Those darn chorus subject headings

Music Cataloging at Yale

Music Subject Cataloging

Those darn chorus subject headings!

When to add the number of parts and the subdivision v Scores to chorus subject headings

NOTE: It is practice in the Yale Music Library to not add the number of voices to any chorus subject heading.
For more information, see Local practice in 6XX fields.

Number of voices:	Accompaniment:	Indicate number of parts?	*Add subdivision v Scores?*
8 or fewer	° unaccompanied OR the accompaniment is: ° not indicated; ° for continuo; ° for solo instrument; ° for two of the same keyboard^* instrument,	YES (see Local practice in 6XX fields for Yale Music Library practice)	NO
8 or fewer	° two or more instruments (other than continuo or two of the same^* keyboard instrument)	NO	YES
9 or more	° unaccompanied OR the accompaniment is: ° not indicated; ° for continuo; ° for solo instrument; ° for two of the same keyboard^* instrument,	NO	NO
9 or more	° two or more instruments (other than continuo or two of the same^* keyboard instrument)	NO	YES

Please note: the red arrows () indicate corrections. Thanks to Beth Flood at Harvard and Lisa M. Bona at the University of Pittsburgh for bringing the errors to my attention.
^* No. 5) in the 680 field in the subject authority record for "Choruses" (sh 85024772) was changed from "for 2 keyboard instruments" to "2 of the same keyboard instrument" as per the Library of Congress subject headings weekly list 41 (October 8, 2008)

Examples

Incorrect
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano v Scores.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with instrumental ensemble.

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 16 parts), Unaccompanied.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Arranged. Correct
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble
[add the subdivision v Scores when appropriate.]
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano.

Examples
Incorrect Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano v Scores. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with instrumental ensemble. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 16 parts), Unaccompanied. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Arranged.	Correct Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble [add the subdivision v Scores when appropriate.] Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano.