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The New Grove Dictionary Of Music And Musicians 5 Ed. 2nd, 1904
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1General Abbreviations
3A alto, contralto [voice]
4a alto [instrument]
5AB see BA
6ABC' American Broadcasting Company; Australian Broadcasting Commission
7Abt Abteilung [section]
8acc accompaniment, accompanied by
9AD anno Domini
10add, addl additional
11add, addn addition
12ad lib ad libitum
13Ag Agnus Dei
14all alleluia
15AM see MA
16a m ante meridiem [before noon]
17amp amplified
18AMS American Musicological Society
19Anh Anhang [appendix]
20anon anonymous(ly)
21ant antiphon
22appx appendix
23arr arrangement, arranged by/for
24ASCAP American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
25attrib attribution, attributed to
26Aug August
27aut autumn
29B bass [voice]
30b Brainard catalogue [Tartini]
31b bass [instrument]
32b born
33BA Bachelor of Arts
34Bar baritone [voice]
35bar baritone [instrument]
36BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
37BC British Columbia (Canada)
38BC before Christ
39bc basso continuo
40Bd. Band [volume]
41Berks. Berkshire (GB)
42Berwicks. Berwickshire (GB)
43bk book
44BLitt Bachelor of Letters/Literature
45BM British Museum
46BMI Broadcast Music Inc. (USA)
47BMus Bachelor of Music
48bn bassoon
49Bros. Brothers
50Bs Benedictus
51Bte Benedicite
52Bucks. Buckinghamshire (GB)
53Bulg Bulgarian
54BVM Blessed Virgin Mary
55BWV Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis [Schmieder, catalogue of J S. Bach's works]
57c circa [about]
58Calif. California (USA)
59CanD Cantate Domino
60carn Carnival
61CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
62CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire
63CBS Columbia Broadcasting System (USA)
64CBSO City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
65CeBeDeM Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale
66cel celesta
67CEMA Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts [now the Arts Council of Great Britain]
68cf confer [compare]
69c.f cantus firmus
70CH Companion of Honour
71chap. chapter
72Chin. Chinese
73chit chitarone
74Cie Compagnie
75cimb cimbalom
76cl clarinet
77clvd clavichord
78cm centimetre(s)
79CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (F)
80Co. Company; County
81Cod. Codex
82col. column
83coll collected by
84collab. in collaboration with
85comm communion
86conc concerto
87cond. conductor, conducted by
88Conn. Connecticut (USA)
89cont continuo
90Corp. Corporation
91c.p.s. cycles per second
92Cr Credo, Creed
93CSc Candidate of Historical Sciences
94Ct countertenor
95Cz. Czech
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