Authorized access points for musical works

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For main entry (1XX) in musical sound recordings, do not follow RDA 19.2.1.1 or MLA best practice.[1][2] If a sound recording containing works by different persons or bodies has a collective title, enter it under the heading for the person or body represented as principal performer. If a sound recording lacks a collective title, enter it under the heading for the principal performer if there is one, or first composer if there is not.

Popular music

Single/principal performer
1XX for performer
110 Beatles,‡eperformer.
245 Let it be /‡cthe 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,‡d1873-1943,‡ecomposer.
245 My favorite Rachmaninoff /‡cVan Cliburn.
Different composers for multiple works, single/principal performer
1XX for performer
100 Lang, Lang,‡d1982-‡einstrumentalist.
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]

Scores

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

  1. ↑ Catalogers, August 2015
  2. ↑ Catalogers, April 2016
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