Work number mark
Many times we see some of the names of some classical music works followed by
The numbers of letters and numbers, such as OP37, KV525, RV4, D112, and the like.
What does these labels mean, where is it from where, what role?
The most common marker is OP or OPUS, the Latin means "works".
Probably originated from the beginning of the 17th century, publisher publisher publishing music scores for the same
The different works of a composer is marked, this is the OP mark. OP marker
Often, the order of the same composer publishing work is made from small to large numbers, but this is
Not absolute. However, OP tags have problems, such as many composers
The product was published by different publishers, and the different publishers had different OP serial numbers. Because
This will appear a work in a publishing trademark number OP3, in another publishing trademark number
For OP8, there is even the third publisher number OP6, which is obviously
Become.
More than two hundred years, more and more scholars have studied the music works of predecessors. This
Some scholars have a work of studying these composers to list all the works they do.
It is important to conduct research. Since the OP marker mentioned earlier is sometimes confusing,
Or find new works during the study, or some works
Not officially published without an OP mark, then re-numbered all works
Become another work of these scholars. This produces like BWV, D et al.,
These numbers are often representative letters of the name of the scholar number of new work numbers.
Listed some symbols commonly used by some composers:
Composers applicable to work marks
AV Richard Strauss Insured. Strauss
B Dvorak Dewan
BB Bartok Bartok
BWV J.S. Bach Bach
D SCHUBERT Schubert
F Vivaldi Velvar
H Holst Houster
HWV Handel Hand
K Mozart Mozart
Kv Mozart Mozart
L Debussy Des彪z
M Vivaldi Velvar
OP most composer
P vivaldi Velvar
R Vivaldi Velvar
RV Vivaldi Velvar
S J.S. Bach Bach (same as BWV)
S Liszt Lister
SZ Bartok Bartok
WWV Wagner Weigle
Z Purcell Par Xiao
