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Issue with Accessing Composers' Composition Lists Post-Update

Hello AllMusic,

I'm encountering some difficulties when attempting to navigate the composition lists of some composers in your database, particularly following the recent update. Previously, I was able, with a trick, to browse a vast catalogue of pieces from renowned composers like Morton Feldman (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/morton-feldman-mn0000943649), including 'Essential' rated compositions, such as 'Rothko Chapel' (https://www.allmusic.com/composition/rothko-chapel-for-soprano-alto-chorus-celeste-viola-percussion-mc0002384529).

Unfortunately, both the highlight and full list of these compositions seem to be missing now. This issue extends to several other accomplished composers, such as Terry Riley (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/terry-riley-mn0000750519) and Brian Eno, whose pages also appear devoid of composition lists, despite their extensive repertoire. Indeed, both have at least one composition rated as 'Essential', namely Terry Riley's 'In C' (https://www.allmusic.com/composition/in-c-for-unspecified-performers-mc0002360276) and Brian Eno's 'Ambient 1: Music for Airports' (https://www.allmusic.com/composition/ambient-1-music-for-airports-mc0002437201).

Prior to the update, these lists could be accessed by appending "#compositions" to the end of the URL, for instance: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/morton-feldman-mn0000943649#compositions . However, this method doesn't seem to be effective any longer.

I'd appreciate your prompt attention to this matter. Thanks for your help in rectifying this issue.

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Hi there.

This is a use case we weren't anticipating but is something we'd like to enable (without requiring you to muck around with the URL to get there).

A bit of background: Our former design was hampered by the width of the body of the page, only allowing for so many tabs across so we needed to decide if an artist would be a "Classical" artist and get a Compositions tab, or the artist would be a "Popular" artist and get a Songs tab.

“primaryMedia”: “Music\\Popular”,

With the new design we should be able to enable a Songs tab and a Compositions tab for these types of "crossover" artists.

Thanks for the insight into your use case.

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T

Great to hear! May I ask when we can expect this issue to be resolved? Thank you once again for your prompt response.

We have a number of planned feature improvements and bug fixes in front of us, but we have these tasks in our work queue.

I would expect for us to be able to tackle this before the end of November.

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T

Hello,Mr. Zac, could you please provide a status update on this issue? Thank you.

Thanks for your patience.

We have this project in our backlog but other priorities have come up in the meantime.

I don't have an updated timeline as to when we will be able to get to this project. Sorry.

Hi there.

A bit later than expected, but we're rolled this feature out for traditionally non-classical artists that also have "Classical" as one of their primary genres.

You can see these compositions here: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/morton-feldman-mn0000943649#compositions and here: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/brian-eno-mn0000617196#compositions

Thanks for the suggestion.

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T

Thanks a lot!

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