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Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable) | Input Standards (Full/Minimal) | |
ǂa | Serial number (R) | Required if applicable/Required if applicable |
ǂb | Opus number (R) | Required if applicable/Required if applicable |
ǂc | Thematic index number (R) | Required if applicable/Required if applicable |
ǂd | Thematic index code (NR) | Required if applicable/Required if applicable |
ǂe | Publisher associated with serial or opus number (NR) | Required if applicable/Required if applicable |
ǂ2 | Source (NR) | Required if applicable/Required if applicable |
ǂ3 | Materials specified (NR) | Optional/Optional |
ǂ6 | Linkage (NR) | System supplied/System supplied |
ǂ7 | Data provenance (R) | Optional/Optional |
ǂ8 | Field link and sequence number (R) | Optional/Optional |
Definition |
A serial number, opus number, or thematic index number assigned to a musical work by the composer, publisher, or a musicologist. May be used to differentiate a musical work from another with the same title. For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below. |
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1st Indicator |
Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.
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2nd Indicator |
Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.
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ǂa Serial number | A number used if works with the same title, or with the same title and the same representative medium of performance, are consecutively numbered by the composer, or are consecutively numbered in reference sources.
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ǂb Opus number | An identifying number of a musical composition sometimes followed by a number within the opus. |
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ǂc Thematic index number | A number assigned to a work in a recognized thematic index in the case of certain composers.
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ǂd Thematic index code | Code identifying thematic index represented by the number recorded in subfield ǂc.
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ǂe Publisher associated with serial or opus number | Brief identification of publisher associated with number recorded in ǂb. Used only where different publishers assigned different opus numbers to the same work, or where different publishers assign the same opus number to different works.
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ǂ2 Source | For information about subfield ǂ2, see Control Subfields. |
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ǂ3 Materials specified | For information about subfield ǂ3, see Control Subfields. |
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ǂ6 Linkage | Data that link fields when non-Latin script is entered. This subfield is system supplied and does not appear in OCLC online displays. Do not manually add subfield ǂ6. For more information about subfield ǂ6, see Control Subfields. |
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ǂ7 Data provenance | For information about subfield ǂ7, see the Data Provenance Subfields section of Control Subfields. |
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ǂ8 Field link and sequence number | For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields. |
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Punctuation |
For records containing punctuation, follow these instructions:
For records containing minimal or no punctuation, include 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. |
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Indexing |
For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 383. |
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MARC 21 |
For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 383. |
This page last revised: October 6, 2022