Template:Infobox Musical Work

Symphony No. 1 "Low"
( "Low" Symphony )
Cover of the first recording of the symphony
Symphony by Philip Glass from the music of David Bowie and Brian Eno
Cast	Orchestra: 2.pic.2.2.Ecl.bcl.2/4.3.3.1/4 perc (SD, TD, BD, glsp, tgl, chimes, tamb, cyms, cast, tam-t) hp/ pf/ str (8.6.4.4.2)b trb, wdbk, tom toms
Genre	Classical
Period	Contemporary
Style	Postmodern, minimalist
Language	English
Duration	42'
ISWC	T-010.865.755-1
Derivation	Original work
Composed	1992 (1992)
Première	August 30, 1992 (1992-08-30), by the Junge Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie conducted by Dennis Russell Davies in Munich, Germany
Publisher	Dunvagen Music Publishers

The standard infobox for musical work articles is the {{Infobox Musical Work}} template. The box to the right is an example. You can click on "edit this page" and copy-and-paste the markup to a different article, replacing its information with info on the musical work you choose to write about.

The infobox code should be placed at the top of the article.

Contents 1 Code 2 Details 2.1 Title 2.2 AltTitle 2.3 Category 2.4 Creator 2.5 Image 2.6 Caption 2.7 Cast 2.8 Genre 2.9 Period 2.10 Style 2.11 Language 2.12 Duration 2.13 ISWC 2.14 Derivation 2.15 Composed 2.16 Premiere 2.17 Publisher 2.18 Misc 3 Microformat

[edit] Code

Most articles should only need the following fields (for the full list of fields see advanced usage). Do not remove fields from this list when the value is unknown; in that case the values should be left blank. Please note that the field names are case-sensitive.

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| Category   = 
| Creator    = 
| Image      = 
| Caption    = 
| Cast       =  
| Genre      = 
| Period     = 
| Style      = 
| Language   = 
| Duration   = 
| ISWC       = 
| Derivation = 
| Composed   = 
| Premiere   = 
| Publisher  = 
}}

[edit] Details

Try to fill in as many of the details as you can. If some details are unknown, leave the section blank or fill it with ??? to make it obvious to other editors that the info is needed. Wikilink wherever appropriate, but make sure you check your links and disambiguate accordingly.

[edit] Title

The musical work's title should be specified using text (not a logo), which will be automatically italicized.

[edit] AltTitle

Any other title used for the musical work should be specified here.

[edit] Category

The Category field refers to the general category of musical work. Enter a code from the following chart. The category will appear with the appropriate color and wikilink. If the type is unknown, leave the field blank.

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[edit] Creator

The name of the composer, etc.

[edit] Image

An image with a strong association with the musical work should be referenced by Image. The full image syntax is not required here – just the file name with the extension.

The cover of the first or a notable recording of the musical work is appropriate. Album cover artwork may be scanned, or downloaded from another site such as All Music Guide or Amazon.com. Note that whether you scan one yourself or copy it from another site, when uploading an image, you must tag it properly and follow fair use guidelines.

Other kinds of image may be used, such as:

• Image of manuscript.

If you cannot find a suitable image, just leave this field blank.

[edit] Caption

A description of the image used for Image and its association with the musical work.

[edit] Cast

Enumerate the instruments, voices, and so on the musical work requires.

Use standard notation for orchestral instrument abbreviations and score order; see, for example: orchestral abbreviations and notation.

[edit] Genre

The one or more music genres that the musical work reflects, delimited by commas, should be listed here. Genres should be linked (piped linked where needed), for example, "Classical, electronic" should link to classical music and electronic music respectively. Note that most genres aren't proper nouns, and shouldn't be capitalized, but the first word in the list should be.

[edit] Period

For European classical music works, the period a work belongs to, as listed in the {{History of European art music}} template. A period should be linked (piped linked where needed), for example, "Contemporary" should link to contemporary classical music .

[edit] Style

A style, within or spanning a period, if appropriate.

[edit] Language

This field should identify what language or languages are used in the lyrics of the musical work (assuming the work contains vocals). Do not forget to disambiguate and pipe link when necessary. For example, if a work's lyrics are in English and French, you would use [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]].

[edit] Duration

The typical duration of a performance of the musical work in hours and minutes. It may be helpful to include a source in a comment.

[edit] ISWC

The International Standard Musical Work Code of the musical work.

[edit] Derivation

This should indicate if the musical work is an original work, and arrangement of another work, and so on.

[edit] Composed

The date or date range when the musical work was composed should be specified, using as appropriate either:

• {{Start date}}, for example {{Start date|2007|7}} or {{Start date|2007}}.
• {{Start date}}-{{End date}}, for example {{Start date|1891}}-{{End date|1893}}.

[edit] Premiere

Details on when and where the musical work was first performed should be included.

[edit] Publisher

The name of the publisher, if known.

[edit] Misc

A number of templates exist that can be inserted in the Misc field, such as {{Audiosample}}. If you use such a templates, don't forget to add a second set of closing brackets for the nested template.

[edit] Microformat

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat, which makes the event details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to a calendar or diary application. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Dates will only appear if you use {{Start date}} or {{End date}} (use the former for single dates).

hCalendar uses HTML classes including:

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