Cataloging Scores in RDA: Descriptive Elements

Part of a workshop held at the GaCOMO/SELA joint conference

Augusta, Georgia

October 1, 2014

Exercises

Using only the information presented on each of the following title pages, construct any

of the following that may be appropriate:

o 245 field

o 246 field

o 250 field

o 264 $a and $b subfields

o 740 field

o And, any 028 field and/or 500 note needed to record the publisher’s numbers

Suggested answers can be found on the reverse of each page; however, several equally

acceptable answers are often possible.

Number 1

Quartet/Quartets -- TYPE (English); use for cuarteto, kvartet, quadro, Quartett,

quartetto, quatuor

Suggested answers:

028 30 $a 228 $b Universal Edition

245 10 $a Streichquartett III, op. 30 = $b String

quartet III = Quatuor a cordes III / $c Arnold

Schoenberg.

264 #1 $a Wien : $b Universal Edition …

500 ## $a Publisher’s number: Philharmonia no. 228.

Number 2

Octet/Octets -- TYPE (English); use for octeto, octuor, oktet, Oktett, ottetto.

Suggested answers:

245 10 $a Oktett in F, D 803, op. post. 166 = $b Octet

in F major / $c vorgelegt von Arnold Feil = edited by

Arnold Feil.

264 #1 $a Kassel ; $a New York : $b Bärenreiter …

Note that according to the authority record n 83726969 Bärenreiter

Taschenpartituren (TP 302) is treated as an untraced series. Identification

of this item as a member of that series may not be clear from the title page.

Number 3

Overture/Overtures -- TYPE (English); use for abertura, obertura, Ouvertüre, ouverture,

overtura, sinfonia, uvertiura, uwertura; see also sinfonia when it is used to mean

"overture."

Suggested answers:

245 10 $a Overture to the romantic opera Oberon / $c by

Carl Maria von Weber.

264 #1 $a London : $b Ernst Eulenburg Ltd. ; $a New

York : $b Edition Eulenburg Inc. …

Number 4

Kammerkonzert -- DISTINCTIVE (German)

Suggested answers:

028 30 $a 423 $b Universal Edition

245 10 $a Kammerkonzert : $b für Klavier und Geige mit

dreizehn Bläsern / $c Alban Berg.

264 #1 $a Wien : $b Universal Edition …

500 ## $a Publisher’s number: Philharmonia no. 423.

Number 5

Quartet/Quartets -- TYPE (English); use for cuarteto, kvartet, quadro, Quartett,

quartetto, quatuor

Suggested answers:

245 10 $a Quatuor pour la fin du temps : $b pour

clarinette en si bémol, violin, violoncelle et piano

(1941) / $c Olivier Messiaen.

264 #1 $a Paris : $b Editions Durand ; $a Bryn Mawr

(U.S.A.) : $b Theodore Presser Company …

Number 6

Symphony/Symphonies -- TYPE (English); form of the multi-movement work of the

18th to 20th centuries; use for simfoniia, Simphonie, Simphony, Symphonie, and (when

this type of composition) for the Italian "sinfonia" and the German "Sinfonie." However,

the Italian Baroque "sinfonia" (plural, Sinfonie) is a different type of composition and

should not be normalized to symphony.

Suggested answers:

245 10 $a Mathis der Maler = $b Mathis the painter :

symphony / $c Paul Hindemith.

246 31 $a Mathis the painter

264 #1 $a London ; $a New York : $b Ernst Eulenburg Ltd

…

Number 7

Sy mphony/Symphonies -- TY PE (English); form of the multi-movement work of the 18th to 20th

centuries; use for simfoniia, Simphonie, Simphony, Sy mphonie, and (when this ty pe of composition) for

the Italian "sinfonia" and the German "Sinfonie." However, the Italian Baroque "sinfonia" (plural,

Sinfonie) is a different ty pe of composition and should not be normalized to sy mphony.

Suggested answers:

245 10 $a Sinfonie in G, Hoboken I, 100 : $b Militär :

Londoner Sinfonie Nr. 9 = Symphony in G major :

Military : London symphony no. 9 / $c Joseph Haydn ;

herausgegeben von Horst Walter = edited by Horst

Walter.

246 30 $a Militär

246 30 $a Londoner Sinfonie Nr. 9

246 30 $a Military

246 30 $a London symphony no. 9

264 #1 $a Kassel : $b Bärenreiter …

Note that according to the authority record n 83726969 Bärenreiter

Taschenpartituren (TP 302) is treated as an untraced series. Identification

of this item as a member of that series may not be clear from the title page.

Number 8

Sinfonietta/Sinfoniettas -- TYPE (English, German, Italian); use for simfonietta,

simphonietta, symfoniieta, symphonietta, symphoniette.

Suggested answers:

028 30 $a 224 $b Universal Edition

245 10 $a Sinfonietta (1926) / $c Leoš Janáček ; nach

den Originalquellen herausgegeben von Karl Heinz Füssl.

264 #1 $a Wien : $b Universal Edition …

500 ## $a Publisher’s number: Philharmonia no. 224.

Number 9

Suggested answers:

028 32 $a 2621 $b G. Schirmer

245 12 $a L’italiana in Algeri : $b comic opera in two

acts / $c music by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by

Angelo Anelli ; English version by Ruth and Thomas

Martin.

264 #1 $a New York : $b G. Schirmer …

Number 10

Suggested answers:

028 32 $a 190 $b G. Schirmer, Inc.

245 14 $a The creation : $b an oratorio / $c the music

by Joseph Haydn.

250 ## $a Vocal score with a separate accompaniment for

the organ or piano / $b arranged by Vincent Novello.

264 #1 $a New York : $b G. Schirmer, Inc. …

Number 11

Suggested answers:

245 14 $a Die Jahreszeiten : $b Oratorium für drei

Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester = The seasons :

oratorio for three solo voices, choir and orchestra /

$c Joseph Haydn.

246 31 $a Seasons

250 ## $a Klavierauszug / $b von Julius Stern = Piano

reduction / by Julius Stern.

264 #1 $a Frankfurt ; $a New York : $b C.F. Peters …

Number 12

Suggested answers:

245 10 $a Album für die Jugend : $b op. 68 : für

Klavier ; Kinderszenen : op. 15 : für Klavier / $c

Robert Schumann ; nach den Quellen herausgegeben von

Hans Joachim Köhler.

264 #1 $a Frankfurt/M. ; $a New York : $b C.F. Peters …

740 02 $a Kinderszenen.