COMARC/A Format for Authorities Data

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128 Coded data for form of musical work and key

This field contains coded data relating to form and key of a musical work.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
128Coded data for form of musical work and keyr
aForm of musical worknr
dKey or mode of musical worknr

Indicators

Indicator values are not defined.

SUBFIELDS

128a Form of musical work

This subfield contains a two- or three-character code indicating the form of a musical work.

The same code list is used as for subfield 128a in COMARC/B.

128d Key or mode of musical work

This subfield contains the code indicating the key or church mode of a musical work, if significant. Major keys are indicated with letters "a"–"g", minor keys with letters "a"–"g", followed by the letter "m"; sharps, indicated by an "x", and flats, indicated by a "b", following the key code. "Gregorian" church modes are indicated with numbers "01"–"13".

The same code list is used as for subfield 128d in COMARC/B.

RELATED FIELDS

230AUTHORIZED ACCESS POINT – TITLE
240AUTHORIZED ACCESS POINT – NAME/TITLE

EXAMPLES

  1. *

    128⊔⊔aco bdm
    (Coded data for the musical work Missa primi toni by Johannes Ockeghem.)
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