Style / Classical

Status: This is an official style guideline.

Introduction

The Classical Style Guide (CSG) is a set of guidelines that explains how (and when) "classical" music should be handled differently from "non-classical" in MusicBrainz. "Classical" is used here in the broadest sense, and is not meant to refer specifically to the Classical Period in Western music.

Guidelines

Release

Release and Release Group Title

Release and Release Group Artist

Track Titles

Track Artist

Recordings

Recording Artist

Works

Language-specific

English

Estonian

Spanish

Tips and guides

Note: The following are not guidelines, but tips. If anything here isn't included in any official guideline, then it's unofficial and just a suggestion.

The Classical Editor Toolbox by Reosarevok

Introduction to CSG by Hawke.

Tips for CSG editing by Brainz34.

Style
Overview	Style Principle · Error correction & Artist intent · Old and/or outdated style practices · Forums · How to propose style changes
Title Style	Titles · OC ReMix series
Entities	Artist (Sort name) · Release Group · Release · Recording · Work · Series · Place · Event · Aliases · Artist credits
Relationships	Relationships · URLs (Lyrics Whitelist)
Classical	Classical portal · Release title · Release artist · Track titles · Track artist · Recording artist · Works
Special Cases/Misc.	Unknown and untitled entities (Special Purpose Artist, Special Purpose Label, Special Purpose Track Title) · Specific types of releases (Pseudo-Releases, Soundtracks, Theatre, Live bootleg, Broadcast, Audiobooks, Remixes and mashups) · Miscellaneous
Languages	English (Classical) · Catalan · Chinese · Czech · Danish · Dutch and Frisian · Estonian (Classical) · Finnish · French · German · Greek · Hebrew · Hungarian · Italian · Japanese · Latin · Latvian · Lithuanian · Norwegian · Polish · Portuguese · Romanian · Russian · Slovak · Spanish (Classical) · Swedish · Turkish · Vietnamese · Yiddish · Transliterations