UNIFORM FORM OF NAMES AND TITLES IN MUSIC
I. UNIFORM FORM OF NAMES = NAME AUTHORITY
OLD FORM Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus
NEW
FORM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
OLD FORM Chaikovskii, Petr Ilich, 1840-1893.
NEW
FORM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
OLD FROM Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910.
NEW
FORM
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
II. UNIFORM TITLES
I. Distinctive titles -- are a unique title given by the composer in the original language:
Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades [Pikovaia dama]
Stravinsky Firebird [Zhar-ptitsa]
Handel
Messiah
[Messiah]
II. Form titles -- are used for works which are
"generic"
in character: sonatas, symphonies, quartets, etc. They use the
following
structure: [Form, instrumentation, number, key]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Piano
Concerto
No. 23
[Concertos, piano, orchestra, K.
488,
A major]
Beethoven Pastoral symphony
[Symphonies, no. 6, op. 68, F major]
Schubert Death and the Maiden
String
Quartet
[Quartets, strings, D. 810, D minor]
III. Collective titles -- are used for generic collections of works:
Satie, Erik Music for Piano [Piano music]
Bach, Johann Sebastian Neue Ausgabe sämtliche Werke [Works]
Poulenc, Francis Les biches ;
Bucolique
; Pastourelle etc. [Selections]
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