Access: Uniform title for music (manuscripts) 3/3

How

Sources of information

Thematic catalogues
Other catalogues of works
General repertoirs
Library catalogues
Analysis of the source(s)

Uniform but not too much...

Depends on period
Depends on composer
Depends on language of cataloguing agency

Types of titles

Significant
Generic (titles of forms/genres)

Differences by genre

Instrumental music
Vocal secular/non liturgical music
Liturgical music
Popular, pop, rock, jazz music

Main parts of uniform title

Filing title
Title of part (excerpt)
Medium of perfomance
Numbers: thematic catalogue, opus, serial
Key
Date, etc.
Appellative
Form