> ...in English... Even in English-language contexts I've seen variants of the German-style transliteration on occasion. But more importantly, the author is n

> ...in English... Even in English-language contexts I've seen variants of the German-style transliteration on occasion. But more importantly, the author is not restricting himself to English, and indeed the musicbrainz link gets to such a high count precisely by including other languages' transliterations. Only three are listed as English, and they're the two you mention (with/without Anglo first name) plus one that omits the middle name. Were you saying that all other languages should use "the modern accepted spelling in English", or were you just ignoring the fact that speakers of other languages (or owners of foreign-published albums) might use music databases?