Slovak Comprehensive Music Database (SKCMDb)

The SKCMDb database consists of the following datasets which also work as collections:

Persons, Corporate Bodies (Institutions & Companies) and Groups (Formal & Informal)

• composers in Slovakia: people who have composed music on the territory of the modern Slovak Republic, or composers of Slovakian origin. For example, Iris Szeghy has a data profile, which also connects here to the name authorities of ISNI (used on streaming platforms and in the future in collective management), VIAF (used by library catalogue systems), and of course, to her entry on the Slovak Music Center database. This way we want to cretea an interoperable register that allows the identification of composers and avoid ambiguity in royalty payments or attributions. Her body of work is also connected to his name.
• musical groups in Slovakia: musical groups on the territory of the modern Slovak Republic, or of performers of Slovakian origin. This is very important for rights management, because most uses of music is the use of sound recordings, which are manifestations of the compositions, and they are often identified by the performer, and not composer. To improve findability, we place the musical groups into subcollections, for example, choirs in Slovakia.
• music publishers in Slovakia: music pubilshing organisations (for example Hudobný Fond) and music publishing companies (for example A-Tempo Verlag s.r.o. Slovakia) that are registered with SOZA to collect royalties from Slovakia. The creation of the register of publishers is essential to monitor the market and create reliable statistics on the music industry.

Collection dataset of musical works and their sound recording and printed sheet manfestations

We would like to create a database of all music ever made on the territory of the modern Slovak Republic, and music of people who were born or identify with the country. As the number of works, and particularly their recorded and printed manifestations is too large, for better findability we add them into collections and subcollections.

• classical music: A collection of classical music works from Slovakia, they are organised into sub-collections to improve searchability. For example, string quartets (SKCMDb) is found within the chamber music subcollection. You can find here, for example String Quartet "Musica dolorosa" . Our aim is to identify all relevant recordings of Slovak music, so that algorithms can recommend them; radio stations can fill their local content requirements, festival and concert promoters can find great music.
• Works of music are identified individually, and when possible, we provide links to the publisher (in case somebody wants to use the work in film, television, advertisement or in theatre), and to available music sheets (for sale, or for lending in public libraries.) For works, we can add ISWC numbers, but this is not necessarily the best practice, and we will consult with CISAC on the best way to do this. See Iris Szeghy's Psalm (musical work) or String Quartet in B-flat major (Bella).
• Recordings are connected to the works. A piece of musical work (composition) may have many recordings, particularly in classical music and authentic folk music. See an example of a manifestation, Psalm(recording) (with legal listening options), which is a manifestation of Iris Szeghy's Psalm (musical work). For recordings, we will use the ISRC international standard recording codes.