[mb-style] Should we change Classical Rules?

[Dave Smey]

On Mon, October 2, 2006 5:46 pm, Christopher Aillon said:
>
> Why won't it?  As I understand it, it will still show up in the exact
> same spot it shows up in Bach's artist page right now.  Or is there
> something blatantly obvious that I'm missing?
>
Well, yes.  The ARs currently look like ass, for one thing.  They do not
transmit both the artist & title, so your Hahn disc would actually omit
the fact that it is Hahn.

> There are many covers which are simply
> different singers.

No, there aren't.  Can you cite an example?

>  But
> every classical player adds something of their own; most people just
> don't know the difference if a performer plays at 112bpm instead of 108.
>     Or whether they play a sequence of notes using the damper pedal
> instead of legato.  Or una corda instead of piano.

Yes, but there are standards of fidelity to the score which are observed
in classical music and nowhere else.

> Clearly you aren't a classical music fan.

I'm a Ph.D. candidate in music theory, dumbass.

-bklynd