[mb-style] [CSG] Short form CSG (was Re: Bach passions and CSG)

[Brian Schweitzer]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Leiv Hellebo <leiv.hellebo at gmail.com> wrote:
> symphonick wrote:
>  > Like worktitles in CSG but as it is written on the cover (my
>  > interpretation).
>
>  I'm guessing a Post-NGS CSG will be as hard to do right - i.e. useful
>  and easy to follow - as the one we currently have. If this is right,
>  then IMO it's reasonable to have the cover be the last appeal ground for
>  how votes should fall in edit wars.
>
>  This is not the same as saying that we should not maintain a CSG of
>  common favored practices: "No.1" -> "No. 1", "E flat" "E-flat", "Recit"
>  -> "Recitativo", "Correct obvious typos when there is no ArtistIntent" etc.

I think this may perhaps be the best summary I've seen of exactly how
this should be handled in whatever "short classical styleguidelines"
we end up with, for use on tracks (as opposed to the "full CSG" for
works lists).  Figure a way to "solve" the multiple languages
question, add it to this, and you'd have exactly what we would need
then, I think.  ...And at the same time, as a few others have
mentioned, this question itself becomes moot anyhow, as the types of
things pointed to by Brant and others are handled on the works list
end, while the types of issues you and others have raised would be
solved by the short-title from the liner.

I've split this thread out so perhaps we can build from this to
discuss just what types of things should be done / shouldn't be done
in that "classical guideline for tracks".

Side question: When you say correcting typos, are you referring to
ArtistIntent of the composer or of the performers?  (I'd hope you mean
the former; determining AI can be hard enough without also potentially
assuming some group of classical performers decided to rename a work
with a misspelling for *any* reason).

Brian