Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus

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The Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary that standardizes terms for the instruments, voices, and ensembles used in musical works for cataloging and discovery purposes.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf controlled vocabulary
library cataloging tool
thesaurus
appliesTo music manuscripts
scores
sound recordings
countryOfOrigin United States
dataModel authority data
describes instrumental ensembles
musical instruments
other media of performance
vocal ensembles
voices
fieldOfUse bibliographic description
library metadata
music cataloging
governedBy Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division
hasComponent authority records
broader terms
narrower terms
preferred terms
related terms
scope notes
isPartOf Library of Congress music vocabularies
language English
maintainedBy Library of Congress
Library of Congress Music Division
purpose improve discovery of music resources
standardize terms for musical media of performance
support cataloging of musical works
relatedTo Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials
Library of Congress Subject Headings
MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data
subjectArea music
music librarianship
music notation
supports linked data applications in music
machine-readable cataloging
usedBy archives
libraries
museums
music catalogers
usedFor authority control
faceted access to music resources
subject access in library catalogs
usedWith Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials
Library of Congress Subject Headings
MARC 382 field

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Library of Congress Linked Data Service ("Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music")
hasPart
Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus ("Library of Congress music vocabularies")
isPartOf
Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms
relatedVocabulary
Library of Congress authority record
usedIn

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