> -----Original Message----- > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Harden, Jean > Sent: April-03-13 5:58 PM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: [RDA-L] order in 245 when title is more than one language, with bits > in each language interspersed > > How should this 245 be ordered? The title page of the item says this: > > Trio in G-Dur, Trio in G major, für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier, for > violin, > cello and piano, B. 446 > > This particular example is complicated by being one of the sorts of music > titles that is made up of a type word, key, medium, and number, in which > case all those elements are included in the title proper. So in this case we > have essentially a title proper and a parallel title proper, but neither > appears > as a unit on the title page. > > Under AACR2, we followed the ISBD admonition to keep elements in one > language together, even if that meant some transposition from title page > order. With ISBD punctuation, that would look like this: > > Trio in G-Dur für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier = Trio in G major, for > violin, > cello, and piano, B. 446 > > RDA says simply to transcribe the title as it appears on the source of > information. RDA 2.3.3.4 talks about the situation of having medium, key, etc. > in multiple languages and says to transcribe information in the order it is on > the source of information, but the example does not show the languages > intertwined. The example has languages grouped together, but one cannot > tell whether they were already grouped together on the source of > information or not. > > What are we supposed to do under RDA? >
I read RDA 2.3.2.8 (Other Elements Recorded as Part of the Title Proper) as meaning to pull all the elements in the same language together to form a title proper in the special case when all one would have as a title proper is a type of composition. A title proper should not just consist of a type or types of composition if the other statements referring to medium, key, date of composition, or number exist anywhere on the chief source of information. The instruction to treat all the elements together in the order in which they appear I would take to mean as pulling them out of intertwined parallel statements in the order in which they appear. That's bolstered by the instruction "In case of doubt, treat statements of medium of performance, key, date of composition, and number as part of the title proper." That would result in these RDA elements: Title proper: Trio in G-Dur für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier, B. 446 Parallel title proper: Trio in G major, for violin, cello, and piano, B. 446 Repeating "B.446" supported by RDA 1.7.7 to repeat data meant to be read twice. However, RDA 2.3.3.4 points to not repeating the type of composition if it appears in only one form: Title proper: Concerto, D-Dur, für Horn und Orchester Parallel title proper: D major, for horn and orchestra Parallel title proper: ré majeur, pour cor et orchestra Thomas Brenndorfer Guelph Public Library
