                             Editorial Policy

In editing these files, I have tried to use "canonical" composer names and
to eliminate spelling variations wherever possible, and have inserted the
names of the "original composers", where known, in parentheses as a line
in the subtitle field.  For instance, where Albert de Rippe intabulates
"Douce memoire", Albert de Rippe is given as the composer and (Pierre
Sandrin) as the subtitle. Composers unknown to everybody are "Anonymous",
and those unknown to me are "Unknown".

In my footnote credits, I have included credits for encoder and editor.
The encoder is the one who actually does the data entry to create the
fronimo, TAB, Midi, or Django file that I work from.

Other credits, and other important information, are contained in the
"Section Annotations" within the fronimo file. For a detailed explanation
of these and other editing practices of mine, see [my writeup on fronimo
formats]. Credits and other information contained in the fronimo files
are also present in the spreadsheet I have created for the website. I
update the spreadsheet whenever I update the website contents, so it
should reflect the current state of the data.  It contains hyperlinks
to fronimo, midi,and pdf files for each entry as well as a link to the
facsimile page where each piece starts, if available. It also has other
data, such as key, type of piece, instrumentation, and difficulty.
If you can read the Excel file, that is probably the easiest way of
finding things until an actual searchable database is created.

In all cases, I take responsibility for any errors in this
website. Although I have tried to be as accurate as possible, I'm sure
many errors remain. I have been blessed to have many, many kind people
who have sent me corrections, over the years. Their contributions are
documented in my [Contributions and Corrections Honor List]. I have cited
the original source (MS or otherwise) whenever I knew it, and the original
contributor/encoder, though over the years some of this data has been
lost. If you feel you are the one that originally contributed a particular
piece or a correction and have not been acknowledged for having done so,
or if you know the source of a particular piece for which a source is
not cited or wrongly cited, please email me at sarge@gerbode.net.

