On Mon, 02 Sep 2019 00:30:48 -0600, Pete Zakato <Zakato@false.com>
wrote:
>ID tags are designed for pop music, not classical.
>
>For pop music, the info of interest is almost always artist, then song
>name. So completing the tag with artist name in the Artist slot and
>title in the Title field makes sense.
>
>For classical nusic, the info of greatest importance is almost always
>the Composer, then the song name. For that to show up when the piece
>of music is playing, one needs to enter the Composer name into the
>Artist field.
>
I agree!
You might put the performer data in the "album artist" field
Lucius
>Most people don't do it that way and instead but verbose info into the
>Artist slot, so the info when playing looks something like
>
>Sir Neville Marriner- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Symp
>(truncated or scrolling)
>
>I redo the tags on my MP3s putting the composer's name as the Artist.
>Then the info looks like
>
>Mozart, Symphony 40 - I. Molto Allegro
>
>Much more useful IMO.
>
>Just my preference.
>
>
>
>On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:22:37 -0700, Freedomator
><freedom.aint.free@freedom.net> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:19:22 -0500, sklawlor@mac.com wrote:
>>
>>>Hi. What, if any, are the best practices for id3 tagging classical
>>>works?
>>>
>>>I'm sure this is somewhat subjective but do you put the original
>>>composer in the composer field and the orchestra, or soloist in the
>>>artist field?
>>>
>>>Thanks for any help you might be able to provide.
>>
>>This is what I've done:
>>
>>- Artist field contains artist/conductor/orchestra
>>- Composer field contains the full name of the composer (b.1966)
>>(1740-1810), etc
>>- Album Artist contains the Last Name of the composer, or Various
>>- Album title is: Composer's last name(s) - Works (bitrate if
>>different from CD redbook) - Artist/Orchestra/ensemble/conductor
>>
>>If the CD contains more than 3 different composers it is labelled as
>>Various (VA). The library is sorted Artist Album, Album name, and
>>track number.
>>
>>Examples:
>>
>>VA - Fritz Reiner (Complete RCA Collection D24) The Reiner Sound
>> Album Artist field: Various
>> Album title field: Fritz Reiner (Complete RCA Collection D24)
>>The Reiner Sound
>>
>>Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto #2 - Van Cliburn, Fritz Reiner (Complete
>>RCA Collection D57)
>> Album title field = Folder name
>>
>>Berlioz & De Falla - Les Nuits, El amor brujo - Fritz Reiner (Complete
>>RCA Collection D60)
>> Album Artist field: Berlioz & De Falla
>>
>>Album title: Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano -
>>Aleck Karis, John Cage
>>Artist: Aleck Karis, John Cage
>>Genre: 20th Century
>>Composer field: John Cage (1912-1992)
>>Album Artist field: Cage
>>
>>It took me a VERY long time to tag everything, including hunting down
>>cover art.
>>
>>Hope this helps
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