Ian,

This is very clear in RDA.  A libretto is a textual work.  The author of the words is used in the authorized access point for the libretto.  So version 2 is correct.  There should be a comma before $e, not a period.

Adam Schiff

On Tue, 26 Aug 2014, Ian Fairclough wrote:

> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:48:23 +0000
> From: Ian Fairclough <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: MARC encoding of AAPs for a libretto
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> PCCLIST readers,
>
> In hand is a words-only version (no printed music) of a libretto.  I've transcribed the title page using RDA and ISBD, and drafted three ways one might encode the authorized access points in MARC.  Please say which you think would be the one to use.  Or, if none of the below, please advise.   Thanks - Ian
>
> Ian Fairclough
> Cataloging and Metadata Services Librarian
> George Mason University
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> VERSION 1
> 1001 Rowe, Dana P.  ǂe composer.
> 24510    Zombie prom     / ǂc music by Dana P. Rowe ; book and lyrics by John Dempsey ; based on a story by John Dempsey & Hugh Murphy.
> 7001 Dempsey, John ǂc (Lyricist). ǂe librettist. ǂe lyricist.
> 7001 Murphy, Hugh.
>
> VERSION 2
> 1001 Dempsey, John ǂc (Lyricist). ǂe librettist. ǂe lyricist.
> 24510    Zombie prom     / ǂc music by Dana P. Rowe ; book and lyrics by John Dempsey ; based on a story by John Dempsey & Hugh Murphy.
> 700  Rowe, Dana P.  ǂe composer.
> 7001 Murphy, Hugh.
>
> VERSION 3
> 24500    Zombie prom     / ǂc music by Dana P. Rowe ; book and lyrics by John Dempsey ; based on a story by John Dempsey & Hugh Murphy.
> 7001 Dempsey, John ǂc (Lyricist). ǂe librettist.
> 7001 Dempsey, John ǂc (Lyricist).  ǂe lyricist.
> 700  Rowe, Dana P.  ǂe composer.
> 7001 Murphy, Hugh.
>
>
> Ian Fairclough
> Cataloging and Metadata Services Librarian
> George Mason University
> 703-993-2938
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