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Dan Zimmerman wrote:
>Another issue that I am know worrying about is related to the question of
>how to classify a composition.
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>... Is an impromptu a form or should I think of it as a name and not a
>form - How sould one handle Schubert's impromptus. Orchestration is obvious.
>Form? Schumman's Carnaval? What is a fantasie - How should one handle
>Schubert's Wanderer fantasie.? The orchestration of Hammerklavier is
>obvious its form too, but what is the form of Beethoven Op. 131 or 51 1?
It's probably not necessary to set up a category for "Composition Type".
In a typical database program, your "title" category will already give
you compositions containing the words "symphony", "sonata", etc. Your
"artists" category will give you all your piano music, whether sonatas,
or works like Schuman's "Carnaval", if you search under "pianist", and
similarly if you search under other instrumentalists. I'm not sure much
is gained for your catalog by having a separate category for composition
type.
Walter Meyer
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