[mb-style] Re: [Clean up CSG] Capitalization (and placement)

Aaron Cooper cooperaa at gmail.com
Mon Jan 28 11:50:04 UTC 2008


On 28-Jan-08, at 12:29 AM, Brian Schweitzer wrote:

>> except for ClassicalTrackTitlePartnumberStyle (
>> http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ClassicalTrackTitlePartnumberStyle ).
> <snip>
>>> Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op. 125: IV. (a) Allegro assai
>>> Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op. 125: IV. (b) Tempo I
>>> Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op. 125: IV. (c) Allegro assai
>>>
>> I am pretty sure the way we enter single movements split across
>> multiple tracks is:
>>
>> Symphony No. 9: IVa. Allegro assai
>> Symphony No. 9: IVb. Tempo I
>> Symphony No. 9: IVc. Allegro assai
>>
>> -Aaron (cooperaa)
>
> Agreed - I was just quoting there what we have on
> ClassicalTrackTitlePartnumberStyle.  However, it does raise the
> question...  How would you number, say, a split IVa. Minuet. Allegro
> or a split IIId. Sequenz: "Recordare"?  Would they become
> IVaa. Minuet. Allegro
> IVab. Minuet. Allegro
> and
> IIIda. Sequenz: "Recordare"
> IIIdb. Sequenz: "Recordare" ?

>
>
> As lowercase letters do actually appear in some movement numbers
> already, what if we were to use arabic numerals there instead?  So:
> I1. Gavotte
> I2. Gavotte
> and
> IVa1. Minuet. Allegro
> IVa2. Minuet. Allegro
> and
> IIId1. Sequenz: "Recordare"
> IIId2. Sequenz: "Recordare"


How about:
IVai. Minuet. Allegro
IVaii. Minuet. Allegro

-Aaron



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