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. If there is no principal performer or composer, the authorized access point can be the collective title. Adding other performers in the 7XX fields is recommended.

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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