COMARC/B Format for Bibliographic Data

PDFCOMARC/BNovember2021

208 Printed music

This field contains a statement, transcribed from the item, relating to the particular format of a printed or manuscript music item. The field corresponds to the ISBD(PM) Printed Music Specific Area.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
208Printed musicnr
aPrinted music specific statementnr
dParallel printed music specific statementr

Indicators

Indicator values are not defined.

SUBFIELDS

208a Printed music specific statement

The statement related to the particular format of the item, taken from the title page.

208d Parallel printed music specific statement

Any additional statements in a different language and/or script, taken from the title page (see examples 2, 3, 6). Repeatable for each additional statement (see example 4).

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

Parallel data appearing on the item, i.e. data repeated in another language or script, is denoted in ISBD by the use of the equals sign followed by a space. In subfield 208d the equals sign will be generated automatically (see examples 2, 3, 4, 6). The statement in field 208 must correspond to coded data in field ref tag="125"/> (see examples 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

RELATED FIELDS

125SOUND RECORDINGS AND PRINTED MUSIC
This field contains coded data on sound recordings and printed music.

EXAMPLES

  1. 208⊔⊔aMiniature score
  2. *

    125⊔⊔aa by
    208⊔⊔aPartitura dScore
    (A record for a music score entitled "Concertino za piccolo in orkester", (see example 3). The statement in field 208 must correspond to coded data in field 125.)
  3. *

    125⊔⊔ac by
    208⊔⊔aKlavirski izvleček dPiano reduction
    (A record for a vocal score, with accompaniment reduced for keyboard, of the composition entitled "Concertino za piccolo in orkester", (see example 2).)
  4. *

    125⊔⊔aa by
    208⊔⊔aPartitura za izvajanje dSpielpartitur dPerforming score
    (A record containing parallel statements of specific data; every new parallel statement is entered in repeated field d.)
    The ISBD entry appears as:

    Partitura za izvajanje = Spielpartitur = Performing score

  5. * COBISS.net

    125⊔⊔ac by
    208⊔⊔aKlavirski izvadak
    (A record for a vocal score with accompaniment reduced for keyboard.)
  6. * COBISS.net

    001⊔⊔7cb
    125⊔⊔ac ba
    208⊔⊔aИзвод за два клавира dReduction pour deux pianos
    (The script of the printout is Cyrillic, which is marked by the code entered in subfield 0017. There is a specific form of printed music stated on the title page in Cyrillic script; the parallel statement is in French and therefore in Latin script.)