Book, Music And Lyrics vs. Written and Composed?

It's just preference. I'm not sure if it's actually up to the author or if it's a producer decision, but they are interchangeable.

seriously, "Written and Composed" is so pretentious. like oooh i both wrote and composed this musical!

Same. I thought it was a more concise term, or it's exclusive for sung through pieces. I think William Finn used the same credit for In Trousers

gypsy101 said: "seriously, "Written and Composed" is so pretentious. like oooh i both wrote and composed this musical!



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I would think that the other has less modest; Music, lyrics, and book by ________ _______.

It really doesn't matter though, neither is better or worse from the other. We're really overthinking this.

Updated On: 10/18/16 at 03:03 AM

The BML convention tracks the typical collaboration agreement that obviously does not exist in these cases. It also provides a clean credit for award purposes. Beyond that it is a matter of preference, though anytime you vary from the standard form there is at least a bit of pretension involved. If you don't want to use BML, I'm not sure what is served by not just saying X by Y. It is never up to the producer; it is always spelled out in the contract.