[vorbis] (Classical) Request for Standardization of expanded TAGS

[Jonathan Walther]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 10:34:49PM +0100, Trick wrote:
>> > LYRICIST
>> > 	the person who wrote the lyrics
>> >
>> > AUTHOR
>> > 	author of spoken text, eg, JRR Tolkien
>>
>> Where is the border?  If it's a poem, is it a lyricist or an author?  What
>> if it's half sung?
>
>AUTHOR could be the original author, while LYRICIST could be the one who 
>fitted the text to the music ?

Thats correct.  Although in the case of poetry, if the librettist didn't
alter the text, I'd say the poet was the lyricist.

If the text as originally written was prose, use AUTHOR.  Otherwise, use
LYRICIST

Jonathan.

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