Style/Classical/Language/Estonian
This is the guideline for titles or parts of titles in Estonian. Do not assume that anything expressed here is valid for other languages.
In English
Catalogue & number
Catalogues should always be preceded by comma and space.
Opus and number should always be lower-cased and abbreviated: op. and nr. There should be a space before the number.
Specific catalogues (eg. Köchel) should follow their usual capitalization.
Examples
op. 4
op. 27 nr. 3
Sümfoonia nr. 2, op. 48
Keelpillikvartett D-duur, op. 11
Keys
There are two main styles to indicate keys in Estonian, "-duur/-moll" and "-mažoor/-minoor" (see full table below). Both "duur" & "moll" and "mažoor" & "minoor" are always lower-cased, while the key itself should start with uppercase if it's major and with lowercase if it's minor. For cases where one of the two styles is used in a release, use the same one. For generic cases (like work titles) "duur" and "moll" are preferred.
Examples
Ces-duur
Kontsert c-moll
Sümfooniline scherzo La-mažoor
Sümfoonia nr. 4 re-minoor
Capitalization and quotation marks
Estonian titles in general should follow MusicBrainz's standard capitalization for Estonian.
If possible, use typographically correct Estonian quotes („“) in Estonian titles.
Examples
Jaanilaulud: IV. Miks Jaani oodatakse
Süit balletist „Kalevipoeg“: VI. Rahvatants
„Ma vaatan üles mäele“ tsüklist „Thule eleegiad“
Eesti keeles
Catalogue & number
Catalogues should always be preceded by comma and space.
Opus and number should always be lower-cased and abbreviated: op. and nr. There should be a space before the number.
Specific catalogues (eg. Köchel) should follow their usual capitalization.
Examples
op. 4
op. 27 nr. 3
Sümfoonia nr. 2, op. 48
Keelpillikvartett D-duur, op. 11
Keys
There are two main styles to indicate keys in Estonian, "-duur/-moll" and "-mažoor/-minoor" (see full table below). Both "duur" & "moll" and "mažoor" & "minoor" are always lower-cased, while the key itself should start with uppercase if it's major and with lowercase if it's minor. For cases where one of the two styles is used in a release, use the same one. For generic cases (like work titles) "duur" and "moll" are preferred.
Examples
Ces-duur
Kontsert c-moll
Sümfooniline scherzo La-mažoor
Sümfoonia nr. 4 re-minoor
Capitalization and quotation marks
Estonian titles in general should follow MusicBrainz's standard capitalization for Estonian.
If possible, use typographically correct Estonian quotes („“) in Estonian titles.
Examples
Jaanilaulud: IV. Miks Jaani oodatakse
Süit balletist „Kalevipoeg“: VI. Rahvatants
„Ma vaatan üles mäele“ tsüklist „Thule eleegiad“
Key table / ??? taabel
C-duur / Do-mažoor | c-moll / do-minoor | Cis-duur / Do-diees-mažoor | cis-moll / do-diees-minoor | Ces-duur / Do-bemoll-mažoor | |
D-duur / Re-mažoor | d-moll / re-minoor | dis-moll / re-diees-minoor | Des-duur / Re-bemoll-mažoor | ||
E-duur / Mi-mažoor | e-moll / mi-minoor | Es-duur / Mi-bemoll-mažoor | es-moll / mi-bemoll-minoor | ||
F-duur / Fa-mažoor | f-moll / fa-minoor | Fis-duur / Fa-diees-mažoor | fis-moll / fa-diees-minoor | ||
G-duur / Sol-mažoor | g-moll / sol-minoor | gis-moll / sol-diees-minoor | Ges-duur / Sol-bemoll-mažoor | ||
A-duur / La-mažoor | a-moll / la-minoor | ais-moll / la-diees-minoor | As-duur / La-bemoll-mažoor | as-moll / la-bemoll-minoor | |
H-duur / Si-mažoor | h-moll / si-minoor | B-duur / Si-bemoll-mažoor | b-moll / si-bemoll-minoor |