1. Deborah Lee Email: deborah.lee@courtauld.ac.ukdeborah.lee@courtauld.ac.uk CIG Conference, Glasgow, September 2008 Classifying musical performance: the application of faceted classification principles to concert programmes

2. >> 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes 2. Issues in arranging concert programmes 3. Arrangement theories 4. Model 1: Universal characteristics of division 5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate

3. 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes >>2. Issues in arranging concert programmes 3. Arrangement theories 4. Model 1: Universal characteristics of division 5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate

4. 2. Issues in arranging concert programmes o Why classify? o Types of information resource

5. 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes 2. Issues in arranging concert programmes >>3. Arrangement theories 4. Model 1: Universal characteristics of division 5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate

6. 3. Arrangement theories Bibliographic Characteristic of division: generic name of the aspect of item used to arrange collection, e.g. “language”, “literary form” Scattering: inevitable process where identical aspects not part of the first characteristic of division are deposited across a collection Distributed relatives: name of identical aspects occurring in multiple places in a collection, caused by scattering

7. Menges concert programmes Solo Chamber Other Venue a Venue b Venue a Venue b Venue a Venue b Date a Date b Date a Date b … Date a Date b … Date a Date b Characteristic: Performer Venue Date 3. Arrangement theories

8. Menges concert programmes Solo Chamber Other Venue a Venue b Venue a Venue b Venue a Venue b Date a Date b Date a Date b … Date a Date b … Date a Date b Characteristic: Performer Venue Date 3. Arrangement theories Same date, different venues

9. 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes 2. Issues in arranging concert programmes >>3. Arrangement theories 4. Model 1: Universal characteristics of division 5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate

10. 3. Arrangement theories Archival Provenance: arrangement according to source of the collection; items from the same source are kept together Ephemera collections Arrangement by form: programmes, posters, tickets etc. kept in separate sequences

11. 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes 2. Issues in arranging concert programmes 3. Arrangement theories >>4. Model 1: Universal characteristics of division 5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate

12. Concert programme collection ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? … ??? ??? … ?????? Characteristic: ??? 4. Model 1: Universal characteristics of division

13. 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes 2. Issues in arranging concert programmes 3. Arrangement theories 4. Model 1: Universal characteristics of division >>5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate

14. 5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate  Event a concert exists in temporal and spatial planes, but not in the physical plane  Object contains information about the event exists in the physical plane and has physical attributes  Manuscript a particular exemplar of an object exists in the physical plane and has physical attributes intellectually different from all other manuscripts

15. 5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate  Event layer Date of concert Time of concert Geographic location Concert venue Concert genre Repertoire Performers and performing groups Concert-promoters/concert-giving societies

16. 5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate  Object layer Form of object Size Programme notes Pictorial evidence Advertisements Seating plans Ticket prices

17. 5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate  Manuscript layer Provenance Custodial history Storage type Comparative characteristics Annotations and signatures Copy number of programme

18. 5. Model 2: The event/object/manuscript triumvirate