Musical Composition
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Find the fields, subfields, notes, and product availability for the Musical Composition word (mc:) and phrase (mc=) indexes.
- Word (mc:)
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Connexion FirstSearch and Collection Manager query collections WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery Label mc: Search? Yes Yes Yes Browse? --- --- --- Examples - mc:jazz
- To find Ballads from 1990 on, type mc:bd and yr:1990-
- mc:jazz
- To find Ballads from 1990 on, type mc:bd and yr:1990-
- You can also use the full term — mc:ballads and yr:1990
- mc:jazz
- To find Ballads from 1990 on, type mc:bd AND yr:1990-
Fields/Subfields - 006/01-02 if 006/00 is c d i j
- Comp (008/18-19) if Type (Leader/06) is c d i j
- 047 a
Qualifier index? No Notes - Use coded values available for fixed field element Comp/Form of composition. See OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards for a list of codes.
- The musical composition codes listed by IAML are valid in subfield a.
- Phrase (mc=)
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Connexion FirstSearch and Collection Manager query collections WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery Label mc= Search? Yes Yes Yes Browse? Yes Yes --- Examples - mc=folk music
- mc=chants other and yr:1940-4
- mc=folk music
- mc=chants other and yr:1940-4
- mc=folk music
- mc=chants other AND yr:1940-4
Fields/Subfields - 006/01-02 if 006/00 is c d i j
- Comp (008/18-19) if Type (Leader/06) is c d i j
- 047 a
Qualifier index? No Notes - Use terms available for fixed field element Comp/Form of composition. See OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards for a list of terms.
- In Connexion, scan an index from the Command Line Search by entering the Scan command (sca), the index label with appropriate punctuation, and the term, and then clicking Search (example: sca mc=folk music). For more information, see Browse (scan an index).