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L. Proposed revision of 6.21.03
L.1. RDA 22.214.171.124
LC's 126.96.36.199.1 perpetuates the problem I identified in my earlier comments on RDA Sections 2-4, 9, quoted here for convenience:
"This instruction, carried over from AACR2, is in slight conflict with 188.8.131.52.3c1. Here the instruction reads, "Record as many of the following numeric designations as can readily be ascertained." In the later rule it says, "Record the [thematic index] number in the absence of, or in preference to, a serial number and/or opus number." I recommend rephrasing this instruction to eliminate that conflict as follows: " Recording as many of the following numeric designations in a) and b) below as can readily be ascertained." - Glennan 1/4/08"
LC's 184.108.40.206a.2: Concur with adding this new instruction. - Glennan 2/27/08
M. Proposed revision of 6.22
M.1. RDA 6.22
Disagree with LC's revisions to 6.22 (key should still be required), and footnote 25 should remain unchanged. - Glennan 2/27/08
The rest of the proposed changes to this section are generally acceptable (with exceptions noted below.) - Glennan 2/27/08
M.2. RDA 220.127.116.11
LC's 18.104.22.168.1: I'm not comfortable with leaving "mode" unqualified here. It could lead to initial misinterpretation to use for dorian or phrygian modes, for example. Thus, I recommend adding some reference to what is really meant, major or minor, along the lines of the following:
Record the key, or key and mode (i.e., major or minor), using one or more of the following....
- Glennan 2/27/08
LC's 22.214.171.124.1a: the phrase should be "commonly identified" or "commonly found" -- the phrase "commonly given" is not in any of the recent draft chapters of RDA. - Glennan 2/27/08
M.3. RDA 126.96.36.199b.1
LC's 188.8.131.52b.1: Generally agree with LC's edits, but I would recommend the following revision (entire rule below) to address my concerns about the ambiguity of the word "mode":
For post-nineteenth-century works, include the key if it is part of the composer’s original title or of the title of the first edition, if that is used instead as the source of the preferred title. If the mode is clearly major or minor, add the appropriate word.
-- Glennan 2/27/08