Help:The perfect edition

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Here are some guidelines for creating an edition of a choral or vocal work for submission to CPDL.

Editions should include:

• The full title (including opus or other catalogue number if applicable), subtitle and composer's dedication at the top of the first page of music in the order: dedication, title, subtitle (from top to bottom)
• The full name of the composer, with his/her years of birth and death in parentheses, aligned right, below the subtitle.
• The name of the editor of the work preceded by the phrase "Edited by", below the name of the composer, aligned right.
• The full name of the lyricist or source of lyrics, with his/her years of birth and death in parentheses, aligned left, below the subtitle.
• The name of the translator or editor of the text preceded by the phrase "Edited by" or "Translated by", below the name of the lyricist, aligned left.

• Source
• Edition notes
• Text and translation(s)
• Performance notes
• Copyright notice
• Title page if work is long

Advice for music typesetters on the Werner Icking Music Archive.