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The correct form of writing classical pieces for a wedding service

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Will__ | 21:24 Mon 19th Jun 2006 | Music
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Hi

Just preparing our order of service for my wedding next month. (Adobe InDesign is the nuts).

The three pieces below - are they correctly written? Or if not, what's the correct form of writing them? The composers' names are fine, so I won't post them - but the titles:

'Adagio' from Trumpet Concerto N�. 1 In D Major

'Barcarole' from The Tales of Hoffmann

'Toccata' from Organ Symphony No. 5

Basically, are the ' marks correct?
Thanks.
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Will, there are different styles of concert program composition, so you may get a number of different answers.

I'm in the U.S. and have been designing concert programs for a music college for more than 15 years. In our style guide, we would not use the quotation marks. And we'd include opus numbers where available. And we'd italicize the opera title. But you wouldn't be wrong not to - it's just another style.

Some help, huh? :D
Oops, I wish I could just edit my post.

Plus, you might want to pick one way to write "No." - in your post onscreen, one uses superscript and the other doesn't. And maybe include the key for the organ symphony, since you include it for the trumpet concerto.

Whatever style you choose, consistency is nice.
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Cool, some very cogent points.

In the final programme, (which I couldn't show in HTML) the titles will be small capped, and the composers names' italicised. Haven't made up my mind about the opera title yet....

Thanks Willa.

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