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Where did you read that? At least composers who perform their own music seem to be in the Music namespace.
Edited by GnomeTitan
I don't remember where I read it, but most composer pages like Ludwig Van Beethoven are in the Creator namespace.
OK, in that case the rule is probably that composers whose music is mostly performed by other people (typically, as in the case of Beethoven, because they're dead) go in the Creator namespace, while composers who are known as performers go under Music.
I'm not entirely happy about the latter, since it creates exactly this kind of confusion about what the Creator namespace is for, but I understand the reasoning behind it: that for performing musicians their personality is part of the performance and can't be separated from the music.
It's also confusing under some circumstances. Beethoven conducted his music while he was still alive. Is the only difference that they're dead?
More like, there's not enough material on how he contributed to the performance of the music itself. You know, if there was video of him and people had taken pictures while he conducted, we'd probably be keeping him in the Music/ folder. As-is, he's not really known for his conducting ability.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Yes, that's what I was thinking of - it's not just that he's dead, but that he died before his performances could be recorded. But it's still a rather tricky distinction.
I read somewhere that composers are supposed to be in the Creator namespace, not Music. How exactly does one distinguish a composer from a musician?