Class

LC Classification M, MT.

First cutter

The first letter of the main entry. Use Cutter-Sanborn.

Opus number

Unique identification number. When opus number (op.) exits, use the opus number even if the title is distinctive, without including a cutter for the title.

M23 .K123 op. 11

Thematic number

Unique numbers of a composer’s works, often begins with an initial(s) unique to the composer followed by the number.

Köchel number (K.) for the works of Mozart.

Bach Werke Verzeichnis (BWV) for the works of J.S. Bach.

Serial number

Use serial number (no.) when opus or thematic number is lacking or not specific.

M250 .B813 op. 120 no. 2 1995

Key

Major (maj.) or minor (min.). Use when opus/thematic/serial number(s) is lacking or not specific. Spell out sharp (#) and flat (b).

M512 .F454 A sharp maj. 2004

Second cutter

The first letter of uniform title or title proper if there is no opus/thematic/serial number, or key. If the pieces have the same titles with different serial numbers, and if the class number does not imply a specific format or genre, use the title and serial number.

Composition date

(YYYY). Use when opus/thematic/serial number(s), key, or distinctive title is lacking or not specific.

M23 .B292 (1926) 2004

Publication/copyright date

The title is implied by the class number. Do not cutter by title if a composer wrote only one work of that type.

Copland wrote only one sonata for violin and piano. M219 implies "sonata for violin and piano."

Opus or thematic number + Publication/copyright date

M1001 .M939 K. 551 2000

Because Mozart wrote 41 symphonies, include the thematic number after the main entry cutter. The thematic number is distinctive and so there is no need to include the serial number (no. 41); Mozart’s symphony no. 41 is K. 551.

J.S. Bach’s 4 orchestral suites in one volume.

Schubert’s non-consecutively numbered string quartets in one volume.

Opus and/or serial number + Publication/copyright date

Brahms wrote 2 sonatas for clarinet and piano, and both are numbered op. 120. The call number includes the serial number to differentiate the 2 sonatas.

Second cutter + Publication/copyright date

If a work has no opus/thematic/serial number but has a distinctive title, or if the cutter number does not imply any specific form of composition, make a second cutter.

M25 is for any pieces for piano and it does not imply any specific form. This piece is titled "Cotton candy."

Key + Publication/copyright date

Pisendel’s violin sonata with no unique identification number.

Composition year + Publication/copyright date

Bartok wrote several piano sonatas with no distinctive number or title.

Collection of songs by Barab titled "Six songs".

Part of a large work: Work + Part + Publication/copyright date

For an excerpt of a work, use the first letter of the work and the first letter of the part, separated by a hyphen.

Handel’s Hallelujah from his Messiah.

Merlin, the first opera of the King Arthur opera trilogy, by Albeniz.

Keyword + Publication/copyright date

Michael Haydn’s masses start with the same words: Missa Sancti Gabrielis, Missa Sancti Hieronymi, Missa Sanctae Crucis. The second cutters are based on the keywords.

Sargon’s song cycle "Ash un flamen" for high or medium voice.

Tomas Luis de Victoria’s collection of masses for 4 voices. From the same publisher there are other collections of Victoria’s music: Mottetti a 4 voci and Mottetti a 5 voci. All three volumes are classed in M2091.V645. Messe 4 voci is the distinctive keyword for this piece.

Beethoven’s string quartet from the same publisher, by the same editor, published in the same year. One is performance parts and the other is a study score.

852

1^st indicator 0, 2^nd indicator blank.

Location

|b ham for circulating scores.

|b ham, m123 for non-circulating scores, M2 and M3.

|h

Class number.

Class number + first cutter when there are 2 cutters.

|h M1001.C123

|i

Place |i before the last cutter.

Do not consider opus/serial/thematic number, key, composition year, or keywords as a cutter.

|h M1852.S245 |i A (Medium) 1999

Barcode

One barcode for each item record containing score(s) and/or parts. If the item contains an accompanying CD or videocassette, the accompanying item gets its own holdings record and barcode.

Number of pieces

Count scores and parts. Do not count packaging, such as pam binders, orchestra folders.