(BWV, KV, Deutsch, HWV, etc.) Numerical cataloging systems for organizing a composer's output, usually in terms of chronological creation. These numbers are very helpful in determining exactly which work is called for. For example, Beethoven wrote sixteen (or seventeen, if you count the Grosse Fuge) string quartets. Haydn (opus numbers and Hoboken numbers) wrote over 100 symphonies, all of which are named "Symphony". Tip : Mozart is cataloged with Koechel numbers, J. S. Bach with BWV numbers, Schubert with Deutsch numbers; Vivaldi is cataloged with no fewer than six systems! The point is, supplying the appropriate identifier goes a long way toward getting you the right music. See also WoO .
A "work"; opus numbers were introduced by publishers in the seventeenth century to identify each of a composer's works.
A work or composition. In the context of ritual - the sum total of all elements that go to make up the ritual.
(OH-puss) From the Latin meaning “workâ€. The word used, followed by a number, e.g., Opus 50, for the numerical identification of a composer’s works. The plural form of “opus†is “opera†and it was that word that the Camerata of Florence adopted, since their new stage presentations combined musical work, dramatic story and staging—thus comprising “works.
(Lat. for work, abbrev. op.) : Used with a number, typically assigned by the publisher, to identify a work in a composer's output, e.g. Beethoven: Fifth Symphony, op. 67. Opus numbers are suggestive of chronology, but often have more to do with the chronology of publication than order of composition.
work; a number indicating the order in which compositions were composed
the numbering of compositions by a single composer in order of either composition or publication
This represents a single-composer publication, not necessarily the chronological order.
"Work"; opus numbers provide a means of cataloguing a composer's compositions.
A single work or composition.
Lat. Work; labor; the product of work or labor.
"Work". With a number, used to show the order in which the works by a given composer were written or published. Opus numbers are most often used for composers who catalogued their own works.
a creative piece of work in any field of the arts. In mosaic art, opus refers to the technique of positioning the tesserae. opus certum
A catalogue numbering designating a published work in chronological relationship to a composer's other compositions. Often unreliable as a guide to chronology of actual composition. Many composers have other catalog designations derived from the names of their catalogers, i.e., K. (Koechel for Mozart) or Hob. (Hoboken for Haydn).