Template:Classical Music Metadata/doc

The purpose of this template
This template is intended for audio files containing classical music. It's purpose is, to give editors the option of providing additional information on uploaded music. It is not yet finished. Comments, suggestions, wishes are welcome on the discussion page.

What this template is not
Using this template to store all available information on a piece of music is not the intention of this template. This would lead to a unnecessary and huge amount of redundancy. Instead it shall only provide sufficient information to at a glance uniquely identify a piece of music as a certain work of a certain composer and maybe contain links to appropriate Wikipedia pages for details.

Thus it shall assist in the users' search for music and help organizing music files on Commons.

Usage
produces

Work

 * Composer
 * Opus
 * Number
 * Movement
 * Key
 * Kind of work (symphony, piano sonata, chorale, aria ...)
 * Superordinate work
 * Title
 * Surname
 * Common denotation

Performance

 * Performer / Ensemble / Orchestra / Choir
 * Main performer / Singer
 * Instrumentation
 * Conductor
 * Location
 * Date
 * Kind (Studio recording, Concert, Private performance ...)

Recording

 * Recorder
 * Recorded from: live performance, CD, cassette, gramophone record
 * Recorded with: professional equipment, computer, video camera, digital camera, mobile phone, voice recorder, tape recorder
 * Equipment details: e.g. "4 Shure SM58 microphones, positioned around the choir"
 * Postprocessing software
 * Postprocessing details

The "Recording" section is left out up to now, it is too general. Maybe there should be a seperate template for this.