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

[Andrew Conkling]

On 12/10/06, Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't like using two colons in one title for two different meanings
> (as in your first example). So I'd prefer changing one of them. The
> first colon has been used (CSG!) for some time now and reverting all
> the edits that comply to it would probably be difficult. OTOH, using
> the colon in the title "Finale: Allegro vivace" is fairly common. I've
> seen it also in the form "Finale (Allegro vivace)" but I like this
> even less (parentheses around tempo when there is a title, but no
> parentheses if no title: this is really too strange!).
>
> We can't use the dash because it is already often used to separate
> different tempos (or is it tempi?).
>
> If we tried to follow MB general rules, we would put quotes around the
> title and use "/" for tempo changes. Then we could use the dash to
> separate the title from the tempo. But I feel this would be too
> contrary to classical usage.
>
> So I don't like it, but I don't have anything better to suggest :-)

You didn't say anything about a period after the title....