Preferred titles in music cataloging – Library Workflow Exchange

by Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University

A list of instructions, explanations, examples, and resources for recording preferred titles in music cataloging, including:

List of types of composition for use in authorized access points for music : a manual for use with RDA
A comparison of uniform titles (AACR2) and preferred titles (RDA) for musical works
Types of composition and LC subject headings
RDA:
- Recording titles of works (RDA 6.2.1) See also Recording preferred titles for musical works (RDA 6.14)
- Recording form of work (RDA 6.3)
- Recording date and place of origin of works (RDA 6.4-6.5)
- Recording date, language, and other distinguishing characteristics of expression (RDA 6.10-6.11)
- Recording preferred title for musical works (RDA 6.14)
- Recording medium of performance for musical works (RDA 6.15)
- Recording numeric designation for musical works (RDA 6.16)
- Recording key for musical works (RDA 6.17)
- Recording other distinguishing characteristic of the expression of musical works (RDA 6.18)
- Collaborative works and Compilations of works (RDA 6.27.1.3 and 6.27.1.4)
- Access points representing musical works (RDA 6.28.1.1-6.28.1.8)
Work numbers for authorized access points for composers whose works are assigned numbers other than opus numbers or in addition to opus numbers
Sources of information
- Printed biographical sources for composers and their works
- Thematic indexes used in the Library of Congress/NACO authority file (What the heck is a thematic index?)
- Online resources for preferred titles

Part of a larger set of documentation about Music Cataloging at Yale: http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music

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