This has been discussed several times. I think everybody uses their own system.
Like jth, I generally use either only the last name or last name - first name for composers and artists of classical music, while I use first name - last name for pop/rock artists. I must admit that I'm not particularly consistent in this. E.g., with some artists I know very well, I use the first name - last name convention. Very inconsistent, but it works for me. So it's 'Nikolayeva, Tatiana', but 'Glenn Gould'. The composer is in the artist list on the controller, but not on the next screens. For that reason, with classical music, I've made it a habit to start the title of an album with the composer and add the main performer at the end. So the Goldberg Variations played by Glenn Gould has as title 'Bach: Goldberg Variations (Glenn Gould). Of course, a lot will be arbitrary here, even giving it a title is. Should I use German names for works by German artists or English names (or even Dutch)? I think everyone follows his own scheme here also. I don't find it terribly important: whether I call the Mattheüs Passie 'Matteus Passion' or 'Matthew Passion' doesn't alter the music. (Although... An anecdote on this. My very christian family used to listen to a lot of 'christian' music. I remember I heard the 'song' Jesus joy of man's desiring a lot, mostly sung by immense American choirs, often in English translation. After some time I hated that song. What a surprise to learn later that Jesu bleibet meine Freude was part of a beautiful cantata -- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben.) Teus -- Teus de Jong ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Teus de Jong's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15415 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62878
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