[mb-style] MultipleTitleStyle with similar classical pieces

[Aaron Cooper]

On 11/28/06, Andrew Conkling <andrew.conkling at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are often classical releases that have multiple symphonies,
> concertos, etc. with additional pieces sometimes added as filler. An
> example: http://musicbrainz.org/album/2ccbcab4-47e9-4ec9-bc54-4db5c0163e8d.html.
>
> In this, according to CSG/MultipleTitleStyle, the title would be
> "Symphonies No. 4 / No. 7 / 'King Stephen' Overture". However, this
> gets a bit unclear because only the first two items are symphonies.
> Some alternatives:
>
> 1) "Symphony No. 4 / Symphony No. 7 / 'King Stephen' Overture"
> 2) "Symphonies No. 4, No. 7 / 'King Stephen' Overture"
> 3) "Symphonies No. 4 & No. 7 / 'King Stephen' Overture"
> 4) (Others?)
>
> cooperaa and I have both tentatively agreed on #2, mainly because it
> makes it clear that there are two symphonies and another type of work.
> I kinda took the ball and ran with it (as you can see with the example
> release 0:-), but someone called me on it elsewhere because it's not
> technically correct as per the CSG.
>
> I was wondering if we could get some consensus on an exception of
> sorts for classical albums so things could be made more clear.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew Conkling
>
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I like one of these formats:

Symphony No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 / "King Steven" Overture
Symphonies No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 / "King Steven" Overture

These avoid the confusion of when to use commas and when to use
ampersands.  Although maybe we could say if there are two use the
ampersand and if there are more than two use commas.

What about this example:

Symphony No. 1, Nos. 3-6, No. 8, No. 10 / "King Steven" Overture

-- 
-Aaron