Hi Guys,
In MJ9, I have created custom fields for Composer, Orchestra, Choir, Conductor and Soloist. Artist is a combination of Composer, Orchestra, Choir, Conductor and Soloist -- meant for pure reference purposes only.
Oh, and also a "Movement", "Op.", "Year Composed" etc. (since I use "Year" for the year the piece was recorded -- seems to be on a par with most other musical tracks I have).
I also keep a genre tag with things like "Concerto", "Symphony", "Mass", "Oratorio", "Suite" etc. and have a smartlist called "Classical" which groups all of these together.
THEN! I have a Media Library group which filters the music based on the Classical smartlist. Normal "Audio" ignores everything in the classical smartlist and then I have created a "Classical Music" Group which only includes stuff from the smartlist.
Under this "Classical Music" group, I have view schemes such as "Conductor/Orchestra/Composer/Genre/Name/Movement" and "Choir/Conductor/Composer/Name/Movement".
This helps me arrange all the classical music that I could ever hope to.
Your comments on my retentive scheme would be appreciated!!