(07-20-2018, 01:43 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: Different tags could be substituted for Artist for example AlbumArtist or Composer., Currently there is a setting on Customize for specifying whether to use Artist or AlbumArtist. Composer could be added as a 3rd option.
That alone would be a nice feature, at least for me.
I have no problem with the idea that in Western art music (concert music, or so-called "classical music") each work is primarily identified with its composer, while in other music forms the Artist or Performer is more important. But that begs the question...
If one were to choose the proposed 3rd option of Composer in Customize, would that have to be a global setting, applying to all Genres?
Or could the Composer be chosen for specific Genres, while Artist could be chosen for other Genres?
For Genres like Classical, Chamber Music, Symphony, Symphonic, New Music, Avant-Garde, Romantic, Late Romantic, etc. I'd want to organize the Library view by Composer. (When I'm in the mood for Bartok, I don't look for George Szell or Ivan Fischer. I look for Bartok.)
For Genres like Pop, Rock, Jazz, R&B, HipHop, Soul, Country, Country & Western, Folk, Big Band, etc. I'd want to organize the Library view by Artist. (When I'm in the mood to listen to John Coltrane, I don't care much who the composer is. I want to hear John Coltrane play.
My current workaround for "classical" music is to give it all the same Genre (Classical) and manually change the ID3 tags so that the Album is the name of the work followed by who's performing it, and the Artist is the composer. So for Mahler's 9th Symphony played by the Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter, I'll re-tag everything to:
Track = track number (in this case, it's "01")
Title = name of work and individual movement, etc. = I - Andante comodo
Artist = name of composer = Mahler, Gustav
Album = name of work and name(s) of performer(s) = Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Columbia SO, Walter)
Genre = Classical
All the Tracks in the work will be in that one Album.
This way, in the Library, I can choose to see Albums by Mahler, Gustav, or I can see Albums by John Coltrane, and choose which to play.
When I select the genre Classical, I still have to choose by Artist, but now I see a list of composers to choose from (because in my 'classical' tracks I've changed the Artist tags to the name of the composer of the work).
It would be really nice if when the Genre chosen was Classical or any of its other varieties (Chamber Music, Romantic, Late Romantic, Baroque, Renaissance, Modern, Minimalist, Opera, Lieder, etc.) the Library displayed Composer instead of Artist.
But in Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Soul, Country, Folk, HipHop, etc. it should stay how it is now, with Artist (not Composer) displayed in the Library.
Is that a huge ask?
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