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America(n) amp. amplified arr. arranged (by, for)/arrangement (by, of) art. dir. artistic director ass. assistant (to)/assisted (by) assoc. associate/association attrib. attributed (to) b born b bass (vocal or as in bcl, bass clarinet) bar. baritone bass-bar. bass-baritone BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BBCSO BBC Symphony Orchestra bc basso continuo BC Before Christ/British Columbia Belg. Belgium/Belgian bn. bassoon BNOC British National Opera Company Braz. Brazil/Brazilian Brit. Britain/British BWV Bach Werke-Verzeichnis c. circa (Latin = about) ca. cor anglais Calif. California Cath. Cathedral CB Companion of the Order of the Bath CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBS Columbia Broadcasting System CBSO City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra CBTO City of Birmingham Touring Opera cel. celesta CEMA Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts cent. century cf. conferatur (Latin = compare) CG Covent Garden (Royal Opera House), London CH Companion of Honour ch. chorus Ch. Ch. Christ Church, Oxford choreog. choreography/choreographed(by)/choreographer cit. citizen cl. clarinet CMG Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CO Chamber Orchestra coll. college/collection collab. collaboration/collaborated (with) comp. composer/composed (by, in)/composition/competition conc. concerto cond. conductor (of)/conducted (by) Conn. Connecticut cons. conservatory cont. contralto/contribution counterten. countertenor CVO Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Cz. Czechoslovakia(n) d died D Deutsch catalogue number (Schubert works) db. double bass DBE Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ded. dedicated (to) Del. Delaware dept. department dir. director (of) DMus Doctor of Music E. East ECO English Chamber Orchestra ed. editor/edited (by) edn. edition elec. electronic EMS Electronic Music Studio(s) EMT English Music Theatre Eng. England/English ENO English National Opera ens. ensemble ENSA Entertainments National Service Association EOG English Opera Group esp. especially est. established (in, by)/establishment Eur. Europe(an) fest. festival Finn. Finnish fl. floruit (Latin = flourished) fl. flute Fla. Florida f.p., f.ps. first performance(s)/first performed (by, in) Fr. France/French GBE Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GCVO Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order gen. general gen. man. general manager Ger. German(y) Gr. Greece/Greek GSMD Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London GTO Glyndebourne Touring Opera gui. guitar hn. horn (French) hon. honorary hp. harp hpd. harpsichord Hung. Hungary/Hungarian Ill. Illinois incid. incidental (music) incl. include(d)/including Ind. Indiana insp. inspector inst. institute instr(s). instrument(s)/instrumental int. international IoW Isle of Wight Institut de Recherche et de Co-ordination Acoustique-Musique, IRCAM Paris ISCM International Society for Contemporary Music ISM Incorporated Society of Musicians (Britain) It. Italy/Italian K Köchel catalogue number (Mozart works) kbd. keyboard KBE Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KCVO Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order La. Louisiana Lat. Latin ldr. leader lect. lecturer/lectured lib. libretto/library LPO London Philharmonic Orchestra LSO London Symphony Orchestra man. manager mand. mandolin man. dir. managing director mar. marimba Mass. Massachusetts MBE Member of the Order of the British Empire Md. Maryland Me. Maine Met Metropolitan Opera House, New York mez. mezzosoprano Mich. Michigan Miss. Missouri movt(s). movement(s) MS(S) manuscript(s) mus. music/musical mus. adv. musical adviser mus. dir. musical director N. North narr. narrator nat. national NBC National Broadcasting Company of America NH New Hampshire NJ New Jersey nr. near NSM Northern School of Music, Manchester NSW New South Wales, Australia NY New York NY Met Metropolitan Opera House (or Company), New York NYPO New York Philharmonic Orchestra NYSO New York Symphony Orchestra NZ New Zealand ob. oboe obbl. obbligato OBE Officer of the Order of the British Empire OC Opera Company OM Order of Merit (Member of) Op. Opus opt. optional orch. orchestra/orchestral/orchestrated (by, for) ORF Österreichische Rundfunk (Austrian Radio) org. organ/organist ov. overture Pa. Pennsylvania perc. percussion(ist) perf. performer/performed (by) pf. pianoforte Phil. Philharmonic picc. piccolo PO Philharmonic Orchestra posth. posthumous(ly) pres. president prin. principal prod. produced (by, in)/producer/production prof. professor/profession(al) prog. programme prol. prologue pub. publication