RDA Basics: Scores
Kathy Glennan
Head, Special Resources Cataloging / Music Cataloger
University of Maryland
October 19, 2011
Using RDA and…
Library of Congress Policy Statements
 Other policy and training documents under
development

 Program
for Cooperative Cataloging PCC
 Music Library Association

Cataloger’s judgment
 Informed
by FRBR User Tasks
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Example 1 – set of parts
Cover
Violin
part
Decisions, decisions…
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Preferred source
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RDA 2.2.2.2 – Resources with pages
 Mandated
order of places to look for a title
Title page
 Cover
 Caption
 Masthead
 Colophon
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Cover
245 10 Trio "Le
chimay" : ǂb
pour violon,
alto et
violoncelle :
(posthumus) /
ǂc Eugène Ysaÿe.
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Edition statement
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“Musical presentation statement” not in
RDA
 Treat
as Edition Statement instead
 MARC tag 254 not used in RDA records
 Source of information not limited to title page
250
250
Les parties séparées.
Vocal score, Updated edition.
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Copyright date ≠
Publication date
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If there’s no publication date, you can use
the copyright date as an estimate:
260 Bruxelles : ǂb Editions Ysaÿe,
ǂc [1970], ©1970.
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Content/Media/Carrier Type
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New MARC 33X Fields
 RDA
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6.9, 3.2, and 3.3
For scores:
336
337
338
notated music ǂ2 rdacontent
unmediated ǂ2 rdamedia
volume ǂ2 rdacarrier
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Notes
500
500
546
500
Title from cover.
Facsimile of original
manuscript.
ǂb Staff notation.
Includes preface in French.
(These notes based on RDA 2.20.2.3, 28.1.1.3,
7.13.3, and 7.16.)
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Putting it all together – Ex. 1
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Example 2 – solo instrument
Title
page
Back
cover
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Publisher information
Front cover
No publisher on title page, or on title page verso – and no date of publication either!
Back cover
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Publication Statement
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RDA 2.8.1.4
 Transcribe
places of publication and
publishers' names in the form in which they
appear on the source of information.
260 [Place of publication not
identified] : ǂb Chrysalis Music
Group ; ǂa Miami, Florida : ǂb
Warner Bros. Publications Inc., ǂc
[2000?]
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Extent of notated music
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RDA 3.4.3.2
 Record
the extent of a resource consisting of
notated music by giving the number of units
and an appropriate term for the format of
notated music as listed under 7.20.1.3.
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Definition of “score”

RDA Glossary – Score
 Graphical,
symbolic, or word-based musical
notation representing the sounds of all the
parts of an ensemble or a work for solo
performer or electronic media. Do not confuse
with Part.
300 48 pages of music ; ǂc 31 cm.
300 1 score (48 pages) ; ǂc 31 cm
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Music publisher and plate
numbers

An identifier for the manifestation
 Specific
instructions for scores
Music publisher numbers (RDA 2.15.2)
 Music plate numbers (RDA 2.15.3)
 No prescribed display, so transcribe the number as
it appears
 User display should have labels, but without
abbreviations, e.g. “Plate number:” not “Pl. no.:”
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Multiple identifiers?
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Core requirement = one identifier
 Prefer

one that’s internationally recognized
Best practice
 Record
unique identifiers on the resource
ISMN, ISBN
 Publisher number
 Plate number
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Contents note

Contents notes are encompassed by RDA
25.1, which contains instructions on
referencing related works
A
formal contents note is considered a
“structured description of the related work”
 Let MARC work for you
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Minor difference between the display text of
“Contains” vs. “Contents” is not critical
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Contents note example
505 0_ Baker St. muse - Crash barrier
waltzer -- Big dipper -- Bourée -Bungle in the jungle -- The chequered
flag (Dead or alive) -- Cross eyed
Mary -- Cup of wonder -- Fire at
midnight -- From later -- Living in
the past -- Look into the sun -- My
God -- Nothing is easy -- Passion
play edit -- Thick as a brick edit #1
-- The third hooray -- The whistler
-- The witch's promise.
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Authorized access point

Compilation of musical works (RDA
6.14.2.8): All by Ian Anderson
A
selection from his compositions for Jethro
Tull
 Need some sort of collective title
 If no categorization by medium of
performance or type of composition, use:
240 10 Works. ǂk Selections
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Final version of access point
100 1_ Anderson, Ian, ǂd 1947240 10 Songs. ǂk Selections; ǂo
arranged
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Relationship designators

