Other distinguishing characteristics of a work or expression (MARC 381)

Music Cataloging at Yale [1] ♪ MARC tagging [2]

Note: this page was created with music cataloging in mind.

Use in conjunction with Recording other distinguishing characteristic of the expression of musicals work [3] (RDA 6.18)

See also 380 [4]: Form of work | 382 [5]: Medium of performance | 383 [6]: Numeric designation of musical work | 384 [7]: Key
Sources: LC MARC 21 format for bibliographic date [8] and authority data [9] and DCM Z1 [10]

Indicators | Subfields | Examples

In bibliographic and authority records: Any characteristic that is not accommodated in a special field that serves to characterize a work or expression. ° Examples for music are: arranged statement of music or version. ° May be used to differentiate a work from another work with the same title.
Indicators
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Subfields
‡a	Form of work: a term expressing the class or genre of the work. ° Multiple characteristics from the same source vocabulary may be recorded in the same field in separate occurrences of subfield ‡a. ° Terms from different source vocabularies are recorded in separate occurrences of the field.
‡v	Source of information
Examples
381 __ arranged 381 __ unaccompanied 381 __ Selections 381 __ Selections ‡a arranged 381 __ Vocal score 381 __ Hermann [last name of arranger] 381 __ Lindsay [last name of translator]