Sometimes a single movement or section of a larger work is published or recorded separately from the whole composition. For example, the "Hallelujah chorus" from Handel's oratorio Messiah may be published separately for performance by a church choir; or the movement "Claire de lune" from Debussy's Suite bergamasque for piano is often performed separately. In a preferred title for such separately published or recorded movements, the entire work is named first, and then the part is named.
| Name | Handel, George Frederic, 1685-1759. | ||
| Preferred Title | Messiah. Hallelujah | ||
| Publisher’s Title | The Hallelujah chorus, from Messiah … | ||
| Name | Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. | ||
| Preferred Title | Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune | ||
| Publisher’s Title | Clair de lune : from the Suite bergamasque for piano … | ||
| Name | Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. | ||
| Preferred Title | Tosca. Vissi d'arte; arranged | ||
| Publisher’s Title | Vissi d'arte : from Tosca / Giacomo Puccini ; arranged for piano… |
Note how this makes titles fall nicely in an alphabetical list:
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.|
Suite bergamasque
Suite bergamasque; arranged
Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune
Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune; arranged
Suite bergamasque. Menuet
etc.
Again, you will find many cross references in the catalog leading you to the correct preferred title entry for separately published or recorded parts of larger works. It is very important to remember that this kind of cross reference occurs only when the library owns the movement as a separately published edition, or a separately recorded excerpt. For example:
Handel, George Frederic, 1685-1759.
Hallelujah chorus -- See Messiah. Hallelujah
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
Clair de lune – See Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune