254  Musical Presentation Statement (NR)

Definition

In RDA cataloging, use field 250 for musical presentation statements, which are now considered to be edition statements. Prefer the use of field 250 for all new cataloging. See the score cataloging guidelines in field 250 for additional information.

In AACR2 cataloging, field 254 was used for the musical presentation statement for printed or manuscript music. The statement, transcribed from the item, described the particular format of the edition in hand, which may have differed from the format of another edition of the same work (e.g., a string quartet published as a full score, study score, score and parts, or a set of parts). It was used for statements that indicate the physical presentation of the music (e.g., score and parts, study score, or miniature score). However, statements that indicated an arrangement or edition of a musical work (e.g., vocal score, version with orchestra accompaniment, Klavierauszug) were treated as subsequent statements of responsibility (field 245 subfield ǂc), regardless of whether a name appeared in conjunction with the statement.

Field 254 was not used for sound recordings.

For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below.

1st Indicator

Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

	Undefined

2nd Indicator

Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

	Undefined

Subfields

Punctuation

For records containing ISBD punctuation, follow these instructions:

• Precede any parallel statement within a subfield by a space-equals-space
• Enclose any text within brackets as required by cataloging instructions
• Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.
• Optionally, add a terminal period at the end of the field unless the last subfield ends with an ellipsis or period (following an abbreviation or initial)

For records containing non-ISBD punctuation, see the cataloging instructions used to create the record.

For records containing minimal or no punctuation, include brackets and incidental punctuation needed within any subfields. Otherwise, omit the punctuation outlined above.

For more information on punctuation, including OCLC policy, see section 2.8, Punctuation.

Indexing

Field 254 is not indexed.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 254.