[mb-style] Bach passions and CSG

[Chris B]

On 22/03/2008, Brian Schweitzer <brian.brianschweitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Chris B <chris at whenironsattack.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > On 22/03/2008, Brian Schweitzer <brian.brianschweitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Chris B <chris at whenironsattack.com> wrote:
>  >  >
>  >  > > On 21/03/2008, Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  >  >  > > > If you generalized this procedure, how would you enter (in the current
>  >  >  >  > > > state of the MB database)
>  >  >  >  > > >
>  >  >  >  > http://musicbrainz.org/release/86a78b3d-08d6-4b42-990b-30463b66fc98.html
>  >  >  >  > ?
>  >  >  >  > >
>  >  >  >  > > My mail concerned Bach passions. It is not so common to mention the BWVs
>  >  >  >  > > for them (and I know I have Händel oratorios which do not mention the
>  >  >  >  > > HWVs - I recently checked some - yet this is *never* a problem).
>  >  >  >  >
>  >  >  >  > Well, you know that this is contrary to the CSG?
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >  the un-agreed on CSG!
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  > No, actually, it's also contrary to the *official* CSG, massively
>  >  >  outdated as that guideline is.
>  >
>  >  The *old* CSG was never 'officialised', as far as i know.
>
>
> Let's not start down the path of trying to claim CSG was never more
>  than a proposal, like gets claimed when we discuss SoundtrackStyle...
>
>  http://musicbrainz.org/doc/ClassicalStyleGuide
>
>  "Status: This is the currently official version of the Classical Style Guide."
>
>  CSG was last revised and made official in December 2006.

well it's not been made official...properly. it never went through the
process (we've always had a process). anyone saying it's 'official'
back in december did it in good faith, i'm sure, but i don't recall it
ever going through the process.

i'm not saying it has no weight, as a lot of guidelines that are worth
following never made it through the process, but there you go. anyway,
does this really matter?