Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR

5JSC/Chair/11
18 September 2006
Table 1 - 39
Term
Definition (draft AACR3 where given, or
AACR2)
Comments
chant notation, neumes, braille, and
other ways of representing the four
components of musical sound: pitch,
duration, timbre, and loudness.” ALA
would prefer that this internationally
accepted definition be used as a
starting place to work toward revision
of this definition. However, at a
minimum, “lute” needs to be removed
and “plainsong notation” could be
changed to “neumes” to better reflect
musicologists’ usage.
In
AACR2
In draft
AACR3
Required in
Glossary
The definition in the glossary is of
music as a GMD. Other similar
definitions (e.g., cartographic
resource, audio media) are not limited
to the use of the term as a GMD.
There does not seem to be sufficient
point to limit this definition in this
way. Note that the text of the
definition reproduces the text of the
scope statement for the chapter on
musical content in section B.
Musical
presentation
statement
A term or phrase found in the chief source
of information of a resource in which
music is represented by means of musical
notation that indicates the physical or
musical presentation of the music (e.g.,
score, miniature score, score and parts).
This type of statement should be
distinguished from one that indicates an
CCC: “Braille music” should appear as
“braille music”.
ALA: What does the inclusion of “or
musical” in the phrase “in which music
is represented by means of musical
notation that indicates the physical or
musical presentation of the music”
mean
Is the “physical” phraseology
√ √ YES