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| | FAQ: rec.music.classical |
 | | Bach, for instance, is catalogged with BWV numbers (Bach Werke Verzeichnis, "Bach work catalog"), etc. Handel, however, published some of his work in collections called opera (that's the Latin plural for "Opus" and has a meaning entirely different from the word meaning sung musical drama). |
 | | Bach: Concerti #1, #2; for 2 violins 3. |
 | | Briefly though, All conductors and performers have their own interpretation of a given piece of music, and thus no two recordings are truly the same, just as no two painters' portraits of the same individual could ever be the same. |
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