1. LCGFT and LCMPT Status of music vocabularies and their implementation
Casey Mullin
Western Washington University
Chair, MLA-CMC Vocabularies Subcommittee

2. LCGFT Music terms added in 2016
Bergerettes (Songs)   
Masques (Music)   
Zarzuelas
Rondeaux (Formes fixes) 
Melodramas (Music)
Grindcore (Music)
Bangsawan (Music)   
Minstrel shows   
Kāfī (Music)
Barong (Music) 
Model operas  
New Year music
Ch'anggŭk   
Monodramas (Music) 
Rosh ha-Shanah music
Hira gasy   
Monologues (Music) 
Battle-cries
Isicathamiya  
Murgas  
Computer and video game music
Jiggs (Ballad operas) 
Musical theater   
Military calls
Jōruri (Music) 
Ping ju  
Krautrock (Music)
Kalgi-tura
Sainetes (Music)  
Shoegaze (Music)
Madrigal comedies
Wayang music
Mandó  

3. LCGFT Music terms added in 2016
Bergerettes (Songs)   
Masques (Music)   
Zarzuelas
Rondeaux (Formes fixes) 
Melodramas (Music)
Grindcore (Music)
Bangsawan (Music)   
Minstrel shows   
Kāfī (Music)
Barong (Music) 
Model operas  
New Year music
Ch'anggŭk   
Monodramas (Music) 
Rosh ha-Shanah music
Hira gasy   
Monologues (Music) 
Battle-cries
Isicathamiya  
Murgas  
Computer and video game music
Jiggs (Ballad operas) 
Musical theater   
Military calls
Jōruri (Music) 
Ping ju  
Krautrock (Music)
Kalgi-tura
Sainetes (Music)  
Shoegaze (Music)
Madrigal comedies
Wayang music
Mandó  

4. **Subject to change; watch the LC/PSD monthly approved lists**
LCGFT Coming in 2017
Musical texts
Librettos (already in LCGFT)
Sacred music texts
Hymn texts
Song texts
Popular music lyrics
Rock lyrics
**Subject to change; watch the LC/PSD monthly approved lists**

5. LCGFT Coming in 2017
Proposals for new and revised LCGFT music terms will now be accepted through SACO
Watch for further announcement from LC/MLA
SACO Music Funnel available to assist catalogers with formulating successful proposals

6. LCGFT Implementation
MLA Best Practices for Using LCGFT for Music Resources (Version 1.0, June 2015)
LC Genre/Form Terms Manual
Music instruction sheet (J 250) forthcoming

7. LCMPT Terms added or revised in 2016
alto clarinet (scope note modified)
big band 
bass clarinet (scope note added)
(added UF dance orchestra (big band))
clarinet (several UFs and scope note added)
jazz combo
contra-alto clarinet
qudi 
(several UFs added; scope note modified)
tenor viol
contrabass clarinet
church bells
bells
flûte d'amour
bamboo marimba  
ravanne 
bass marimba 
rouleur 
crychord 
sopranino clarinet
diamond marimba
(UF and scope note added)
spoils of war (musical instrument)
bangdi  
surrogate kithara 

8. LCMPT Coming in 2017 Electronics terms
Draft—hierarchy and scope note revision (new terms in red)
electronics
live electronics
electronic instrument
electronic keyboard
electronic harpsichord
electronic organ
electronic piano
electronium
Novachord
magnetic resonator piano
phonograph turntable
electronic instrument ensemble
electronic keyboard ensemble
electronic organ ensemble
MIDI controller
percussion controller
processed sound
pre-recorded audio
**Subject to change; watch the LC/PSD monthly approved lists**

9. LCMPT Coming in 2017 (mid-year)
Proposals for new and revised LCMPT terms will soon be accepted through SACO
Watch for the announcement from LC/MLA
SACO Music Funnel available to assist catalogers with formulating successful proposals
Funnel submission currently required
Optional (and encouraged) after LC/MLA announcement

10. LCMPT Implementation
MLA Best Practices for Using LCMPT (latest revision: February 2017)
New in this version
382 subfields $r and $t
Expanded guidance on “bi-level” medium statements
Expanded guidance on partial medium statements
Clarification on polychoral situations
LC Medium of Performance Terms Manual forthcoming

11. Retrospective Implementation LCMPT, LCGFT (and beyond)
MLA-CMC-VS project to derive faceted data from LCSH music headings
Testing underway
In contact with OCLC Research
ALA-ALCTS-SAC Working Group on Full Implementation of LC Faceted Vocabularies
White paper to be released mid-2017
Intended audience: LC, PCC, OCLC, ILS vendors

12. Further Reading Notes, Vol. 73, no. 3 (March 2017)