Item Detail
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Harrold, Ann
Lea, Graham -
Musaurus : a music thesaurus : a new approach to organising music information
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Book
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London
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1991
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Music Press
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128 p. ; 30 cm.
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English
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1873260008
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Thesauri.
Subject headings--Music. -
Compositions; Musical Terms
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ML 111 .H37x 1991
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Harrold, Ann, and Graham Lea. Musaurus: A Music Thesaurus A New Approach to Organising Music Information. London: Music Press, 1991.
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A new proposal for division of music topics for library cataloguing and bibliographic purposes(it is not a list of musical words with their synonymsa thesaurus used here is a structured system for organizing information). Purports that current systems are not structured properly and are inadequate. The book is aimed at those involved in determining the cataloging system for the music section of a library.
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Attempts to lay out a system that allows the inclusion of musical scores and individual journal articles in a catalogue, in addition to the usual material contained regarding the scholarly, professional, and business aspects of music as found in books. Allowance is made for continued expansion of the sphere of musical activity. Also presents a thorough background on thesauri and their design, as well as existing classification systems.
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Introduction includes reasons a new system is being proposed, a history of thesauri and their design, existing classification systems and their weaknesses, and special schemes currently used for structuring bibliographies and their inadequacies. Second portion of the introduction discusses the design of the musaurus and the details of its indexing and divisions. A summary of the musaurus divisions is followed by a detailed outline of the structural system itself. Major divisions include Musicology Language Auxiliaries Musical Instruments Geography Auxiliaries Musical Works History Auxiliaries Performance Music Profession & Education Music Business Music Documentation An alphabetical index is also included with the work.
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The structural organization of their proposed system does seem that it would be very helpful to researchers.
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It is only relevant to a select few who could do anything about changing the system used. As a reference tool for the average musician or scholar it is of little use. Its date of publication also makes it possibly irrelevant, given the advances in computer technology of the last ten years that make it possible to search for topics by subjects or individual words in a title without having to worry about an alphabetical catalog or a confusing classification system.
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BYU Mus Ref
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3356