Appendices
Appendices A-C, E, G, and I-J:
No additional procedures.
Appendix D: Obsolete fields
- 047: as of 2021, use 655
- 048: as of 2021, use 382
- 260: as of 2021, use 264
- 306: as of 2021, no longer used, per local decision.
Appendix F: Reference sources
Music cataloging:
- ALA Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS). Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Music) (DCRMM)
- Koth, Michelle. Music Cataloging at Yale
- Music Library Association. Archives and Special Collections Committee
- Music Library Association. Cataloging and Metadata Committee
- Music Library Association and Society of American Archivists. Guidelines for Archival Description of Notated Music, A Supplement to Describing Archives: A Content Standard (Humanities Commons)
- Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM). Online catalog
Music and musicians:
- Prefer authoritative sources, such as those listed below. Prefer these sources to Wikipedia, which generally is not an authoritative source for composer biographies, works lists, or work titles.
Composer biographies and works lists:
- Oxford Music Online (database access requires VPN)
- Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG)
- Bakers Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (database access requires VPN)
- Koth, Michelle. Music Cataloging at Yale/Musical Biographical Resources on the Web
Browse LC call numbers:
- Composer biographies: ML410 [cutter by composer name A-Z]
- Composers’ complete works editions: M3 [cutter by composer name A-Z]
- Thematic indexes of composers’ works: ML134 [cutter by composer name A-Z]
Preferred work titles:
- Library of Congress Authorities (search by name/title)
- Library of Congress Linked Data Service (search by name for name/title authorities)
- If no LC authority record is found, see the biographical and works lists sources above, and record a work title in conformance with Resource Description and Access (RDA). For guidance in recording work titles, see Music Cataloging at Yale/Preferred titles.
General music topics:
- Oxford Music Online (database access requires VPN)
- The Harvard Dictionary of Music (database access requires VPN)
Appendix H: Sample Records
245 00 ‡a [Lute music].
264 _0 ‡a [Switzerland?], ‡c [circa 1550-1575]
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14604660
245 00 ‡a Dunque a l’eccelse imprese di Leopoldo inuitto solo s’impugnerá uirile il brando?
264 _0 ‡a Vienna, Austria?, ‡c circa 1688-1690.
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/15587159
100 1_ ‡a Miles, Susanna, ‡d active 1759, ‡e compiler.
245 10 ‡a Susanna Miles her singing book.
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13883417
100 1_ ‡a Fauré, Gabriel, ‡d 1845-1924, ‡e composer.
240 10 ‡a Sonatas, ‡m cello, piano, ‡n no. 1, op. 109, ‡r D minor
245 10 ‡a Sonate pour piano et violoncelle, op. 109 / ‡c Gabriel Faure.
264_0 ‡a [Paris, France], ‡c [1917 October 25]
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6747916
100 1_ ‡a Giordano, Umberto, ‡d 1867-1948, ‡e composer.
240 10 ‡a Marina. ‡s Vocal score
245 10 ‡a Marina : ‡b melodramma in un atto / ‡c di Umberto Giordano.
264_0 ‡a [Place not identified], ‡c [circa 1889]
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4746720
100 1_ ‡a Massenet, Jules, ‡d 1842-1912, ‡e composer.
245 10 ‡a Ecoute-moi Madeleine! : ‡b ballade de Victor Hugo : pour contralto / ‡c par Jules Massenet.
264_0 ‡a [Place not identified], ‡c [1860s?]
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/7076733
100 1_ ‡a Massenet, Jules, ‡d 1842-1912, ‡e composer.
245 10 ‡a Poëme d’un soir / ‡c George Vanor ; J. Massenet.
264_0 ‡a [Place not identified], ‡c [1895 March]
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/7077079
100 1_ ‡a Pierné, Gabriel, ‡d 1863-1937, ‡e composer. Satie
240 10 ‡a Intermezzo, ‡m orchestra, ‡r A major
245 10 ‡a Intermezzo / ‡c Gabriel Pierné.
264_0 ‡a [Place not identified], ‡c [1883].
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9330670
100 1_ ‡a Satie, Erik, ‡d 1866-1925, ‡e composer.
245 10 ‡a Scènes nouvelles for Le médecin malgré lui by Charles Gounod.
264_0 ‡a [Place not identified], ‡c [1923]
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4722612
100 1_ ‡a Walton, William, ‡d 1902-1983, ‡e composer.
240 10 ‡a Sinfonia concertante, ‡m piano, orchestra
245 10 ‡a Sinfonia concertante for orchestra with pianoforte (quasi obbligato) / ‡c by William Walton.
264_0 ‡a [London, England?], ‡c [circa 1927]
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4642559
100 1_ ‡a Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno, ‡d 1876-1948, ‡e composer.
240 10 ‡a Chiese di Venezia
245 10 ‡a [Fragments and drafts for Chiese di Venezia].
264_0 ‡a [Place not identified], ‡c 1947-[circa 1948].
Full record: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9726000