6JSC/EURIG/4 Musical arrangements - Revision of RDA 22.214.171.124 and 126.96.36.199.1
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188.8.131.52 needs to have examples of how to record this element. Examples were not originally present because the only example would have been:
Based on the access point examples they have given for 184.108.40.206.1, it would appear that at 220.127.116.11 they would want the cataloger to record:
Transcription. Concert band. Schuller
Arrangement. Japanese instruments. Okano
Arrangement. Piano, 4 hands. Leithner
However there is nothing that instructs the cataloger to record this as one instance of element with the three characteristics separated by a period. Or would the element be repeated?:
Transcription Concert band Schuller
Arrangement Japanese instruments Okano
In MARC 381 would you record:
381 $a Transcription. Concert band. Schuller
381 $a Transcription $a Concert band $a Schuller
381 $a Transcription 381 $a Concert band 381 $a Schuller
In 18.104.22.168.1, I don't see how Appendix E instructions are sufficient to arrive at the access points that they are suggesting. Arrangements are punctuated, according to Appendix E, using a semicolon. The only time Other distinguishing characteristics of the expression for a musical expression are enclosed within parentheses is the term "Sketches" - at least according to Appendix E. Therefore, it would seem that the terms for arrangements should be separated by a semicolon or else appendix E needs to have information added to it. Finally, there would seem to be little precedent to separate the separate bits of information by a period, unless specific instructions are added to RDA chapter 6 and/or Appendix E.
Given current instructions in RDA I think you would have either:
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Corsaire; transcription; concert band; Schuller
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Corsaire (Transcription : Concert band : Schuller)
since separate characteristics are normally separated by a colon. To arrive at the form of the examples in the proposal, there needs to be an instruction to record the bits as a single element with the bits separated by a period. Showing this by examples alone is not adequate.
Finally, I think an example would now be needed under the Alternative to 22.214.171.124.1.
- Glennan (PCC) for Adam Schiff, University of Washington (8/3/12)