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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1ABBREVIATIONS AND FOREIGN WORDS
3A., alto.
4Abate
5Abbate
6Abbé
7Acad., Academy.
8a capp., a cappella.
9accessit (Lat.), honorable mention [term used in French competitions].
10accomp., accompaniment.
11A. C. M., American College of Musicians.
12Acta mus., Acta musicologica (Copenhagen).
13A. f. M.-W., or Archiv f. M.-W., Archiv für Musikwissenschaft.
14A. G. M. A., American Guild of Musical Artists.
15A. G. O., American Guild of Organists.
16Allg., Allgem., (Germ., allgemein), universal; general [used in titles of periodicals].
17A. M. T. N. A., American Music Teachers' National Association.
18Antiq., Antiquarian.
19app., appointed; appointment.
20A. R. A. M., Associate Royal Academy of Music (London).
21arr., arranged; arrangement.
22art., article.
23Assoc., associate; association.
24asst., assistant.
25augm., augmented.
26b., born.
27B., bass.
28bar., baritone.
29BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation.
30b. c., or b. cont., basso continuo.
31Bd., board; volume (Germ., Band).
32B. E., Bachelor of Education.
33bibl., or bibliogr., bibliography.
34B.-Jahrb., Bach-Jahrbuch.
35Boll. bibliogr. mus., Bollettino bibliografico musicale (Milan).
36Bull., bulletin.
37ca., or c. (Lat., circa), about.
38Cantab. (Lat., Cantabrigiensis), of Cambridge.
39cat., catalogue.
40Cath., cathedral.
41Cav. (It., Cavaliere), Chevalier; Knight.
42CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System.
43'cello, or vcl., violoncello.
44cent., century.
45Cf. (Lat., confer), compare.
46Ch., church.
47ch., or chor., chorus, choir.
48Chapelle (Fr.), chapel, choir.
49chef de musique (Fr.), bandmaster; conductor.
50chef d'orchestre (Fr.), conductor.
51chef du chant (Fr.), chorusmaster.
52Chev., Chevalier.
53choirm., choirmaster.
54Choragus (Lat.), precentor.
55Chormeister (Germ.), conductor (of a choral society).
56clar., clarinet.
57coll., collected; collection.
58Coll., college.
59comm., committee, commissioned.
60comp., composed; composer; composition.
61Concertgebouw (Dutch), concert-hall.
62concours (Fr.), competitive examination.
63cond., conducted; conductor; conducting.
64Congr., Congregational.
65Cons., Conservatory (Conservatorium; Conservatoire; Conservatorio).
66cont., continuo.
67Conte (It.), Count.
68Contraltista (It.), male contralto.
69Correpetitor (Lat.), assistant conductor, rehearsing the solo artists of an opera at the piano.
70Cov. G., Covent Garden, London.
71cpt., counterpoint.
72d., died.
73darst. (darstellende) Kunst (Germ.), dramatic art.
74d.-bass, double-bass.
75D. d. T., or D. T. D., Denkmäler deutscher Tonkunst.
76ded., dedicated.
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