Authorized access points for musical works

Popular music

Single/principal performer

1XX for performer

110 Beatles, ‡e performer.
245 Let it be / ‡c the Beatles.

No principal performer: no 1XX

245 Now that’s what I call power ballads hits.

Classical music

Single/principal composer for all works

1XX for composer

100 Rachmaninoff, Sergei, ‡d 1873-1943, ‡e composer.
245 My favorite Rachmaninoff / ‡c Van Cliburn.

Different composers for multiple works, single/principal performer: 1XX for performer

100 Lang, Lang, ‡d 1982- ‡e instrumentalist.
245 Best of Lang Lang.
[various composers]

Different composers for multiple works, no principal performer: no 1XX

245 Great melodies of the classics.
[various composers, various performers]

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Scores Also follow the above guidelines for collections of printed music from those genres.