006 and 008: Music

The Music definition of field 008/18-34 is used when Leader/06 (Type of record) contains code c (Notated music), d (Manuscript notated music), i (Nonmusical sound recording), or j (Musical sound recording). Field 008 positions 00-17 and 35-39 are defined the same in 008 fields for all materials.

Field 008/18-34 character positions are equivalent to those in field 006/01-17 when field 006/00 (Form of material) contains code c (Notated music), d (Manuscript notated music), i (Nonmusical sound recording), or j (Musical sound recording). These character positions are defined for records in the Music type of material as listed in the table below.

This field has no indicators or subfields; the data elements are positionally defined.

Validity by material type: The character positions and associated codes are valid for Music.

Record requirements in National-level or Minimal-level records: either Mandatory or Optional, depending on the character position.

For details on the character positions and codes used in records for the Music material type, select a topic from the Definition column below:

Music (MU)
006 Position:	008 Position:	Definition:
01-02	18-19	Form of composition
03	20	Format of music
04	21	Music parts
05	22	Target audience
06	23	Form of item
07-12	24-29	Accompanying matter
13-14	30-31	Literary text for sound recordings
15	32	Undefined
16	33	Transposition and arrangement
17	34	Undefined