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  PlanetMath: opus number
An opus number is a number attached to a particular musical composition or set of compositions by a publisher to denote the order of publication by the given composer.
Theoretically, opus numbers would give musicologists a simple means to chart the growth of a composer chronologically, to make statements to the effect that there is a direct correlation between such and such composer's handling of a particular musical technique and the opus numbers.
The confusion with Carl Nielsen's opus numbers arose not from any wheeling and dealing, but from his not having an exclusive publisher and not keeping track of which opus numbers he hadn't used (see sequence A113529 in Sloane's OEIS for a listing of opus numbers skipped over by Carl Nielsen).
planetmath.org /encyclopedia/OpusNumber.html   (384 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Opus number
Some composers' musical pieces are identified by opus numbers which generally run either in order of composition or in order of publication.
Bach's works are referred to by their BWV or Bachwerkverzeichnis numbers after the catalogue by Wolfgang Schmieder[?].
Schubert's works are referred to by their D or Deutsch numbers after Otto Erich Deutsch[?]'s catalogue.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/op/Opus_number   (155 words)

  
 Opus number - Definition, explanation
Johann Sebastian Bach works are referred to by their BWV or Bach Werke Verzeichnis numbers after the catalogue by Wolfgang Schmieder.
Franz Liszt's works are referred to by their S or Searle numbers after Humphrey Searle's 1960s classification The Music of Liszt.
Two numberings systems are extant for the harpsichord works of Domenico Scarlatti: the L or Longo numbers after Alessandro Longo's edition for piano, and the K or Kirkpatrick numbers after Ralph Kirkpatrick's facsimile edition.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/o/op/opus_number.php   (501 words)

  
 WCPE - Music Terminology
The assignment of opus numbers is extremely inconsistent from one composer to another.
In this case, the opus number refers to a group of works and the second number indicates which particular piece within that group is represented.
Opus 27 was a group of sonatas for the piano.
www.theclassicalstation.org /terminology/opus.shtml   (785 words)

  
 Opus Dei - OPUS DEI IN THE U.S.
Opus Dei - OPUS DEI IN THE U.S. Page location: Home (U.S.) / Opus Dei in the U.S. Opus Dei is a Catholic institution working in more than 60 countries around the world.
Opus Dei began its apostolic activities in the United States in Chicago in 1949, when Sal Ferigle, a young physics graduate student, and Fr.
Opus Dei also provides spiritual guidance to several residences for university students, the largest of which is Bayridge Residence for women, in Boston.
www.opusdei.org /art.php?w=32&s=379   (411 words)

  
 CNN - Oklahoma City bombing trial - Transcripts
This is a representation of one of the 130 relationships between the 3911 port, the OPUS port, and the 3910 port.
In the OPUS record, the information that we found was the date of the call, the time of the call, the duration of the call, the number that was called, the terminating number or the "to" number.
The sequence number in the OPUS record was a sequential number assigned to each call that was made by a Spotlight customer, so the -- the order of which calls were completed is the order of which the sequence numbers were assigned.
www.cnn.com /US/9703/okc.trial/transcripts/november/111297.am.html   (19924 words)

  
 Classical Net - Composer Data - Thematic Catalogs
Opus (Latin for "work", plural is "opera") is a term used to denote a piece or set of pieces.
Opus number, generally a chronological publication or composition number that may have been assigned by either the publisher or composer
If boldface numbers are not present in appendix C use the numbers given, if any, that are from the earliest ed.
www.classical.net /music/composer/opus.html   (5631 words)

  
 Chopin's Preludes in Opus 28
This is the shortest of the preludes in Chopin's Opus 28.
Opus 28 Number 14 is the first of Chopin's Opus 28 preludes in a flat key.
Opus 28, Number 17 features luscious harmonies and harmonic transitions, a sonorous melody, and a majestic bass that at times reminds me of a huge organ at a cathedral, not to mention the 13 chiming bass A-flats in the last part of the piece that reminds me of a bell tolling out 13 o'clock.
jimvb.home.mindspring.com /chop28.htm   (6032 words)

  
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Concerto number 12 by archangelo carelli by trever penoch and english concert on harsichord 115.
Chopin: Concerto number 2 for piano and orchestra in E or F Minor Opus 21, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with piano soloist Emanuel Axe.
Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra number 27, with Rudolph Serkin and Claudio Abado conducting.
www.teleread.org /faucheuxmusiclist.txt   (12038 words)

