Classical Music

Status: Official Style Guideline

Introduction

The Classical Style Guide (CSG) is a set of guidelines that explains how (and when) “classical” music should be handled differently from “non-classical” in MusicBrainz. “Classical” is used here in the broadest sense, and is not meant to refer specifically to the Classical Period in Western music.

Guidelines

Release

• Release and Release Group Title

• Release and Release Group Artist

• Track Titles

• Track Artist

Recordings

• Recording Artist

Works

• Works

Language-specific

• English

• Estonian

• Spanish

Tips and guides

Note: The following are not guidelines, but tips. If anything here isn’t included in any official guideline, then it’s unofficial and just a suggestion.

• The Classical Editor Toolbox by Reosarevok.

• Introduction to CSG by Hawke.

• Tips for CSG editing by Brainz34.