You mean like Beethoven using Schiller's Ode to Joy?
Cindy > Bernadette asked: "And if a composer sets a pre-existing poem to music, > what > relator term should the poet get? None of the creator list terms are > available, and 'writer of added lyrics' presumes that the music predates > the > text." > > > > No one has replied to this yet, so I'll try to tackle it. > > > > This is a 'Related Work' situation. > > > > I could not find a specific Related Work \ Derivative Work \ Relationship > Designator at J.2.2 <http://access.rdatoolkit.org/J.2.2.html> , so I would > use either the most general "based on (work)" or one step down "adaptation > of (work)"; unless "musical setting of (work)" could apply? > > > > In RDA minus MARC: > > Related Work: AAP (or link to record) for the Poem > > Relationship Designator: musical setting of (work) > > > > In RDA/MARC: add a Related Work added entry for the poem: > > 700 1# $i musical setting of (work): $a Poet, John. $t > Poem. > > > > Yes/No? > > > > Deborah > > > > - - - - - - - - > > Deborah Fritz > > TMQ, Inc. > > <mailto:debo...@marcofquality.com> debo...@marcofquality.com > > <http://www.marcofquality.com> www.marcofquality.com > > > > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Bernadette Mary > O'Reilly > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 3:59 PM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: [RDA-L] Relators for contributors and consultants > > > > Hello, > > > > I want to provide a 'model' record for training purposes for a resource > which is a dictionary of biography. It has a consultant editor, 3 editors > and 15 contributors. The latter presumably did most of the writing and > are > between them responsible for most of the intellectual/artistic content of > the resource, but because they are responsible for different bits the work > is a compilation, entered under title. > > > > 'editor of compilation' seems right for the 3 editors. I suppose that the > consultant editor will have to be just 'editor', but that doesn't seem > good > for someone who presumably is offering guidance before and during the > writing rather than tidying it afterwards. And what about the > contributors? > Is it legitimate to use 'author' for contributors to a work entered under > a > title? They are authors of their own bits, but not creators with respect > to > the work as a whole, and 'author' is in the creator list. (I only plan to > name one contributor - the rest will be '[and fourteen others].') > > > > A similar case: a compilation of photographs by many different people, > each, > naturally, responsible for separate photos. Could they be 'photographer'? > 'illustrator' is not good, since the text is slight and subordinate to the > photos. > > > > And if a composer sets a pre-existing poem to music, what relator term > should the poet get? None of the creator list terms are available, and > 'writer of added lyrics' presumes that the music predates the text. > > > > Suggestions or clarifications would be very welcome. > > > > Thanks, > > Bernadette > > > > ******************* > Bernadette O'Reilly > Catalogue Support Librarian > > 01865 2-77134 > > Bodleian Libraries, > Osney One Building > Osney Mead > Oxford OX2 0EW. > > ******************* > > > >