21.23C. Works by different persons or bodies. Collective title
Principle Performer:
In applying the rules and these interpretations, understand "performer" in 21.23C1 to mean a person or corporate body whose performance is heard on the sound recording. When a person performs as a member of a corporate body, do not consider him or her as a separate person to be a performer. Do not consider a conductor or accompanist to be a member of the body her or she conducts or accompanies. If the person’s name appears in conjunction with the name of a group, determine whether the corporate name includes this personal name. If the conclusion is that the corporate name does not include the person’s name, do not consider the person a member of the group if the conclusion is that it does include the person a member of the group; if the conclusion is that it does include the person’s name, consider the person to be a member of the group.
For recordings containing musical works by different composers or writers, follow the guidelines below in 1. deciding whether or not there are principal performers and 2. identifying the principal performers, if any.
The use of the term "principal performer" in 21.23C1 and 21.23D1 can lead to confusion since the term implies a performer who is more important (or, in the words of footnote 5 on p. 344, given greater prominence) than other performers. This interpretation, however, would often produce undesirable results: it would make main entry under the heading for a performer impossible under 23.23C1 when there is only one performer or when there are only two or three performers who are given equal prominence. To avoid this difficulty, apply the following:
1. When two or more performers are named in the chief source of information, consider to be principal performers those given the greatest prominence there. If all the performers named in the chief source of information are given equal prominence there, consider all of them to be principal performers.
2. When only one performer is named in the chief source of information, consider that performer to be a principal performer.
3. When no performers are named in the chief source of information, consider that there are no principal performers.
In judging relative prominence on the basis of wording, layout, and typography, consider named [printed in the same size and style of lettering and in association with one another to have equal prominence. When names appear in the same size and style of lettering but in different areas of the same source of information, consider those in a location implying superiority (e.g., a higher position) to have greater prominence. Do not consider names near the beginning of a list or sequence to have greater prominence than those near the end.
Music Videos & Popular Music Folios:
Apply rules 21.23C1 and 21.23D1 to the following:
1. Videorecordings that contain collections of music performed by a principal performer.
2. Popular music folios derived from sound recordings that contain collections of music performed by a principal performer.
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