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Welcome fellow Discographically minded people
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Some preamble and conventions in this attempt
- The only artist I have so far attempted in this test is Harry Plunket Greene which is where to start and look around.
- Company
- The simplest form is used Gramophone is The Gramophone Company, G&T, La voce del Padrone and anything else issued through this group of companies. Columbia is treated similarity. Parlophone, Beka, Odeon will be under Lindström. As each company preserved its matrix independence until at least the end of the 78 period, there should be no confusion
- Matrix & Take Numbers
- These are hell as they are designated and transcribed in all kinds of ways. For clarity I have presented each matrix as a single string 5848a or 0EA23432 or HO1345al If there should be a duplication across companies then these will be listed on the matrix number page, as there will be only one or two duplicates the matrix pages should be reasonably concise.
- Take numbers are given in separate box. In the early period each matrix was also a single take, for these I have interpolated the format [-1]. All other instances the takes are recorded as -1, -2 etc. For companies that issued takes as letters or symbols these will be converted to numerals for consistency. A page explaining each matrix system will be given for each company.
- Composers
- The name is given in in the form Elgar, Edward on all pages but will redirect to Elgar, Edward (composer) - A link to another page for Elgar, Edward (conductor) will be found there.
- Work
- The title of a composition is something of an intractable issue. For clarity The Fairy Lough ~ An Irish Idyll in 6 Miniatures, Op.77 : No. 2 will be a standard format in all pages. The the example above the 'common' name is given firsat followed by a tilde which links it to the collection or work of which it form a part. The composition itself will be listed formally on the composer page and on the composition title the title will be given as An Irish Idyll in 6 Miniatures, Op.77 (Stanford, Charles Villiers), parts of any composition will be separate divisions on this page. For composer with a large number of compositions an index page will have to be provided to avoid confusion. In order not to reinvent any wheels I am generally following the convention on IMSLP and with this in mind there will be a link to ISMLP and Wikipedia on the composer and composition pages where they merit one.
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