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About the Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music PDF Files
This page provides print-ready PDF files for the 2021 Edition of the Library of Congress Medium of Performance Terms for Music (LCMPT), as well as PDFs of several draft instruction sheets for the Medium of Performance Thesaurus Manual. When it is complete, the Manual will provide guidelines and instructions for making proposals and for applying medium of performance terms. Additional draft instruction sheets will be posted on this page as they are completed.
Data for the 2021 edition was selected in April 2021. For users desiring enhanced functionality, LCMPT will continue as part of LC's web-based subscription product, Classification Web.
Earlier editions are available here but should not be used for cataloging.
Introduction to Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music
- Introduction to Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music (PDF, 6 p., 219 KB)
Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music
- Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music (PDF, 32 p., 244 KB)
Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music Manual
- M 606 MARC Authority Records for LC Medium of Performance Terms (PDF, 95 KB)
- M 620 When to Establish a New Medium of Performance Term (PDF, 23 KB)
- M 622 Changing a Term or Deleting a Medium of Performance Authority Record (PDF, 52 KB)
- M 625 Deleted Term Information (PDF, 23 KB)
- M 630 Changing References in Authority Records for Mediums of Performance (PDF, 31 KB)
- M 634 Preparation of Medium of Performance Term Proposals (PDF, 181 KB) REVISED June 2020
- M 638 Authority Research for Medium of Performance Proposals (PDF, 69 KB) REVISED June 2020
- M 641 Citation of Sources (PDF, 38 KB)
- M 645 History Notes (PDF, 168 KB) NEW April 2022
- M 650 Form of Authorized Medium of Performance Term (PDF, 30 KB)
- M 654 Parenthetical Qualifiers (PDF, 36 KB)
- M 656 Related Term References (PDF, 35 KB)
- M 657 “Used for” References (PDF, 61 KB)
- M 658 Broader Term References (PDF, 44 KB)
- M 660 Scope Notes (PDF, 33 KB)
- Appendix A Abbreviations (PDF, 31 KB)
- Appendix B Capitalization (PDF, 42 KB)
- Appendix C Diacritics and Special Characters (PDF, 116 KB)
- Appendix D Punctuation (PDF, 40 KB)
