LC-PCC policy statements for preferred title of musical work

LC/PCC Core.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the options for Work: preferred title of work. Omissions and changes to a title after selecting the preferred title according to Work: preferred title of musical work. Musical work that is created after 1500 or Work: preferred title of musical work. Musical work that is created before 1501.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Record the accepted form of name in English if the name has an English cognate form or if the same name is used in English.

LC/PCC practice: In addition to recording the terms Duet or Duets for their cognates, record Duet or Duets for works titled Duo or Duos.

LC/PCC practice: When choosing the preferred title for a work for solo voice and keyboard stringed instrument having the French title "Mélodie" or "Mélodies," do not translate those titles into English as "Melody" or "Melodies" because the cognate words in English and other languages do not have the same meaning as the French words.

LC/PCC practice: When the English word "Melody" or "Melodies," or their cognates in another language (including French), is the title of a work that is not for solo voice and keyboard stringed instrument, consider it the name of a type of composition. Use the English form as the preferred title.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the LC-PCC Policy Statement located here.

LC/PCC practice: Record a title in the singular if the composer only wrote one work of a particular type. In all other cases, record the title in the plural. If the composer is living and there is a serial number (including 1) that is associated with the work, record the title in the plural.

LC/PCC practice: Revise a preferred title in an authorized access point from the singular to the plural when cataloging the second occurrence of a work of a particular type by a composer.

LC/PCC practice: A value of Work: medium of performance of musical content of representative expression should not be considered when determining whether a title should be recorded in the singular or plural.

LC/PCC practice: Record Latin liturgical titles in the singular, except for "Magnificats," "Masses," or "Requiems," when appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: When the preferred title is a tempo marking with a modifying word or words (e.g., "Andante sostenuto," "Allegro con brio," "Moderato ma non tanto"), record it in the singular.

LC/PCC practice: If the composer is deceased, consult reference sources to determine whether the composer wrote more than one work of that type. If it is the only composition of that type, apply the option.

If the composer is living and the type of composition is the first occurrence of that particular type, and no serial number is associated with it, apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Record only the title.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Follow the instructions for supplying a general term with the number.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Follow the instructions for supplying a general term with the number.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if one or more parts is considered especially important.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option only if the composer used the term Suite in designating the parts from one work.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Use terms from the Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (accessible from either Classification Web Plus or LC Linked Data Service) when possible, omitting any parenthetical qualifier from LCGFT when recording the preferred title.

LC/PCC practice: Apply this option if 1) the metadata has been taken from a source other than the manifestation being described and there is a requirement to record that source OR 2) if directed to do so by other LC/PCC documentation.