RDA emphasizes the importance of
conveying relationship information
 Between
various FRBR entities (RDA
chapters 19-32 – with completion of chapters
33-37 to come)
 Using specific relationship designators
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See appendix I, J and K
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Relationship of name to
manifestation
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Preference for
 ǂe
relator terms instead of
 ǂ4 relator codes
700 1_ Rona, Jeffrey C. ǂq (Jeffrey
Carl), ǂd 1957-, ǂe arranger.
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Putting it all together – Ex. 2
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Example 3 – study score
Title page
Facing the title page
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Statement of responsibility

Per 2.4.2, information taken from:
 The
same source as the title proper
 Another source within the resource
 External sources (described in 2.2.4)

But then use square brackets
245 10 … / ǂc Béla Bartók ; Deutsche
Übersetzung von Bence Szabolsci ;
English translation by Robert Shaw.
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Place of publication

Per 2.8.2, this element may come from:
 The
same source as the publisher’s name
 Another source within the resource
 External sources (described in 2.2.4)


But then use square brackets
The back cover provides this information:
www.universaledition.com
wien | london | new york
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Publisher’s name

Per 2.8.4, take the publisher’s name from:
 The
same source as the title proper
 Another source within the resource
 External sources (described in 2.2.4)
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
But then use square brackets
The front cover provides this information:
Universal Edition
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Publication statement
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Estimating the publication date
 Use
the latest copyright date (©1955)?
 Or, base the date on the printing information
on the back cover?
Printed in the EU, Pl. 10/08
260
Wien : ǂb Universal Edition,
ǂc [2008?], ©1955.
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Extent
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Change from AACR2:
 miniature

score  study score (RDA 7.20.1)
Same as AACR2:
 Record
all separate sequences of pagination
300 1 study score (xiii, 94 pages) ;
ǂc 24 cm
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Notes
380
500
546
546
500
500
Secular cantata.
For soloists (TBar), two mixed
choruses (SATB) and orchestra.
German and English words;
originally in Hungarian.
ǂb Staff notation.
Duration: 16-17 min.
Preface in German, English and
French.
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Naming the work
The score contains two different language
expressions, German and English
 Each gets a separate authorized access
point in a 700 field, with the language
added to the end
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ǂl German
 ǂl English

NO 240: 240 10 … ǂl English & German
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Expression access points
100 1 Bartók, Béla, ǂd 1881-1945.
245 10 Cantata profana : ǂb …
700 12 Bartók, Béla, ǂd 1881-1945.
ǂt Kilenc csodaszarvas.
ǂl German.
700 12 Bartók, Béla, ǂd 1881-1945.
ǂt Kilenc csodaszarvas.
ǂl English.
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Putting it all together – Ex. 3
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New elements in authority
records for personal names
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New fields and subfields created
 046
- Special Coded Dates (R)
 370 - Associated Place (R)
 371 - Address (R)
 372 - Field of Activity (R)
 374 - Occupation (R)
 375 - Gender (R)
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Bartók’s personal name
authority record
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Could include the following new elements:
046 ǂf 1881 ǂg 1945
370 Sînnicolau Mare, Romania ǂb
New York, N.Y. ǂc Hungary
374 Composer ǂa Pianist ǂa
Ethnomusicologist
375 male
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New elements in authority
records for works
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377 - Associated Language (R)
380 - Form of Work (R)
381 - Other Distinguishing Characteristics of
Work or Expression (R)
382 - Medium of Performance (R)
383 - Numeric Designation of Musical Work (R)
384 - Key (NR)
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Bartók’s Kilenc csodaszarvas
work authority record
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Could include the following new elements:
377
hun
380
Secular cantata
382
tenor ǂa baritone ǂa mixed
voices ǂa orchestra
383
ǂc BB 100
383
ǂc Sz. 94
384 0_ D
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Additional information
Music Library Association 2011 RDA
Preconference presentations:
http://bcc.musiclibraryassoc.org/bcc.html
 RDA and Music: an Overview of the
Differences from AACR2 – a presentation
by Daniel Paradis from June 2010:
http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/6828/
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Questions?
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