This category is mainly useful for classical music because these songs may be labeled with the name of the recording artist rather than that of the composer. For instance, an album of the Fargo Philharmonic playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony could list the Fargo Philharmonic as the artist and Beethoven as the composer. By using the Composers category, you are able to easily find works by your favorite composer: Bach, Beethoven, and so forth.

But the Composers category does not have to be bounded to classical music. For instance, you may use the Composers category to speedily access all of your Nick Drake cover versions as well as Drake's own recordings of his songs. The merely disadvantage to sorting this way is that the metadata data for many CDs in the CD Database (a.k.a. Gracenote) does not include an entry in the Composer field. If you would like to use it, you may need to manually edit the songs' tags. Still, if you're a actual fan of a specific artist, this effort can pay off and note that many songs bought from shops such as the iTunes Music Store carry the complete tags.

Note: By editing tags manually, you are able to create almost any sorting criteria you care.

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