[MEI-L] ensemble

[Roland, Perry (pdr4h)]

Patient, raising arm:  "Doctor, it hurts when I go like this."
Doctor: "Don't do that!"

In the case you describe, you shouldn't use <ensemble>.  To enumerate the performing forces without naming the ensemble, use the following instead --

<perfMedium>
  <performer>
    <instrVoice>violin</instrVoice>
  </performer>
  <performer>
    <instrVoice>viola</instrVoice>
  </performer>
  <performer>
    <instrVoice>violoncello</instrVoice>
  </performer>
</perfMedium>

If you want to name the ensemble, use --

<perfMedium>
  <ensemble>String trio</ensemble>
</perfMedium>

<ensemble> and <performer> can be combined within <perfMedium> when the work is for an ensemble and soloists --

<perfMedium>
  <ensemble>
    <instrVoice>Orchestra</instrVoice>
  </ensemble>
  <performer>
    <instrVoice>Soprano</instrVoice>
  </performer>
  <performer>
    <instrVoice>Tenor</instrVoice>
  </performer>
</performer>

or within <ensemble> when capture of the exact make-up of the ensemble is desired --

<perfMedium>
  <ensemble>
    <instrVoice>Chamber orchestra</instrVoice>
    <performer>
      <instrVoice>Flute</instrVoice>
    </performer>
    <performer>
      <instrVoice>Oboe</instrVoice>
    </performer>
    <performer>
      <instrVoice>Bassoon</instrVoice>
    </performer>
    <performer>
      <instrVoice>Horn</instrVoice>
    </performer>
    <performer>
      <instrVoice>Violin I</instrVoice>
    </performer>
    <performer>
      <instrVoice>Violin II</instrVoice>
    </performer>
    <performer>
      <instrVoice>Violin III</instrVoice>
    </performer>
    <performer>
      <instrVoice>Violincello</instrVoice>
    </performer>
    <performer>
      <instrVoice>Bass</instrVoice>
    </performer>
  </ensemble>

<instrVoice> is always required within <ensemble>, but <performer> within ensemble is optional.

--
p.
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From: mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de [mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] on behalf of Johannes Kepper [kepper at edirom.de]
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:16 AM
To: Music Encoding Initiative
Subject: Re: [MEI-L] ensemble

Ok, understood. But that does not answer my question (or, the question behind the ill-posed words I said…). Why do I have to have an <instrVoice> within <ensemble/> when I'm going to specify it's <performer> childs, but don't want to provide a name / label / xxx for the ensemble as group?

Thanks so far,
Johannes

Am 26.10.2011 um 16:02 schrieb Roland, Perry (pdr4h):

> Johannes,
>
> <instrVoice> is required here in order to avoid a mixed content model in <ensemble> and to make the conversion from MARC to MEI easier.
>
> It is true that one could use @label on <ensemble> to hold the name of the ensemble, however, this would disallow the possibility of using markup in the name and would be an abuse of @label, since it should not be used to capture "content", but rather a string that identifies the content.
>
> For example, a document may contain "My name: Perry".  In this case, "My name:" is the label for the content "Perry".  The proper markup for this construct is
>
>  <name label="My name:">Perry</name>
>  NOT
>  <name label="Perry"/>
>
> By analogy, the markup for ensemble is
>
>  <ensemble label="Ensemble">
>    <instrVoice>Orchestra</instrVoice>
>  </ensemble>
>
>   NOT
>
>  <ensemble label="Orchestra"/>
>
> --
> p.
>
> __________________________
> Perry Roland
> Music Library
> University of Virginia
> P. O. Box 400175
> Charlottesville, VA 22904
> 434-982-2702 (w)
> pdr4h (at) virginia (dot) edu
> ________________________________________
> From: mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de [mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de] on behalf of Johannes Kepper [kepper at edirom.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 7:44 AM
> To: Music Encoding Initiative
> Subject: [MEI-L] ensemble
>
> Hi list,
>
> Axel and Detmold are working on the perfMedium model. We're wondering about the use of <instrVoice> as required first child of <ensemble>, especially since there is the common attribute @label available on <ensemble>. Anyone out there who knows about this?
>
> Thanks,
> Johannes
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