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OBERLIN LCRI CUMULATED 21-18
rev. 11-07
(Donizetti; Romani)
(Music by Donizetti; libretto by Romani, based on
Le philtre by Eugene Scribe)
main entry under the heading for Donizetti as composer
(21.23A1, 21.19A1)
Added entries under the headings for Romani and for
Scribe's Le philtre (21.19A1)
21.23C:CSB108
Works by different persons or bodies. Collective title
Principal Performer
In applying the rules and these interpretations, understand "performer" in
21.23C1 to mean a person or corporate body whose performance is heard on the sound
recording. When a person performs as a member of a corporate body, do not consider him
or her as a separate person to be a performer. Do not consider a conductor or
accompanist to be a member of the body he or she conducts or accompanies. If the
person's name appears in conjunction with the name of a group, apply LCRI 24.1A to
determine whether the corporate name includes this personal name. If the conclusion is
that the corporate name does not include the person's name, do not consider the person a
member of the group; if the conclusion is that it does include the person's name,
consider the person to be a member of the group.
For recordings containing musical works by different composers or writers,
follow the guidelines below in 1) deciding whether or not there are principal performers
and 2) identifying the principal performers, if any.
The use of the term "principal performer" in 21.23C1 and 21.23D1 can lead to
confusion since the term implies a performer who is more important (or, in the words of
footnote 5 on p. 314, given greater prominence) than other performers. This
interpretation, however, would often produce undesirable results: it would make main
entry under the heading for a performer impossible under 21.23C1 when there is only one
performer or when there are only two or three performers who are given equal prominence.
To avoid this difficulty, apply the following:
1) When two or more performers are named in the chief source of
information, consider to be principal performers those given the greatest prominence
there. If all the performers named in the chief source of information are given equal
prominence there, consider all of them to be principal performers.
2) When only one performer is named in the chief source of information,
consider that performer to be a principal performer.
3) When no performers are named in the chief source of information,
consider that there are no principal performers.
In judging relative prominence on the basis of wording, layout, and
typography, consider names printed in the same size and style of lettering and in
association with one another to have equal prominence. When names appear in the same
size and style of lettering but in different areas of the same source of information,
consider those in a location implying superiority (e.g., a higher position) to have
greater prominence. Do not consider names near the beginning of a list or sequence to
have greater prominence than those near the end.