By Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University
A comparison of uniform titles (AACR2) and preferred titles (RDA) for musical works, including:
- Initial title element (AACR2)/preferred title (RDA): Language
- Singular vs. plural
- Statement of medium of performance: Number of elements
- Implied numbering
- Standard chamber combinations
- Song and choral accompaniment
- Adding medium of performance to resolve conflicts
- Further additions: Selections
- Language of text
- Librettos
- Arrangements
- Selections/arrangements/language
Available at this URL: http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/comparison-of-uniform-titles-and-preferred-titles#initial
Part of a larger set of documentation about Music Cataloging at Yale: http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music
Archived with Internet Archive on 4/4/17: https://web.archive.org/web/20170404172132/http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/comparison-of-uniform-titles-and-preferred-titles