-49bf-9e44-fb7bc00b95a2.html http://musicbrainz.org/release/73221c97-8a19-42a0-87d2-ebf052ed7b70.html http://musicbrainz.org

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-23 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/23, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 1/23/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/1/23, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 1/23/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2007/1/23, David Gibson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: > > > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-23 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/23/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2007/1/23, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 1/23/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2007/1/23, David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: > > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 04:23:44PM +0100, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > > > >

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-23 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/23, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 1/23/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/1/23, David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 04:23:44PM +0100, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > > > Shouldn't we recommend to put the actual name of the release in th

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-23 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/23/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2007/1/23, David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 04:23:44PM +0100, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > > Shouldn't we recommend to put the actual name of the release in the > > Annotation? > > Erm... assuming the release ac

Re: OT: Performer information in track titles (was: Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles)

2007-01-23 Thread Chris Bransden
On 23/01/07, Andrew Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ARs are important and should be used. But the performer information is important for a classical work, second to the composer. Since MBz doesn't (yet?) allow any mapping from ARs to ripped music tags*, the track title seems to be the best pl

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-23 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/23, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 2007/1/23, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > > 2007/1/23, Andrew Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On 1/22/07, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Aaron Cooper wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > >> and so on. In t

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-23 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/23, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > 2007/1/23, Andrew Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On 1/22/07, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Aaron Cooper wrote: >> > >> > > >> > >> and so on. In the interests of brevity I'd be happy to stop >> including >> > >>

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-23 Thread Age Bosma
Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: 2007/1/23, Andrew Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 1/22/07, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron Cooper wrote: > > > > >> and so on. In the interests of brevity I'd be happy to stop including > >> the key in the ReleaseTitle, but maintain it in the TrackTitle

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-23 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/23, David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 04:23:44PM +0100, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > Shouldn't we recommend to put the actual name of the release in the > Annotation? Erm... assuming the release actually has a discernable name, other than the titles of the included

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-23 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/23, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 1/22/07, Christopher Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/22/07, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If we are trying to get a consistent release title style guideline, > > can't we use this as an opportunity to get some cleaner track title

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-23 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/23, Andrew Conkling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 1/22/07, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron Cooper wrote: > > > > >> and so on. In the interests of brevity I'd be happy to stop including > >> the key in the ReleaseTitle, but maintain it in the TrackTitle, with > >> the Op. / catalogu

Re: OT: Performer information in track titles (was: Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles)

2007-01-22 Thread Rob Keeney
I've been fairly vocal on this point in the past (as many of the classical editors may remember). I strongly *dislike* including the performer information in the track/release titles as it makes for tortuously long names! However, I also recognize the current shortcomings of the data model as it s

OT: Performer information in track titles (was: Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles)

2007-01-22 Thread Andrew Conkling
On 1/22/07, Christopher Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While we're at it, why don't we get rid of performer information in the titles and put it where it belongs? Tchaikovsky is not the performer of his work; he is the composer. If the current classical guideline is really how things are going

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/22/07, Christopher Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/22/07, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If we are trying to get a consistent release title style guideline, > can't we use this as an opportunity to get some cleaner track titles? > Take e.g. Tchaikovsky's 'The Sleeping Beauty'

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Christopher Parker
On 1/22/07, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If we are trying to get a consistent release title style guideline, can't we use this as an opportunity to get some cleaner track titles? Take e.g. Tchaikovsky's 'The Sleeping Beauty' [1], I still have to clean up the track titles but I'm reluctant

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Andrew Conkling
On 1/22/07, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Aaron Cooper wrote: > >> and so on. In the interests of brevity I'd be happy to stop including >> the key in the ReleaseTitle, but maintain it in the TrackTitle, with >> the Op. / catalogue number too. > > Agreed, track titles should always includ

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread David Gibson
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 04:23:44PM +0100, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > Shouldn't we recommend to put the actual name of the release in the > Annotation? Erm... assuming the release actually has a discernable name, other than the titles of the included works. I would have assumed that the relativ

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Age Bosma
Aaron Cooper wrote: and so on. In the interests of brevity I'd be happy to stop including the key in the ReleaseTitle, but maintain it in the TrackTitle, with the Op. / catalogue number too. Agreed, track titles should always include work name/number, key, and catalog number If we are try

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/22, Cadalach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Finally, there's the minor question of whether we should persist with > > the currect practice of including the key signature in titles. I guess > "correct"/"current"? :-) Haha, that was quite a good typo! I meant "current", but I think it's correct t

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Cadalach
> Finally, there's the minor question of whether we should persist with > the currect practice of including the key signature in titles. I guess "correct"/"current"? :-) Haha, that was quite a good typo! I meant "current", but I think it's correct too. @Andrew C: Glad to see bad jokes are still

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/22/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Shouldn't we recommend to put the actual name of the release in the Annotation? Not a bad idea! -- Frederic Da Vitoria -- -Aaron ___ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@li

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
Shouldn't we recommend to put the actual name of the release in the Annotation? -- Frederic Da Vitoria ___ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/22, Cadalach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi folks, On 22/01/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why "Nos." and not "Ops."? Someone known where "No." comes from and if it's > > proper to use it at plural. (I know they do it) > > I believe there already was a discussion about pl

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Andrew Conkling
On 1/22/07, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/22/07, Cadalach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Finally, there's the minor question of whether we should persist with > the currect practice of including the key signature in titles. I guess > Aaron would suggest perhaps Haha... the "minor"

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 1/22/07, Cadalach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi folks, On 22/01/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why "Nos." and not "Ops."? Someone known where "No." comes from and if it's > > proper to use it at plural. (I know they do it) > > I believe there already was a discussion a

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Cadalach
Hi folks, On 22/01/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why "Nos." and not "Ops."? Someone known where "No." comes from and if it's > proper to use it at plural. (I know they do it) I believe there already was a discussion about plurals but I can't find it. I am not quite sure,

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-22 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2007/1/22, Marco Sola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Il Monday, January 22, 2007 6:54 AM Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Multiple works, same type: All ok for me, theory and pratice. > Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 (...) > String Quartets, Op. 127, 130-133, 135 (...) (disc 2) Why "Nos." and not "

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] RFC: Standardizing Classical Release Titles

2007-01-21 Thread Marco Sola
Il Monday, January 22, 2007 6:54 AM Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: Multiple works, same type: All ok for me, theory and pratice. Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 (...) String Quartets, Op. 127, 130-133, 135 (...) (disc 2) Why "Nos." and not "Ops."? Someone known where "No." comes from an