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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 2-3-16 on page I-74 in "Providing additional contents files".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{183.0pt}

% example pages normally start with page 6 but not here:
\setcounter{page}{1}
% small headings for the example
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\section{\@startsection{section}{1}{\z@}%
                                    {-1.25ex \@plus-1ex \@minus-.2ex}%
                                    {.5ex}%
                                    {\normalfont\large\bfseries}}
\makeatother
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\newcommand\artist[2]
           {#1\addcontentsline{rec}{note}{#1: #2}}
\makeatletter \newcommand\listofartistnotes
    {\section*{Notes on artists}\@starttoc{rec}}
 \newcommand\l@note[2]
    {\par\noindent#1,~\textit{#2}\par}   \makeatother
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
The version of Ravel's Boléro by \artist{Jacques
Loussier Trio}{A strange experience} is rather
unusual. Quite interesting is Davis' Blue in Green
by \artist{Cassandra Wilson}{A wonderful version}.
\listofartistnotes
\end{document}