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June 30, 2006
Mary's Pick of the Week (Month??)
BBC Radio 3 is going to broadcast a series of concerts from the Delius Festival in Bradford, England. Here's the blurb from the website:
DELIUS IN BRADFORD
Throughout 2006 we have had a continuing theme of British music, and July starts with a special opportunity to appreciate the music of Delius from his home city of Bradford. In six concerts from the St George's Hall, starting on July 3rd, we will be broadcasting a wide range of his music. Tasmin Little has been championing his works in recent years, and she is directing this week-long festival. The music of Delius will be explored in the context of his influences and contemporaries. Delius brings a continental voice to British music, but his music is complemented by our Vaughan Williams symphony cycle which is running throughout Afternoon Performance - also starting on Monday 3rd with his choral Sea Symphony.
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June 13, 2006
New MARC Language Codes
Note that materials with no linguistic content (e.g., instrumental music) will now be coded zxx instead of 3 blanks in the 008 field! I've pasted the original MARC technical notice below.
From TECHNICAL NOTICE (Feb. 23, 2006):
Additions to MARC Code List for Languages
Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress
The following codes have been approved for use in the international language code standard, ISO 639-2 (Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages--Part 2: alpha-3 code) and are also being added to the MARC
Code List for Languages.
New code Language name Previously coded
anp Angika bih (Bihari)
frr Northern Frisian n/a
frs Eastern Frisian n/a
gsw Swiss German ger (German)
krl Karelian fiu (Finno-Ugrian (Other))
srn Sranan cpe (Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other))
zxx No linguistic content Previously coded as 3 blanks in 008/35-37
LC Implementation Plans
Subscribers can anticipate receiving MARC records reflecting these changes
in all distribution services not earlier than June 1, 2006.
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