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Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music

Abbreviation: LCMPT

General Information

The Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus (LCMPT) for Music is a stand-alone vocabulary that provides terminology to describe the instruments, voices, etc., used in the performance of musical works. The core terms in LCMPT are based chiefly on existing LC subject headings (LCSH), but some additional terms that do not already appear in LCSH have also been included.

Homepage https://id.loc.gov/authorities/performanceMediums.html

Countries that developed this resource United States

Created in 2015

Taxonomic range

Not applicable

Knowledge Domains

Subjects

How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: LCMPT; Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.y0kqgt; Last edited: March 25, 2021, 1:12 p.m.; Last accessed: Oct 17 2021 1:52 a.m.

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Record updated: March 25, 2021, 1 p.m. by The FAIRsharing Team.

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Support

General

contact form	Contact Form
help	Search Help
help	Download Help
Mailing List	LOC Linked Data Mailing List
online documentation	About LCSH

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No tools defined

Schemas

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Access / Retrieve Data

Conditions of Use

Applies to: Data use

Library of Congress Legal Information

Data Release

Download All	https://id.loc.gov/download/
Download LCMPT	https://id.loc.gov/authorities/performanceMediums.html

Data Curation

Curation Process

https://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/subject/lcsh-process.html

Data Access

Search All LOC Linked Data	https://id.loc.gov/search/
Search LCMPT	https://id.loc.gov/authorities/performanceMediums.html

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https://id.loc.gov/techcenter/searching.html

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