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383 Numeric Designation of Musical Work (R)

Record Type
BIB
Input Standards
Field (Full/Minimal)
Required if applicable/Optional
1st Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
2nd Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
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.

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

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.

100	1		Beethoven, Ludwig van, ǂd 1770-1827, ǂe composer
240	1	0	Sonatas, ǂm piano, ǂn no. 14, op. 27, no. 2, ǂr C♯ minor
382	0		piano
383			no. 14, ǂb op. 27, no. 2
384	0		C♯ minor

ǂb Opus number

An identifying number of a musical composition sometimes followed by a number within the opus.

ǂc Thematic index number

A number assigned to a work in a recognized thematic index in the case of certain composers.

100	1		Bach, Johann Sebastian, ǂd 1685-1750, ǂe composer
240	1	0	ǂb Kaffee-Kantate
383			ǂc BWV 211

ǂd Thematic index code

Code identifying thematic index represented by the number recorded in subfield ǂc.

100	1		Vivaldi, Antonio, ǂd 1678-1741, ǂe composer
240	1	0	Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. ǂn N. 1-4
383			ǂb op. 8, no. 1-4
383			ǂc RV 269 ǂc RV 315 ǂc RV 293 ǂc RV 297 ǂd Ryom ǂ2 mlati
383			ǂc F. I, 22-25 ǂd Fanna ǂ2 mlati

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.

100	1		Gyrowetz, Adalbert, ǂd 1763-1850, ǂe composer
240	1	0	Serenades, ǂm clarinets (2), horns (2), bassoon, ǂn op. 3 (André)
383			ǂb op. 3 ǂe André
383			ǂb op. 5 ǂe Hummel
500			Published by André as op. 3 and Hummel as op. 5

ǂ2 Source

For information about subfield ǂ2, see Control Subfields.

ǂ3 Materials specified

For information about subfield ǂ3, see Control Subfields.

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.

ǂ7 Data provenance

For information about subfield ǂ7, see the Data Provenance Subfields section of Control Subfields.

ǂ8 Field link and sequence number

For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields.

Punctuation

For records containing punctuation, follow these instructions:

Precede subfield ǂb by a comma-space when preceded by subfield ǂa
Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.
Omit punctuation preceding each subfield, other than subfield ǂb preceded by subfield ǂa, unless the preceding subfield ends with an ellipsis, exclamation point, hyphen, period (following an abbreviation or initial), question mark, closing bracket, or closing parenthesis
Omit the terminal period at the end of the field unless the last word is an abbreviation or initial

383

no. 13, ǂb op. 27, no. 1

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

383

no. 13 ǂb op. 27, no. 1

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

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 383.

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

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