Library of Congress Announcement
Announcement:
From 2009 to 2015, the Music Library Association (MLA) and the Library of Congress (LC) collaborated on adding genre/form terms for musical works (works expressed as notated or performed music) to Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT) and in creating the Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus (LCMPT). Use of these new vocabularies has been extensive across the music cataloging community.
The end goal of this collaboration, for both LC and MLA, was to cease assigning LCSH headings to musical works, instead relying on LCGFT, LCMPT, and other vocabularies for describing their non-topical attributes. But until that day came, both MLA and LC agreed that music catalogers should continue using LCSH for musical works, in addition to using the new vocabularies.
In the interest of fulfilling the long-term goal, LC will cease to assign LCSH form/genre and medium of performance headings to musical works by the end of calendar year 2026. When topical aspects of a musical work need to be assigned, LCSH will be used.
Following the model of the project to remove form subdivisions and expand use of LCGFT, Subject Heading Manual instructions that touch on musical works will be revised to include “LC practice” notes. These notes will instruct LC catalogers not to apply certain instructions when describing musical works and instead to use LCGFT, LCMPT, and other appropriate LC vocabularies.
LC will also no longer establish form/genre or medium of performance headings in LCSH. However, when a heading must be established so that it may be used as a component of a topical heading, LCSH will still be the appropriate vocabulary. Many of the topical headings about music in LCSH follow a pattern of a form/genre heading subdivided by –History and criticism. As a result, new proposals for music form/genres that will be used in topical headings will still be accepted for LCSH and existing headings will not be deleted from LCSH.
These changes are only required for LC catalogers. Other institutions may continue to use LCSH as preferred.
Appalachian spring : original ballet version / Aaron Copland ; edited by Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett and Aaron Sherber.
The resource is a score for an ensemble of flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, and a double bass
650 #0 $a Ballets $v Scores.
650 #0 $a Instrumental ensembles $v Scores.
382 01 $a flute $n 1 $a clarinet $n 1 $a bassoon $n 1 $a piano $n 1 $a violin $n 4 $a viola $n 2 $a cello $n 2 $a double bass $n 1 $s 13 $2 lcmpt
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