[mb-users] Colon/period usage in track titles

[Andrew Conkling]

On 12/10/06, Marco Sola <marcosola at oksatcom.it> wrote:
> Andrew Conkling wrote:
> > "Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale: Allegro vivace"
> > "Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace"
> "Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale (Allegro vivace)"
>
> IMHO the right one is the first, since dot "." is often used instead of " -"
> to separate tempos so it could be confusing. And moreover semicolon ":" is
> far more intuitive: it's a Finale with Allgro vivace tempo

The period should not be used to separate tempos. Do we need to start
a separate thread about hyphen v. period use? :P


> I can't recall any example of the second one.

Almost all recent classical edits incorporating a title like this have
used the period over the the colon.