  
 The Unheard Beethoven - Searching the Unheard Works
Nearly all of the pieces with opus numbers have been recorded, with the notable exception of the questionable opus 63, which is included here.
In the mid- 1950's Georg Kinsky compiled a list of the Beethoven works without opus numbers; Kinsky died before the project was finished, and it was completed by H. Halm.
Biamonti's numbering scheme runs in what he believed to be the chronological order of composition.
www.unheardbeethoven.org /search   (814 words)

  
 JNL11: The recorded oboe music of Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Therefore, any opus number below fourteen is considered to be valid, mainly because the works contained therein were first published during the lifetime of the composer.
Opus eleven consists of five concertos for violin and one, number 6 for oboe.
The numbers provided by Malipiero are the same as those of the collected works, and on occasion, the letter "M" has been replaced by "Ric".
idrs.colorado.edu /www.idrs/publications2/journal2/jnl11/recob.html   (1896 words)

  
 WurliTzer Opus List - OPUS NUMBER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The OPUS number, in this context, is the unique identification number of a particular Wurlitzer pipe organ.
The Opus number was not usually attatched to the instruments and cannot be used to physically identify any instrument.
The WS number was recorded on the instruments and is useful in identifying an instrument.
theatreorgans.com /au/opus/opus.htm   (169 words)

  
 Opus number   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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By late next year, Opus West Corp. hopes to be getting some of the high-end shoppers in Natomas to spend more of their money around home with a development that will be the first test of a so-called "lifestyle center" in Sacramento.
www.infothis.com /find/Opus_number   (521 words)

  
 Ludwig van Beethoven's Opus - Dominique PRÉVOT
There are 138 pieces of music composed by Beethoven and numbered by himself or his publishers.
There are also 205 works without opus numbers.
They were published after Beethoven's death and were numbered with WoO numbers (Werke ohne Opuszahl - Works without Opus number).
www.lvbeethoven.com /Oeuvres/ListOpus.html   (3002 words)

  
 Opus Dei - writings of the founder
Opus Dei aims to encourage people of every sector of society to desire holiness in the midst of the world.
In other words, Opus Dei proposes to help ordinary citizens like yourself to lead a fully Christian life, without modifying their normal way of life, their daily work, their aspirations and ambitions.
Opus Dei is an international lay organisation to which a certain number of secular priests belong, although they are a small minority.
www.escrivaworks.org /book/conversations/point/24   (549 words)

  
 Shelflisting and Cuttering in Class M
Thematic index number: A unique number assigned by the compiler of a thematic index to each composition in the index.
H4 Most call numbers will contain the date of publication as the last element of the call number.
A later section has the following: "If the opus number or thematic index number is not given, and the class number is specifically for the individual title or uniform title of the work, add one of the following elements, in the following order of preference: serial number, key..." (G800, page 2).
www.library.yale.edu /cataloging/music/shelflis.htm   (827 words)

  
 Magnus-Opus: Number Check   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This will compare your number with our melody database.
If your number should match one of our compositions the melody and opus number will be displayed.
You should then complete a licence agreement as soon as possible.
www.magnus-opus.com /number_check.html   (95 words)

  
 WCPE - Music Terminology
Have you ever wondered who or what the Kochel number is when mentioned in association with Mozart, or a BWV number for Bach?
It took Kochel more than ten years to locate the pieces, determine the chronological order, assign a catalog number and then publish the catalog.
No one is absolutely sure that all Bach compositions are represented in the catalog (the same problem that is presented in reviewing Kochel's compilation).
www.wcpe.org /terminology/opus.shtml   (795 words)

  
 The DoveSong Foundation, Inc. -- Scriabin MP3s
Each visitor is restricted to a reasonable number of downloads at a time.
We applogize for this, but it is necessary at this time to help thwart attacks on the site from those not interested in letting you get to this beautiful music.
Symphony Number One: Third Movement The USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra.
www.dovesong.com /MP3/MP3_Scriabin.asp   (293 words)

  
 Magnus-Opus: Number Check   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In order to ascertain if you are in breach of international copyright law you may enter any alpha-numeric sequence you may be using via your telecommunications device in our dialogue box below.
This will compare your number with our melody database.
If your number should match one of our compositions the melody and opus number will be displayed.
www.magnus-opus.sonicobjects.com /number_check.html   (95 words)

