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  • monsterjazzlick
    dBpoweramp Guru

    • Jul 2017
    • 1764

    Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

    Hi folks,

    I will be posting some questions here this week relating to the STYLES of classical music I have tagged since purchasing 'dBpa' last July. Hopefully I might attract some assistance from some more 'experienced' classical buffs!

    Thanks a lot,

    Paul
  • mville
    dBpoweramp Guru

    • Dec 2008
    • 4021

    #2
    Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

    I'm no expert, but Classical music is organised into periods and I often see variations in respect to these periods.

    You might want to start by reading something like this: Classical music

    or this: Classical Music Periods

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    • monsterjazzlick
      dBpoweramp Guru

      • Jul 2017
      • 1764

      #3
      Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

      Originally posted by mville
      I'm no expert, but Classical music is organised into periods and I often see variations in respect to these periods.

      You might want to start by reading something like this: Classical music

      or this: Classical Music Periods
      Thanks Mville,

      I will take a look ...

      Paul

      EDIT: As I thought might be the case - and is the very reason for me opening a new thread - is that some of the STYLES I have created are not actually listed as being 'periods/eras', simply because they are not, strictly speaking. For instance, 'Minimalism' (eg. Steve Reich) is a term for a particular form of composition/process, but it is not a recognized as being a 'period' (I mean, we do not verbally say: "this is a piece of music from the 'Minimalist' period!").
      Last edited by monsterjazzlick; July 29, 2018, 03:30 PM.

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      • monsterjazzlick
        dBpoweramp Guru

        • Jul 2017
        • 1764

        #4
        Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

        Mville,

        I did originally plan to use PERIOD tags - as you correct suggest - last year when I first began ripping; albeit exclusively for CLASSICALs. However, because I used STYLE tags for every other type of music/CD and, of course, PERIOD is not really applicable to: country/Xmas/popular/etc, I decided to do away with it in favour of STYLE (right across the board).

        In addition to this, I did not want to have 2/3 of my CD collection having GENRE/STYLE tags, and the remaining 1/3 having GENRE/PERIOD. Also, I had/have no idea if all playback-devices support PERIOD?, as they DO the STYLE tag.

        Cheers.
        Last edited by monsterjazzlick; July 29, 2018, 03:39 PM. Reason: spelling

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        • monsterjazzlick
          dBpoweramp Guru

          • Jul 2017
          • 1764

          #5
          Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

          Hi,

          To get the ball rolling, here is a list of the STYLES (which I view as being SUB-GENRES) of my CLASSICALs:
          Avant-Garde
          Baroque
          Brazillian
          English Chamber
          Experimental
          First Viennese
          Free
          Hungarian Folk
          Impressionism
          Indeterminacy
          Intuitive
          Minimalism
          Modernism
          Neoromantic
          Neoromantic
          Post-Modernism
          Process
          Religious
          Romantic
          Russian Orthodoxy
          Second Viennese School
          Serial
          20th Century

          All of these come under either the GENRE of: CHORAL or CLASSICAL. The reason I have created this thread is to seek some help, please, in making sure I have placed the correct COMPOSERS within the correct STYLE; and to see if I can whittle down the amount of STYLES I currently have (I am sure there are 2 or 3 which can be moved/substituted).

          Thanks.
          Last edited by monsterjazzlick; July 29, 2018, 03:51 PM. Reason: spelling

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          • Oggy
            dBpoweramp Guru

            • Apr 2015
            • 697

            #6
            Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

            Originally posted by monsterjazzlick
            Mville,

            I did originally plan to use PERIOD tags - as you correct suggest - last year when I first began ripping; albeit exclusively for CLASSICALs. However, because I used STYLE tags for every other type of music/CD and, of course, PERIOD is not really applicable to: country/Xmas/popular/etc, I decided to do away with it in favour of STYLE (right across the board).

            In addition to this, I did not want to have 2/3 of my CD collection having GENRE/STYLE tags, and the remaining 1/3 having GENRE/PERIOD. Also, I had/have no idea if all playback-devices support PERIOD?, as they DO the STYLE tag.

            Cheers.
            Does your Sony display Style / Period?

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            • monsterjazzlick
              dBpoweramp Guru

              • Jul 2017
              • 1764

              #7
              Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

              Originally posted by Oggy
              Does your Sony display Style / Period?
              I have charged it up now. I am finishing of the final batch of corrections; then I will test out the SD-card inside it ...

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              • monsterjazzlick
                dBpoweramp Guru

                • Jul 2017
                • 1764

                #8
                Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

                Originally posted by Oggy
                Does your Sony display Style / Period?
                Oggy,

                I am waiting from Sony Tech. Support to get back to me later this week concerning the maximum GB size of SD-card I am able to use with the Walkman. Hence, I won't be able to fully answer your question until then. But right off the bat, I can see that it supports: Genre, Artist, Album. Maybe other categories appear if and when you have organised/utilized your files/folders on the SD-card to incorporate such additional tags?

