Performer exporting as editor for Audio

[lpburrows]

Running Better BibLaTeX, the "performer" field (and all the other options as well) in the "audio recording" item type in Zotero is being exported as "editora" rather than "author" in the .bib file, which is causing my CSL (chicago17-fullnote) to omit the performer in references and my bibliography. Thanks for the help!

Report ID: CIZZIGXJ-euc

[retorquere]

That's tricky -- it's debatable whether the performer is the author of the audiorecording rather than the composer. I can see why editora is not the right choice (or rather fallback -- it just gets that when I haven't assigned a field specifically), but any ideas on composer vs performer? Or should both be listed as authors when both present?

[lpburrows]

That's also tricky — just looking at the Chicago/Turabian: "If the conductor or performer is the focus of the recording or is more relevant to the discussion than the composer, either one may be listed first" (i.e. as the "author"). My initial instinct would be to assign the first entry in the composer/performer field as author—since Chicago also says "in a bibliography entry, list by author, performer, or other primary contributor"? I'm not sure how other citation styles handle that problem.

[retorquere]

It still seems a little arbitrary to make one author and the other editora solely based on the order in which they're listed, or that a composer present in two pieces would become author or not based on whether other creators are listed on an item. I'd much sooner just both deem them authors - if there's only one there's no difference, if they're both present, both become authors (and listed in order as they are in Zotero).

[retorquere]

Is this OK with you?

[retorquere]

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