In all cases, what is being referred to is the language of the sung
text, that is, vocal music. |t contains the text itself, in the form of
an incipit. It's repeatable because some vocal music is published with
the same text in different languages printed one below the other, and
also because in some polyphonic music of the medieval and early
Renaissance, different voice parts were given different texts in
different languages, e.g. the lowest voice would sing an elongated
Gregorian chant melody with Latin words, while upper voices would sing
faster notes in French.
|z is repeatable, though there isn't a linking mechanism -- is that the
point of your question? Also, there is a typo in the |z description: "
a language codes", which probably needs a different article, parentheses
around the "s", or both?
Mark Scharff, Music Cataloger
Gaylord Music Library
Washington University in St. Louis
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From: MARC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:23 PM
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Subject: [MARC] Question on 2004-DP01 Incipits
The $z subfield is listed as "Language of text" -- what text is being
referred to here? and how does it relate to the text in $t? (which is
repeatable)
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