Scan 6
The New Grove Dictionary Of Music And Musicians 5 Ed. 2nd, 1904
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1General Abbreviations
3D Deutsch catalogue [Schubert], Doulias catalogue [Tartini]
4d. denarius, denarii [penny, pence]
5d died
6Dan. Danish
7db double bass
8DBE Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
9dbn double bassoon
10DC District of Columbia (USA)
11Dec December
12ded. dedication, dedicated to
13DeM Deus miscreatur
14Dept Department
15Derbys Derbyshire (GB)
16dir. director, directed by
17diss dissertation
18DLitt Doctor of Letters/Literature
19DMus Doctor of Music
20DPhil Doctor of Philosophy
21DSc Doctor of Science/Historical Sciences
23ed editor, edited (by)
24edn edition
25e.g. exempli gratia [for example]
26elec electric, electronic
27EMI Electrical and Musical Industries
28Eng English
29eng hn english horn
30ens ensemble
31esp especially
32etc et cetera [and so on]
33ex., exx. example, examples
35f, ff following page, following pages
36f., ff folio, folios
37f forte
38facs. facsimile
39fasc fascicle
40Feb February
41ff fortissimo
42fff fortississimo
43fig. figure [illustration]
44fl flute
45fl floruit [he/she flourished]
46fp fortepiano
47Fr. French
48frag fragment
49FRAM Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, London
50FRCM Fellow of the Royal College of Music, London
51FRCO Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, London
52FRS Fellow of the Royal Society, London
54Gael Gaelic
55Ger German
56.Gk. Greek
57Gl Gloria
58Glam. Glamorgan (GB)
59glock glockenspiel
60Glos., Gloucs. Gloucestershire (GB)
62GmbH Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung [limited-liability company]
63govt government [district in USSR]
64grad gradual
65GSM Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
66gui guitar
68H Hoboken catalogue [Haydn]; Helm catalogue [C P E. Bach]
69Hants Hampshire (GB)
70Heb Hebrew
71Herts. Hertfordshire (GB)
72HMS His/Her Majesty's Ship
73HMV His Master's Voice
74hn horn
75Hon Honorary; Honourable
76hpd harpsichord
77HRH His/Her Royal Highness
78Hung Hungarian
79Hunts Huntingdonshire (GB)
80Hz Hertz [c p s ]
82IAML International Association of Music Libraries
83ibid ibidem [in the same place]
84i.e id est [that is]
85I.F.M.C International Folk Music Council
86Ill Illinois (USA)
87IMS International Musicological Society
88Inc Incorporated
89inc incomplete
90incl. includes, including
91Ind Indiana (USA)
92inst instrument, instrumental
93int introit
94IPEM Institute for Psycho-acoustics and Electronic Music, Brussels
95ISC'M International Society for Contemporary Music
96ISM Incorporated Society of Musicians (GB)
97ISME International Society of Music Educators
98It Italian
100Jan January
101Jap Japanese
102Jh Jahrbuch [yearbook]
103Jg Jahrgang [year of publication/volume]
104jr junior
105Jub Jubilate
107k Kirkpatrick catalogue [D. Scarlatti], Kochel catalogue [Mozart, no after / is from 6th edn ]
108kbd keyboard
109KBE Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
110KCVO Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
111kHz kilohertz
112km kilometre(s)
113Ky Kyrie
114Ky. Kentucky (USA)
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