Composer Periods

[BlackJack]

In Roon, periods are part of the composition metadata and what counts as classical is determined by the composer.

The to me known sources for metadata in Roon:

1. allmusic.com (main source)
2. musicbrainz.org

You can check the composition/composers metadata on their sites.

If you don’t like the classical (composer) categorization that you encounter in Roon, you can edit the composer:

See also:

Have you ever wondered what the 'Only Classical' switch is good for?

The Compositions Browser You can choose to only display Classical compositions by setting the slider toggle at the top right of the display to “on”. [grafik] So what makes something count as a classical composition?

Classical composers vs "Classical" composers

So-- I would like to browse my classical library by composer and then by album (not track). When I click on composers and then focus on classical, I get many people who aren’t classical at all but may have some classical sub tag-- e.g. Paul McCartney and many others. Is there some way to limit things to actual classical composers?

Classical: A Compilation

PREAMBLE After living with a large Classical Library for a while, I think I now know what I want. So I’ve set it out in this thread. There are many threads with discussions about Classical. I’d like this thread to contain crisp descriptions of the changes users want to see. Please feel free to add your own, with a short description. At the the risk of abusing my Mod powers, I will be shifting longer discussions or spin offs into separate threads. Not because discussion shouldn’t occur, but si…