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Started by Reighngold at 8/11/2008 22:44:35. Topic has 2 replies.
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Join Date: 12/12/2007 01:32:09

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8/11/2008 22:44:35
Better opera search please... make that better classical search

   "As we all know Zune has a pretty incredible Classical music selection for such a young device. What they haven't figured out is how to link the English translations of the pieces written in foreign languages to the original titles, or say the Eroica to Beethoven 3rd Symphony and so on. I know that this is not data that they necesarily control, but if they could speak to the MetaData provider to get that info on there as keywords in the database, it would facilitate the linking of those files and that would be greatly appreciated. I believe that others would enjoy the ability to type in The Marriage of Figaro and get all the Le Nozze di Figaro listings as well as the countless other titles. 

Furthermore, this need not only affect classical music, it could help with a lot of things too and could have a broader application for cross over artists from other nations. Doing that could bring in more markets and open them up more to European Nations... who knows it could bring Zune into a whole new level. "

I posted this elsewhere not knowing you had this section and have copied it onto here for your consideration. I really think this would be a great adition to the Zune features. Thanks for reading.

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Join Date: 12/12/2007 01:32:09

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8/11/2008 23:03:55
re: Better opera search please... make that better classical search

Also so much of classical music is dependant on who the artists performing the pieces are and who the composer of this particular Requiem is, for example. This is not clear in the available information, at least not consistantly. This is also another huge problem. One everyone I know mentions (I know a lot of classical music lovers) For instance who conducts the symphoy, which symphony is playing this piece, who is the Soprano who plays Tosca. Things like that. Pretty basic, even a higher resolution shot of the album with more Zoom capabilities would allow for some of this information.

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Join Date: 9/10/2009 15:00:58

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11/4/2009 05:03:05
re: Better opera search please... make that better classical search

I couldn't agree more.  It's a little distressing to see this post is over a year old =/

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