According to RDA, relationships to the work are limited to Creator (19.2) and Other person, family, or corporate body associated with the work (19.3). Relationships to the expression are all characterized as Contributor (20.2). Put the other way around, according to the RDA definitions, all creators create a work and all contributors contribute to an expression.
I would not focus too much on whether the relationship applies to all expressions of the work. If the relationship involves the realization rather than the creation of the work, then it is an expression-level relationship. ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Jonathan Rochkind" <rochk...@jhu.edu> | To: "Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and | Access" <RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA> | Cc: "JOHN C ATTIG" <jx...@psu.edu> | Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 12:26:43 PM | 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 | > | >
