chris.mason;167249 Wrote: 
> Note that Search returns Artists, Albums and Song Titles that match
> while Advanced Search returns individual tracks.
> 
> There's something wrong with the way Search is working - has anybody
> else seen this?  Is this another "Various Artist/Compilation Album"
> problem?

The basic Search (the non-Advanced Search) searches for the string that
you enter in

1. Artist names
2. Album titles
3. Track titles

It really is a "basic" search.  All it's doing is string matching
within those items, then listing the items matched.  It won't find the
composer and then list all the albums or tracks by that composer.  If
you search for 'vivaldi' then it will list only albums and tracks that
have the string 'vivaldi' in the title.

But if you find Vivaldi (and listed in the search under Artists),
clicking on the name should list all of the albums credited to the
composer, so albums are just one additional click away.

(Note that for the basic Search to find composers, you'll also need to
have 'Composer' checked off under Server Settings > Behavior >
COMPOSER, BAND AND ORCHESTRA IN ARTISTS.)


BTW, in looking at this I notice that my library has just one album
tagged with a composer.  It's "The Jerome Kern Songbook", with Jerome
Kern as composer on all tracks.  If I search for 'kern', then Jerome
Kern is found, and if I click the name, the album is shown.  But I
notice that under Browse Artists, Jerome Kern is nowhere to be found. 
If you have the server setting mentioned above checked off, are your
classical composers listed along with the artists on your system?


-- 
JJZolx

Jim
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