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.