I guess my follow-up question would be: are users really going to get that, in a way that would be useful to them?
Considering it flummoxed a room full of catalogers. Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rochkind Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 12:27 PM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Question about example in RDA 18.5.1.3 I understand why a composer can only be 'creator' (rather than 'contributor') to a musical work. But I don't understand why a composer can't be a contributor (rather than creator) to a 'work' as well as 'expression', when the composer's contribution is a fundamental part of the work as a whole, not just a particular expression of it. On 10/9/2012 12:24 PM, JOHN C ATTIG wrote: > "Composer" is qualified by "expression" because there is also a > relationship designator for "composer" of a musical work. > > "Composer (Expression)" is used because the music is simply one aspect > of the realization of the moving-image work, and the composer is > therefore a contributor to the expression of that work. A composer > can only be the creator of a _musical_ work. > > John Attig > Authority Control Librarian > Penn State University > jx...@psu.edu > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > *From: *"Benjamin A Abrahamse" <babra...@mit.edu> > *To: *RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > *Sent: *Tuesday, October 9, 2012 12:08:40 PM > *Subject: *[RDA-L] Question about example in RDA 18.5.1.3 > > The second example in RDA 18.5.1.3, "Recording Relationship > Designators" reads as follows: > > film producer > > film director > > actor > > composer (expression) > > *Relationship designators recorded in conjunction with the > authorized access point representing Clint Eastwood as producer, > director, actor, and composer for***Million dollar baby** > > Can someone please explain why composer is qualified by > "expression"? If he composed the music for the film, wouldn't he be > considered composer of the work, not the expression? > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > Benjamin Abrahamse > > Cataloging Coordinator > > Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems > > MIT Libraries > > 617-253-7137 > >