  
 Opus One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
(numbers other than 3 turn on delay statistics to show loss and congestion; maximum is 99)
Go to the Opus One home page to erase this vile techno geek stuff and find a consultant who can explain it to you.
You can also just see the text at the bottom of a traceroute if you want.
www.opus1.com /www/traceroute.html   (166 words)

  
 Capitalization of key, opus, and number
, opus is capitalized when spelled out, but not when abbreviated: Opus, op.
, number and its abbreviations are capitalized: Number, Nr., No.
In other languages, it is not: number, no., nr.
www.library.yale.edu /cataloging/music/capital.htm   (160 words)

  
 Sheet Music Plus - 3 Sonatas without Opus number Op-sn 13-15 (WO 3, 14, 13)
Sheet Music Plus - 3 Sonatas without Opus number Op-sn 13-15 (WO 3, 14, 13)
3 Sonatas without Opus number Op-sn 13-15 (WO 3, 14, 13)
About 3 Sonatas without Opus number Op-sn 13-15 (WO 3, 14, 13)
www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/item.html?id=69435&item=7528548   (68 words)

  
 Barbara Strozzi Catalog of Works
The numbering system follows a decimal format, in which the first number left of the decimal indicates the opus number, and the numbers right of the decimal indicate the order of the works within the original publication.
Where more than one part book exists in the original, as in Opus 1, the Basso Continuo score serves as the authority for the order of the works.
In the few cases where no opus number was originally given to the work, the catalog indicates WoO (Work without Opus) with a number to indicate the order in which the pieces were published.
home.earthlink.net /~barbarastrozzi/opus.htm   (136 words)

  
 MSS 22, The H. Leroy Baumgartner Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
I conducted the choir of the Church of the Redeemer in several church performances of #4 after the five choruses were issued separately.
Prelude on Verses from the 63rd Psalm, Opus 21, for organ and orchestra
Praise to the Lord, Opus 39, cantata for solo voice, chorus, and accompaniment (organ and trumpet)
webtext.library.yale.edu /xml2html/music/bau-s1.htm   (1620 words)

  
 Music Search Tips for Dynix Users   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
That's why most classical pieces by prolific composers have been given an opus number, to give each work a unique designation.
What to do: In general, you will get good results by searching on a combination of the composer's name with the opus number of the work you are looking for.
If you don't have the opus number, it's easily found in a variety of sources, including the Schwann Opus catalog of classical music recordings.
www.halcyon.com /aseaberg/searches.html   (483 words)

  
 Pavement (VHS) And Opus Number Zoo - 20th Century Wind Quintets / The Galliard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Lauren Holly stars in this suspenseful thriller as a detective who`s investigating the murder of a nurse.
As the bodies continue to pile, it`s up to these two individuals to solve the mystery and make the killing stop.
Opus Number Zoo - 20th Century Wind Quintets / The Galliard
www.lythgoeosp.com /pavement.htm   (140 words)

  
 BBC - Classical Review - The Galliard Ensemble, opus number zoo
The disc kicks off with Ibert's charming suite entitled Trois Pièces Brèves, the first of which is a whirling jig you might well recognise.
The theatricality of Berio's opus number zoo, an early work dating from 1951, is perfectly suited to this extrovert, fun-loving group of musicians.
They take it in turns to recite a collection of four rather touching poems by Rhoda Levine to an instrumental accompaniment.
www.bbc.co.uk /music/classical/reviews/galliard_opus.shtml   (548 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Music: Opus Number Zoo / Flamen / 6 Bagatelles [Import]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Opus Number Zoo / Flamen / 6 Bagatelles [Import]
If you would like to purchase this title, we recommend that you occasionally check this page to see if it has become available.
Top of Page : Opus Number Zoo / Flamen / 6 Bagatelles [Import]
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001MLS   (86 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
--- Number of standard extensions GROUPS bool OPUS F --- image is in group format DATE ascii OPUS ?
Role of the exposure in the association -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engineering snapshot extension header keywords: XTENSION ascii OPUS BINTABLE --- binary table extension BITPIX int OPUS 8 --- bits per data value NAXIS int OPUS 2 --- 2-dimensional binary table NAXIS1 long OPUS ?
--- Number of fields in each row EXTNAME ascii OPUS SNAPSHOT --- Name of this binary table extension EXTVER int OPUS 1 --- Extension version number TTYPEnnn ascii OPUS ?
fuse.pha.jhu.edu /~gak/sdp/keywords_eng   (493 words)

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