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#REDIRECT [[Artist#Type]] |
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==Description== |
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An "[[Artist|artist]]" is usually either a person or a group of people. While artists in MusicBrainz are (mainly) the people responsible for creating music, they are also used in many different [[Advanced Relationships|relationships]], and in that context they can fulfill all kinds of roles, from producers, publishers, lyricists, conductors and many more. |
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To distinguish the different kinds of artists, there are different types available. |
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;Person |
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:This indicates an individual person. |
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;Group |
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:This indicates a group of people that may or may not have a distinctive name. |
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;Orchestra |
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:This indicates an orchestra (a large instrumental ensemble). |
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;Choir |
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:This indicates a choir/chorus (a large vocal ensemble). |
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;Character |
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:This indicates an individual fictional character. |
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;Other |
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:This should be used if none of the other types fit. |
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;Unknown (empty field) |
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:This is to be used when the type of the artist is yet to be found. |
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==Additional information== |
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* There can be several different artist entries for the same person, usually because they use different performance names. For example, [[Artist:cb661251-3bc2-4373-bd7c-4b1531275c4c|Kieran Hebden]] (Person) performs under his own name and as [[Artist:3bcff06f-675a-451f-9075-99e8657047e8|Four Tet]] (Person) |
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* The members of a band are indicated with the [[rt:5be4c609-9afa-4ea0-910b-12ffb71e3821|member of band relationship type]]. For example, [[Artist:300c4c73-33ac-4255-9d57-4e32627f5e13|Ringo Starr]] (Person) was a member of [[Artist:b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d|The Beatles]] (Group) |
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* The participants of a short-term collaboration are indicated with the [[rt:75c09861-6857-4ec0-9729-84eefde7fc86|collaboration relationship type]]. For example, [[Artist:7944ed53-2a58-4035-9b93-140a71e41c34|Sting]] (Person) collaborated on [[Artist:0ecaa896-58fa-4dca-b53d-8da7bc5f59c5|Band Aid]] (Group). |
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* In the case of a collaboration, the "members" can also be other Groups. For example, [[Artist:1a1cd7f3-e5df-4eca-bae2-2757c9e656b5|Duran Duran]] (Group) also collaborated on [[Artist:0ecaa896-58fa-4dca-b53d-8da7bc5f59c5|Band Aid]]. |
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* [[Special Purpose Artist|Special purpose artists]] ([[Various Artists]], [[Unknown Artist|[unknown]]], [[No Artist|[no artist]]], etc.), being neither groups or persons, are of type "Other". |
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* Not every ensemble related to classical music is an Orchestra or Choir. The [[Artist:598063d1-1fc6-496a-8e91-2c21c38d8c92|Borodin Quartet]] and [[Artist:c8db3d2b-19d8-4dc7-b2cb-deea37aa274a|The Hilliard Ensemble]], for example, are simply Groups. |
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[[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:Artist]] |
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