Deborah Lee

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Classifying musical performance the application
of faceted classification principles to concert
programmes

• Deborah Lee
• Email deborah.lee_at_courtauld.ac.uk
• CIG Conference, Glasgow, September 2008

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• gtgt1. 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

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• 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes
• gtgt2. Issues in arranging concert programmes
• 3. Arrangement theories
• 4. Model 1 Universal characteristics of
  division
• 5. Model 2 The event/object/manuscript
  triumvirate

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2. Issues in arranging concert programmes

• Why classify?
• Types of information resource

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• 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes
• 2. Issues in arranging concert programmes
• gtgt3. Arrangement theories
• 4. Model 1 Universal characteristics of
  division
• 5. Model 2 The event/object/manuscript
  triumvirate

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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

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3. Arrangement theories

• 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
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3. Arrangement theories

• 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
Same date, different venues
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• 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes
• 2. Issues in arranging concert programmes
• gtgt3. Arrangement theories
• 4. Model 1 Universal characteristics of
  division
• 5. Model 2 The event/object/manuscript
  triumvirate

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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

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• 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes
• 2. Issues in arranging concert programmes
• 3. Arrangement theories
• gtgt4. Model 1 Universal characteristics of
  division
• 5. Model 2 The event/object/manuscript
  triumvirate

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4. Model 1 Universal characteristics of division

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• 1. Defining and dissecting concert programmes
• 2. Issues in arranging concert programmes
• 3. Arrangement theories
• 4. Model 1 Universal characteristics of
  division
• gtgt5. Model 2 The event/object/manuscript
  triumvirate

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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

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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

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5. Model 2 The event/object/manuscript
triumvirate

• Object layer
• Form of object
• Size
• Programme notes
• Pictorial evidence
• Advertisements
• Seating plans
• Ticket prices

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5. Model 2 The event/object/manuscript
triumvirate

• Manuscript layer
• Provenance
• Custodial history
• Storage type
• Comparative characteristics
• Annotations and signatures
• Copy number of programme

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