[mb-style] CSG for Opera

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2006/11/30, Aaron Cooper <cooperaa at gmail.com>:
> On 11/30/06, Cadalach <cadalach at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > This evening I was ripping a couple of opera CDs and discovered that
> > there seems to be next to no consistency in how people have entered
> > operas into MB. So I think we ought to try to get something written
> > into the CSG about this. There has been a little bit of debate on this
> > at
> >
> > http://musicbrainz.org/doc/ClassicalStyleGuideDiscussion#head-6f242ed7573de4db5ae90cf0e53e26395303aab3
> >
> > but so far nothing has appeared in the CSG.
> >
> > Here's the recommendation I prefer...
> >
> > TitleOfOpera, Act X, Scene Y: TitleOfTrack
> >
> > Perhaps using Roman numerals for X and Arabic for Y, or perhaps just
> > Arabic for both (which, from a brief look, seems quite common
> > already)?
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Don
> >
>
> Sounds about what I would expect.  Using commas to separate acts and
> scenes seems to follow "PartNumberStyle".
>
> --
> -Aaron

TitleOfTrack actually can (should?) be made of sub parts: type, first
verse, part(s)... So I suggest we specify the order which should be
used if the editor includes them.
- Recitativo accompagnato e duetto: "Ma qual mai s'offre, oh Dei"
(Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)
- Recitativo accompagnato e duetto (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio): "Ma qual
mai s'offre, oh Dei"
- (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio) Recitativo accompagnato e duetto: "Ma qual
mai s'offre, oh Dei"

I put the parts in brackets, but this does not mean I recommend it,
although I have a feeling it is common usage.

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria