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Work numbers for authorized access points for composers whose works are assigned numbers other than opus numbers or numbers in addition to opus numbers
See also Thematic catalogs
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | XYZ
Many composer's works are assigned work (or thematic index) numbers in addition to or in place of opus or serial numbers.
This chart is a compilation of special instructions given in the name authority record for a composer indicating when to assign numbers other than opus numbers. For each composer, the numbering system and the source of the numbering system is given. When the work number is to be assigned in specific categories of music, this is noted in the column for comments. For complete citations for the sources of the work numbers, consult Thematic Indexes Used in Library of Congress NACO Authority Files.
Note: These names are not necessarily in their RDA-established forms found in the authority file.
SOURCES: Updated and expanded from: Smiraglia. Cataloging Music, 2nd ed., p. 52-53.
Changes and additions to this list are made as they are announced in the Music Cataloging Bulletin (subscription required).
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| A | |||
| Abel, Karl Friedrich | K. | Use only in variant access points | Knape |
| Adlgasser, Anton Cajetan | A. AWK |
Use only in variant access points |
Catanzaro and Rainer Rainer |
| Agrell, Johan | S. | Use for Agrell's symphonies | Sheerin |
| Albinoni, Tomaso | G. | Use for works without opus no | Giazotto |
| T. | Use for works without opus no and not in Giazotto | Talbot | |
| Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg | S. | Use for Albrechtsberger's sacred vocal music (pending a decision from LC) | Schröder |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| B | |||
| Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel | H. | Helm | |
| W. | Use only in variant access points | Wotquenne | |
| Bach, Johann Christian | W. | not used for op. 9 (Hummel), op. 15 (Welcker), op. 18 (Roullède de la Chevardière), op. 18 (Foster) | Warburton |
| T. | Use only in variant access points | Terry | |
| Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich | W. | Wohlfarth | |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | BWV | Schmieder | |
| Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann | F. | Falck | |
| BR | Use only in variant access points | Bach-Repertorium | |
| Bacheler, Daniel | L. | Use for Bacheler's lute music | Long |
| Bartók, Béla | BB | Use only in variant access points | Grove music online |
| Beck, Franz Ignaz | C | Use for Beck's symphonies without opus numbers | Callen |
| Beecke, Ignaz von | M. | Use for Beecke's symphonies | Murray |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | WoO | Use for Beethoven's works that do not have an opus number | Kinsky |
| H. | Use for Beethoven's works that do not have an opus or Kinsky number | Hess | |
| Benda, Franz | L. | Lee | |
| Benda, Georg | no. | Use for the numbering of Benda's keyboard sonatas | his Sonate I-XVI. Prague : Artia, 1956. |
| Blauth, Brenno | T. | Ferreira | |
| Boccherini, Luigi | G. | Gérard | |
| Bornefeld, Helmut | BoWV | Sarwas | |
| Brahms, Johannes | WoO | Use for Brahms' works that do not have an opus number | McCorkle |
| Bruckner, Anton | WAB | Use only in variant access points | Grasberger |
| Brunetti, Gaetano | J | Use for Brunetti's overtures, symphonies, and symphonies concertantes | Jenkins |
| Bull, John | MB | Musica Britannica, v. 9, 14, 19 | |
| Busoni, Ferruccio | K. | Use only in variant access points | Kindermann |
| Buxtehude, Dietrich | BuxWV | Karstadt | |
| Byrd, William | MB | Musica Britannica, v. 27-28 | |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| C | |||
| Cabezón, Antonio de | J. | Jacobs | |
| Cambini, Giuseppe Maria | T. | Use for Cambini's quartets | Trimpert |
| Camerloher, Joseph | F. | Use for Camerloher's symphonies | Forsberg |
| Cannabich, Christian | W. | Use for Cannabich's symphonies that have neither opus numbers nor sequential numbers assigned by the composer | Wolf |
| Chadwick, G. W. (George Whitefield) | W. | Use only in variant access points | Faucett |
| Chambonnières, Jacques Champion de | B. | Brunold | |
| G. | Use only in variant access points | Gustafson | |
| Charpentier, Marc Antoine | H. | Hitchcock | |
| Chopin, Frédéric | B. | Use for Chopin's works that do not have an opus number | M. J. E. Brown |
| Cimarosa, Domenico | C. | Use for Cimarosa's keyboard sonatas | Coen |
| Clementi, Muzio | T. | Use for Clementi's works that do not have an opus number | Tyson |
| Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas | C. | Use only in variant access points | Cessac |
| Colista, Lelio | W-K. | Wessely-Kropik | |
| Coperario, John | RC | Charteris | |
| M. | Use only in variant access points | Dodd | |
| Couperin, Louis | B. | Brunold | |
| Croubelis, Simoni dall | no. | Use for Croubelis' symphonies | The Symphony in Denmark |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| D | |||
| Danzi, Franz | P. | Use for Danzi's works without opus numbers | Pechstaedt |
| Dering, Richard | VdGS no. | Use for Dering's consort works | Dodd/Viola da Gamba Society |
| Deutschmann, Gerhard | DWV | Deutschmann | |
| Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von | K. | Krebs | |
| Donizetti, Gaetano | In. | Inzaghi | |
| Dowland, John | P. | Poulton | |
| Dussek, Johann Ladislaus | C. | Use only in variant access points | Craw |
| Dvořák, Antonín | B. | Use for Dvorák's works that do not have an opus number | Burghauser |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| E | |||
| Eckhardt-Gramatté, S. C. | E. | Eckhardt | |
| Erbach, Christian | R. | Use for Erbach's keyboard works | Rayner |
| Eybler, Joseph, Edler von | H. | Hermann | |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| F | |||
| Fasch, Johann Friedrich | FWV | Pfeiffer | |
| K. | Use only in variant access points | Küntzel | |
| Ferrabosco, Alfonso, 1543-1588 | RC | Richard Charteris | |
| Fiala, Joseph | WV | Do not use serial or opus numbers | Claus Reinländer |
| Frederick II, King of Prussia | S. | Spitta | |
| Fux, Johann Joseph | K. | Köchel | |
| E. | Use for works not included in Köchel | Federhofer1959 | |
| E. | Use for works not included in Köchel | ederhofer1964 | |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| G | |||
| Gabrieli, Giovanni | C. | There is no space between the abbreviation and the index number (e.g. C151). Index identifiers that include letters do include a space after the abbreviation (e.g. C D16). |
Charteris |
| K. | Use only in variant access points | Kenton | |
| Galuppi, Baldassare | I. | Use for Galuppi's harpsichord sonatas | Illy |
| Garcia, José Maurício Nunes | M. | Mattos | |
| Gassmann, Florian Leopold | H. | Use for Gassmann's instrumental music | Hill |
| Gibbons, Orlando | H. | Use for Gibbons' keyboard works | Hendrie in Musica Britannica, v. 20 |
| H. | Use for Gibbons' consort music | Harper in Musica Britannica, v. 48 | |
| Gottschalk, Louis Moreau | D. | Use only in variant access points | Doyle |
| Graun, Johann Gottlieb | GraunWV | replaces Mennick for all of J.G. Graun's works | Graun-Werkverzeichnis |
| M. | Use for Graun's symphonies; use in variant access points only | Mennicke | |
| W. | Use in variant access points only | Willer | |
| Graun, Karl Heinrich | GraunWV | See Thematic indexes used in the Library of Congress/NACO authority file for more information | Graun-Werkverzeichnis |
| Graupner, Christoph | GWV | Use for Graupner's instrumental works | Bill/Grosspietsch |
| Griffes, Charles Tomlinson | A. | Use for Griffes' works that do not have an opus number | Anderson |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| H | |||
| Handel, George Frideric | HWV | Baselt | |
| Hartmann, Johann Ernst | no. | Use for Hartmann's symphonies | The Symphony in Denmark |
| Haydn, Joseph | H. | Hoboken | |
| Haydn, Michael | MH | Sherman | |
| KL | Use a Roman numeral for the section heading, followed by a colon, followed by the Arabic numeral (e.g. KL IV:1); Use only in variant access points | Klafsky | |
| P. | Use only in variant access points | Perger | |
| Heinichen, Johann David | S. | Seibel | |
| Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn | WV | Use only in variant access points | Hellwig |
| Hochreither, Joseph Balthasar, | JBH | Use only in variant access points | Deinhammer |
| Hoffmann, E. T. A. | AV | Allroggen | |
| Hoffmeister, Franz Anton | H. | Use for Hoffmeister's symphonies and symphonies concertantes without opus numbers. | Hickman |
| no. | Use "no." for Hoffmeister's solo flute concertos, including those with opus numbers | Hoffmeister, F.A. Catalogue thématique de tous les oeuvres pour la flûte traversière, 1800 (a book that quite possibly only the Library of Congress owns!) | |
| no. | Use "no." for Hoffmeister's 3 double bass concertos | Focht, J. Der Wiener Kontrabass, 1999, p. 110-12 | |
| Holst, Gustav | H. | Use only in variant access points | Holst, Imogen |
| Homilius, Gottfried August | HoWV | Use only in variant access; authorized access point use pending a decision from LC | Wolf2009 |
| Hummel, Johann Nepomuk | S. | Use only in variant access points | Sachs |
| op. posth., WoO. | use for authorized or variant access points | Zimmerschied | |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| I | |||
| Ivanschiz, Amandus | P. | Use for Ivanschiz's symphonies | Pokorn |
| Ives, Charles | K. | Kirkpatrick | |
| S. | proposed; Use only in variant access points | Sinclair | |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| J | |||
| Johnson, Robert | S. | Use for Johnson's lute music | Sunderman |
| Jongen, Joseph | W. | Use only in variant access points | Whiteley |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| K | |||
| Kozeluch, Leopold | P. | Postolka | |
| Kraus, Joseph Martin | VB | von Boer | |
| Krommer, Franz | FVK | Use for Krommer's wind music when no opus number can be found | The wind ensemble catalog |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| L | |||
| Lalande, Michel Richard de | S. | Sawkins, in New Grove, 2nd ed. | |
| Langgaard, Rued | BVN | Use only in variant access points | Viinholt. |
| Laube, Antonín | R. | Use for Laube's symphonies | Rutov |
| Leberl, Rudolf | LWV | Englberger | |
| Lehmann, Markus | WV | Arnold | |
| Liszt, Franz | S. | Use only in variant access points | Searle |
| Lully, Jean-Baptiste | LWV | Use only in variant access points | Schneider |
| Lutosławski, Witold | W, Wf, Wt, Wr, or Wp | Use only in variant access points | Będkowski |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| M | |||
| Maldere, Pierre van | VR | Use for Maldere's instrumental works not in sets (by op. no., date, etc.) | Rompaey |
| Marcello, Benedetto | S. | Selfridge-Field | |
| Martinů, Bohuslav | H. | Use only to resolve conflicts | Halbreich |
| McKinley, William Thomas | S. | Use only in variant access points | Sposato |
| Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix | MWV | Use only in variant access points | Wehner |
| Mico, Richard | VdGS | Dodd/Viola da Gamba Society | |
| Molter, Johann Melchior | MWV | Häfner | |
| Monn, Matthias Georg | F. | Use for Monn's's instrumental music | Fischer |
| Monteverdi, Claudio | SV | Use only in variant access points | Stattkus |
| Mozart, Leopold | LMV | Leopold-Mozart-Werkverzeichnis | |
| E. | Use only in variant access points for symphonies | Eisen | |
| S. | Use only in variant access when practicable | Seifferts | |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | K. | Köchel, 6th ed. | |
