Music Cataloging at Yale Music Subject Cataloging

	CHORUSES (See also Chorus subject headings)	CANTATAS
Indication of secular/sacred: Implicit for neither Inverted for both	Choruses, Secular Choruses, Sacred	Cantatas, Secular Cantatas, Sacred
Indication of type of voice: Indicate type of voice followed by "voices" (except for unison) for single works or collections for one type of voice. Don't indicate voice type for collections of works for more than one type of voice.	Single works: Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) Choruses, Sacred (Equal voices) Choruses, Secular (Unison)	Single works: Cantatas, Secular (Women's voices) Cantatas, Sacred (Equal voices) Cantatas, Secular (Unison) Cantatas, Secular ["Mixed voices" is implicit for single works for mixed voices.]
	Collections: Choruses, Sacred (Men's voices) [all for men's voices] Choruses, Secular [for various types of voices]	Collections: Cantatas, Sacred (Men's voices) [all for men's voices] Cantatas, Secular [for various types of voices]
Indicate number of parts?	Yes, when applicable; see Chorus subject headings Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) --------------------------- Note: It is Yale's practice to not add the number of voices to any chorus subject heading.	No Cantatas, Secular (Men's voices)
Indicate accompaniment or lack of accompaniment?	Yes, when applicable; see Chorus subject headings Choruses, Secular (Men's voices) with orchestra Choruses, Sacred (Children's voices) with instrumental ensemble Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied	No Cantatas, Secular (Men's voices) Choruses, Sacred (Children's voices) Cantatas, Secular
Add "Arranged" for works arranged for chorus?	No. "Arranged" is added only to subject headings for instrumental music.	No. "Arranged" is added only to subject headings for instrumental music.
Add ‡v for format subdivision?	Yes, when applicable; see Chorus subject headings Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with band ‡v Scores.	Yes Cantatas, Secular (Women's  voices) ‡v Scores.
	VOCAL ENSEMBLES of 9 or fewer solo voices	VOCAL ENSEMBLES of 10 or more voices
Indication of secular/sacred: Implicit for secular Direct order for sacred	Vocal quartets Sacred vocal duets	Vocal ensembles Sacred vocal ensembles
Indication of type of voice:	Type of voice is not indicated	Type of voice is not indicated
Indicate accompaniment or lack of accompaniment?	Yes. Vocal septets with instrumental ensemble Sacred vocal trios with continuo Vocal quintets, Unaccompanied	Yes. Vocal ensembles with electronics Vocal ensembles with flute Sacred vocal ensembles, Unaccompanied
Add "Arranged" for works arranged for vocal ensemble?	No. "Arranged" is added only to subject headings for instrumental music.	No. "Arranged" is added only to subject headings for instrumental music.
Add ‡v for format subdivision?	No when: Unaccompanied or Accompanied by one instrument, or two of the same keyboard instrument, or continuo	No when: Unaccompanied or Accompanied by one instrument, or two keyboard instruments, or continuo
	Yes when accompanied by: two or more instruments (other than two keyboard instruments or continuo)	Yes when accompanied by: two or more instruments (other than two keyboard instruments or continuo)
	SONGS	SOLO CANTATAS
Indication of secular/sacred: Implicit for secular songs, not for secular solo cantatas "Sacred" indicated in direct order for songs, in inverted order for solo cantatas	Secular is implied for songs; do not invert for sacred songs. Songs Sacred songs	Neither is implied for solo cantatas; invert to designate secular or sacred Solo cantatas, Secular Solo cantatas, Sacred
Indication of type of voice:? Use high, medium, or low; not the name of voice type	Songs (High voice) Sacred songs (Medium voice)	Solo cantatas, Secular (High voice) Solo cantatas, Sacred (Medium voice)
Indicate accompaniment or lack of accompaniment?	Yes Songs (Low voice) with piano Sacred songs (High voice), Unaccompanied.	No Solo cantatas, Secular (Low voice) Solo cantatas, Sacred (High voice)
Add "Arranged" for works arranged for solo voice?	No. "Arranged" is added only to subject headings for instrumental music.	No. "Arranged" is added only to subject headings for instrumental music.
Add ‡v for format subdivision?	No when: Unaccompanied or Accompanied by one instrument, or two keyboard instruments, or continuo	No when: Unaccompanied or Accompanied by one instrument, or two keyboard instruments, or continuo
	Yes when accompanied by: two or more instruments (other than two keyboard instruments or continuo)	Yes when accompanied by: two or more instruments (other than two keyboard instruments or continuo)