Guidelines

The following instructions apply to preparing metadata in MEI format. They are exemplified using mass B.46.

The name of the XML file is WerW_[group]_[number].xml.

Work

  • titles: title and language; several titles may be entered
    • alternative title: for works with several named movements (responsories like WerW D.3.7, vespers like WerW H.1.8); use a bullet and spaces (“ · ”) as separator
  • identification
    • WerW: number according to this catalogue
    • Dopf: thematic catalogue of masses by Dopf (1956)
    • HarCa: thematic catalogue (unfinished) by Hárich (1990)
    • HarIn: Werner’s inventory of 1737/38 (prefixes I–XIII) and thematic catalogue of 1740 (prefixes A–G) as described by Hárich (1975)
    • PetSi: catalogue of instrumental works by Petermayr (2020) (Kon: Konzerte; Par: Partiten; Pas: Pastorellen (geistlich); Sin: Sinfonien; Sog: Sonaten (geistlich); Sow: Sonaten (weltlich))
    • PetWe: catalogue of Christmas music by Petermayr (2015)
    • WinMa: catalogue of masses by Winkler-Klement (2020)
  • contributors: composer with GND ID
  • work notes: optional general notes on the work, e.g., why is an attribution spurious?
  • language
  • classification and keywords: genre of the work

Music

Music metadata

  • add an incipit for each movement (4–5 bars, single staff, graphics file without extension)

Instruments and voices

Use RISM scoring abbreviations and UNIMARC codes:

  • ensembles
    • soli (cve)
    • coro (cmi)
    • coro maschile (cme)
    • S (vso)
    • A (val)
    • T (vte)
    • B (vbs)
  • instruments and singers
    • cnto (bct)
    • fl (wfl)
    • chalumeau (wch)
    • ob (wob)
    • cl (wcl)
    • fag (wba)
    • cor (bho)
    • clno (bcl)
    • trb (btb)
    • timp (pti)
    • vl (svl)
    • vla (sva)
    • vlc (svc)
    • b (sve)
    • org (kor)
    • cemb (khp)
    • bc (mco)

Roles

  • optionally, add details on roles (name, language, voice, standard code; example: WerW E.34)

Components

General

  • indicate missing title by “[no title]”
  • indicate missing tempo indication by “[no tempo]”
  • incipits: 5–10 bars, all instruments, system layout as in editorial guidelines, omitted bars indicated by dashed double bar line
  • duration of da capos: “XX bars (incl. YY bars da capo)”
  • indicate solo instruments in the notes (e.g., “clno solo”)

Masses

  • movements (e.g., Kyrie):
    • number
    • title
    • tempo
    • meter
    • key
    • total extent (bars)
    • instruments selection
    • incipit
  • movement parts (e.g., Qui tollis):
    • title
    • tempo
    • meter
    • key
    • extent (bars)
    • instruments selection
    • notes: indicate da capos by, e.g.
      • “da capo of the respective movement in movement
      • “da capo of the first xx bars”
  • example: WerW B.46

Short sacred works

  • like a single mass movement
  • add movement parts if necessary
  • example: WerW D.1.1

Long sacred works

  • like several mass movements
  • add movement parts if necessary
  • example: WerW D.3.2

Instrumental works

  • movements:
    • number
    • title
    • tempo
    • meter
    • key
    • extent (bars)
    • instruments selection
    • incipit

Sources

Manuscripts

Enter the following source details:

  • source title: one of
    • “Autograph manuscript”
    • “Partly autograph manuscript”
    • “Manuscript copy”
  • classification: add six terms from the predefined list
  • publication:
    • date of writing
    • always include it, even if it is only a rough estimate, e.g.
      • mid 18th century (machine-readable 1750-01-01)

Then, add a single item:

  • location
    • RISM siglum
    • URI (link to digitized version or catalogue entry)
    • label (“digitized version” or “catalogue entry”)
    • shelfmark
  • other identifiers: “RISM” with ID

If a full score or all parts are described, enter the following information on the item level:

  • title page with label (like “[fol. 1r, by Kiesewetter]”, “[wrapper]”, “[on binding]” etc)
    • use multiple title pages if appropriate
  • physical description
    • extent (number of parts or number of folios/pages for full scores)
    • dimensions (height and width)
    • physical medium
      • usually “hand-ruled paper, 8–12 staves” or similar
      • if parts have different formats, list them here (e.g., WerW D.1.3: “vl 1, vl 2, org: hand-ruled paper, 12 staves, upright format (32 x 21 cm) [newline] S, A, T, B, vlne: hand-ruled paper, 6 staves, oblong format (17 x 22 cm)”)
  • general description
    • individual parts with number of written pages in parentheses, e.g., “S coro (2), A coro (2), T solo and coro (4), B coro (2), vl 1 (3), vl 2 (3), vlne (2), org (3)”
    • include any additional notes as new paragraph, e.g., “title page contains 17 performance dates: 1749-05-04, 1750-04-26 …”
    • if only data from the RISM entry and/or literature were used, write “catalogued according to RISM entry and Murányi (1997)” or similar

Lost manuscripts

  • source title: “Lost manuscript”
  • classification: last term must be “Lost”
  • add a single item:
    • location (use “Repository name” if no RISM siglum is available)
    • (optional) general description

Prints

Enter the following source details:

  • source title: “Print”
  • classification: add six terms from the predefined list
  • publication:
    • publisher
    • place
    • date of printing (mandatory)

Also, add the following information on the source level (see manuscripts for details):

  • RISM identifier
  • title page(s)
  • physical description (extent, dimensions, physical medium)
  • general description

Then, add several items where only the location is specified:

  • RISM siglum
  • URI (link to digitized version or catalogue entry)
  • label (“digitized version” or “catalogue entry”)
  • shelfmark

Warning

In the XML file, manually remove the m: prefix and namespace declaration from the <physMedium> tag.

History

  • creation
    • date of composition; always include at least a date estimate
    • place of composition; use a parenthesized question mark to indicate assumed place, e.g. “Eisenstadt (?)”

Bibliography

  • Add a single bibliography with default header “Bibliography”.
  • Manually add bibliographic references as XML code. Each entry is represented by a <bibl> element, containing a <genre> tag and other tags as described below.
    • References contain one <ptr> element, whose target attribute points to a reference using Pandoc Citations format (also see Quarto documentation).

      <bibl>
        <genre>reference</genre>
        <ref targettype="pandoc-citation">@Petermayr2020 [p. 23]</ref>
      </bibl>
      <bibl>
        <genre>reference</genre>
        <ref targettype="pandoc-citation">@Mikusi2020</ref>
      </bibl>
      <bibl>
        <genre>reference</genre>
        <ref targettype="pandoc-citation">@WinklerKlement2013 [p. 50]</ref>
      </bibl>
      • Editions are described with MEI XML tags:
      <bibl>
        <genre>score</genre>
        <composer>Gregor Joseph Werner</composer>
        <title level="m">Kleine Hirtenmusik</title>
        <editor>Ernst Fritz Schmid</editor>
        <identifier>Bärenreiter-Ausgabe 1597</identifier>
        <imprint>
          <publisher>Bärenreiter</publisher>
          <pubPlace>Kassel</pubPlace>
          <date isodate="1940-01-01">1940</date>
        </imprint>
        <ptr target="https://imslp.org/wiki/Pastorella_(Werner%2C_Gregor_Joseph)" label="digitized version"/>
      </bibl>

File

  • series and file publication are prefilled from the template