                Paul
                Last edited by monsterjazzlick; July 30, 2018, 06:11 PM. Reason: spelling

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                • garym
                  dBpoweramp Guru

                  • Nov 2007
                  • 5907

                  #9
                  Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

                  Originally posted by monsterjazzlick
                  I am waiting from Sony Tech. Support to get back to me later this week concerning the maximum GB size of SD-card I am able to use with the Walkman.
                  Paul
                  Can't you just plug in your SD card from your amazon fire and see if the Sony unit will read it?

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                  • monsterjazzlick
                    dBpoweramp Guru

                    • Jul 2017
                    • 1764

                    #10
                    Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

                    Originally posted by garym
                    Can't you just plug in your SD card from your amazon fire and see if the Sony unit will read it?
                    I tried that already but it just says: "please insert a readable storage device."

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                    • monsterjazzlick
                      dBpoweramp Guru

                      • Jul 2017
                      • 1764

                      #11
                      Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

                      Hi,

                      I have ripped my Beethoven 1-9 symphonies CD (Karajan / Deutsch Gramaphone).

                      I use the STYLE tag in place of PERIOD (ie. whatever data would have gone in PERIOD goes in STYLE instead).

                      Regarding this tag I am not sure what to enter, please? In GENRE I have obviously written CLASSICAL. By default, 'dBpa' states PERIOD (ie. my STYLE) as CLASSICAL. I don't really want to have CLASSICAL as both the GENRE and STYLE tags. And so, for Beethoven's 1-9, could I use ROMANTIC? I mean, are all of his 9 symphonies classed as 'romantic' works? I would rather have one STYLE which would fit all 9 works if possible.

                      Many thanks in advance.

                      Paul
                      Last edited by monsterjazzlick; September 19, 2018, 10:13 PM. Reason: spelling

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                      • Oggy
                        dBpoweramp Guru

                        • Apr 2015
                        • 697

                        #12
                        Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

                        Originally posted by monsterjazzlick
                        Hi,

                        I have ripped my Beethoven 1-9 symphonies CD (Karajan / Deutsch Gramaphone).

                        I use the STYLE tag in place of PERIOD (ie. whatever data would have gone in PERIOD goes in STYLE instead).

                        Regarding this tag I am not sure what to enter, please? In GENRE I have obviously written CLASSICAL. By default, 'dBpa' states PERIOD (ie. my STYLE) as CLASSICAL. I don't really want to have CLASSICAL as both the GENRE and STYLE tags. And so, for Beethoven's 1-9, could I use ROMANTIC? I mean, are all of his 9 symphonies classed as 'romantic' works? I would rather have one STYLE which would fit all 9 works if possible.

                        Many thanks in advance.

                        Paul
                        Hi Paul,

                        Interesting one, because he overlaps the Classical and Romantic periods. Possibly Eroica onwards is Romantic.

                        How about Symphonic, if you want one Style?

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                        • monsterjazzlick
                          dBpoweramp Guru

                          • Jul 2017
                          • 1764

                          #13
                          Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

                          Originally posted by Oggy
                          Hi Paul,

                          Interesting one, because he overlaps the Classical and Romantic periods. Possibly Eroica onwards is Romantic.

                          How about Symphonic, if you want one Style?
                          Thanks Oggy,

                          I appreciate your thoughts.

                          Funnily enough SYMPHONIC was the default tag in most of my Haydn CDs. But to me, the term SYMPHONIC would relate to the size of the ensemble (eg. it would imply a large scale work for orchestra) rather than the 'stylistic' properties of the composition. Personally, I don't feel it is quite definitive enough.

                          Cheers,

                          Paul

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                          • monsterjazzlick
                            dBpoweramp Guru

                            • Jul 2017
                            • 1764

                            #14
                            Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

                            Hi,

                            To end this tying myself up in knots malarkey, I am thinking the easiest solution is to name Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart as being:
                            GENRE = Classical

                            Style = First Viennese

                            I really can't see there being any other solution to placing them all under the same umbrella, and avoiding using 'classical' for both GENRE and STYLE?

                            It would be great if any classical buffs might be able to confirm, please?

                            Cheers,

                            Paul
                            Last edited by monsterjazzlick; September 21, 2018, 02:20 PM. Reason: spelling

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                            • monsterjazzlick
                              dBpoweramp Guru

                              • Jul 2017
                              • 1764

                              #15
                              Re: Tagging - STYLES within CLASSICAL GENRE (help?)

                              Hi,

                              Do you think it is also correct/incorrect to categorize Schubert as 'First Viennese' rather than 'Romantic', please?

                              Thanks.
                              Last edited by monsterjazzlick; September 25, 2018, 08:15 PM. Reason: spelling

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