by cherryplinth » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:53 pm
For classical music, I generally set the artist field equal to the composer. If you think about it, what you are really trying to do is structure a data base so that you can quickly find a piece of music. And if you are looking for a piece of classical music, I think the most natural way to look for a piece in question is to look under the composer's name. So I set the artist field = composer, and my data base works very well.
About the only exception to this rule is when I have a compilation album, like Vladimir Ashkenazy playing Beethoven Sonatas. Then I set the artist field = performer.
For classical music, I generally set the artist field equal to the composer. If you think about it, what you are really trying to do is structure a data base so that you can quickly find a piece of music. And if you are looking for a piece of classical music, I think the most natural way to look for a piece in question is to look under the composer's name. So I set the artist field = composer, and my data base works very well.
About the only exception to this rule is when I have a compilation album, like Vladimir Ashkenazy playing Beethoven Sonatas. Then I set the artist field = performer.