006–Music Dialog Box

The 006–Music dialog box is used to insert information about special aspects of the music, which cannot be inserted in field 008. The 006 Music dialog box is displayed when you double-click the 006 tag in the MARC Editor and the first position of the fixed field contains ‘d’.

Select from the options in the following boxes to enter data in the 006 tag for music:

Form of material - Indicates the type of material being described.

Form of composition - A two-character alphabetic code indicates the form of composition of printed and manuscript music, and musical sound recordings. The form of composition code is based on the terminology in the work itself and is intended to provide a coded approach to the content of the work. In addition to codes for forms, the list also includes codes for musical genres. The codes are based on Library of Congress subject headings. Codes should be assigned when they apply to the item as a whole. If more than one code is appropriate, the code mu (Multiple forms) is used in this element, with appropriate specific codes given optionally in field 047.

Format of music - Indicates the format (printed or manuscript) of a musical composition. Information for this data element is generally derived from terms appearing in field 300. If the item being cataloged consists of one or more scores along with other materials, consider only the score or scores in coding this character position.

Music parts - A one character code indicates whether the item being cataloged contains parts. This position is not used to indicate that parts may exist elsewhere.

Audience -Describes the intellectual level of the target audience for which the material is intended. It is used primarily to identify music to be used or performed by a specific target audience. When items are considered appropriate for more than one target audience, the code is recorded for the primary target audience. For juvenile material, either code j or the more specific codes a, b, or c are used. An item considered juvenile material often includes the word juvenile in the subject headings.

Form of item - Specifies the form of material for the item being described. This character position is used only with printed or manuscript music.

Accompanying matter - One-character alphabetic codes indicate the contents of program notes and other accompanying material for sound recordings, music manuscripts, or printed music. Generally, a specific code is used only if a significant part of the accompanying material is the type of material represented by the code. Up to six codes may be recorded. If fewer than six codes are assigned, the codes are left-justified and unused positions contain blanks. If more than six codes are appropriate to an item, only the six most important are recorded.

Literary text - One-character alphabetic codes indicate the type of literary text contained in a nonmusical sound recording. Up to two codes may be recorded. If only one code is assigned, it is left-justified and the unused position contains a blank. If more than two codes for types of literary text are appropriate to an item, only the two most important are recorded.

Transposition - A one character code indicates whether all or part of the item being cataloged is a transposition and/or arrangement of another work.