| Mysliveček, Josef | E. | Use for Myslivecek's instrumental works | Evans |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| N | |||
| Neukomm, Sigismund, Ritter von | NV | Use only to resolve conflicts in authorized or variant access points for works without opus numbers | Angermüller |
| Novotny, Ferenc | S. | Use for Novotny's symphonies | Somorjay |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| O | |||
| Okeover, John | VdGS no. | Use for Okeover's consort works | Dodd/Viola da Gamba Society |
| Oxinaga, Joaquín de | L. | Oxinaga's Obras musicales | |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| P | |||
| Pachelbel, Johann | P. | Perreault | |
| PWV | Use only in variant access points | Paech | |
| Paganini, Nicolò | M.S. | Moretti and Sorrento | |
| Pasquini, Bernardo | H. | Use for Pasquini's keyboard music | Haynes |
| Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista | P. | Paymer | |
| Pla, José | D. | Dolcet | |
| Pla, Juan | D. | Dolcet | |
| Pleyel, Ignaz | B. | Benton | |
| Pugnani, Gaetano | Z. | Zschinsky-Troxler | |
| Purcell, Henry | Z. | Zimmerman | |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| Q | |||
| Quantz, Johann Joachim | QV | Use for Quantz's trio sonatas (QV2) and compositions for 1-3 flutes with bass (QV3) | Augsbach |
| B. | Use for Quantz's flute concertos | Meike ten Brink | |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| R | |||
| Raff, Joachim | WoO | Schäfer | |
| Rameau, Jean-Philippe | RCT | Use only in variant access points | Bouissou |
| Reger, Max | opus or WoO | Use opus or WoO number as it appears in the catalog | Popp |
| Reichardt, Johann Friedrich | D | Access point use pending a decision from LC | Dennerlein |
| Respighi, Ottorino | P. | Use only in variant access points | Pedarra |
| Richter, Franz Xaver | R. | Use for Richter's sacred works | Reutter |
| Ries, Ferdinand | WoO | Hill1977 | |
| Rolla, Alessandro | BI | Use for Rolla's works without opus numbers | Bianchi and Inzaghi |
| Roman, Johan Helmich | B. | Bengtsson | |
| Rosetti, Antonio | M. | Use for Rosetti's instrumental music | Murray |
| K. | Use only in variant access points | Kaul | |
| Rust, Friedrich Wilhelm | C. | Czach | |
| Ryba, Jakub Jan | N. | Nemecek | |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| S | |||
| Sammartini, Giovanni Battista | J. | Jenkins | |
| Scarlatti, Domenico | K. | Use for Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas | Kirkpatrick1953 |
| F. | Use only in variant access points for Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas | Fadini | |
| L. | Use only in variant access points for Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas | Longo | |
| P. | Use only in variant access points for Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas | Pestelli | |
| Scheidemann, Heinrich | B. | Use for Scheidemann's organ works | Breig |
| Scheidt, Samuel | SSWV | Koch | |
| Schneider, Franz | F. | Freeman | |
| Schubert, Franz | D. | Deutsch | |
| Schütz, Heinrich | SWV | Bittinger | |
| Seixas, Carlos | K. | Use for Seixas's keyboard sonatas | Sampayo-Ribeir |
| Soler, Antonio | R. | Use for Soler's keyboard music | Rubio |
| M. | Use only in variant access points | Marvin | |
| Sorkočević, Luka | no. | Use for Sorkocevic's symphonies; the authority record 667 field instructs to use the abbreviation "S.", but "no." is used in access points | Kos |
| Sperger, Johann Matthias | M. | Meier | |
| Stamitz, Anton | S. | Use for A. Stamitz's symphonies | Sandberger |
| Stamitz, Johann | W. | Use for J. Stamitz's symphonies and orchestral trios without opus numbers | Wolf |
| Štěpán, Josef Antonín | Š. | Use for Stepan's keyboard music | Šetková |
| P. | Use for Stepan's works except keyboard music | Picton | |
| Stradella, Alessandro | G. | Gianturco | |
| Strauss, Richard | TrV | Use for Strauss's works without opus numbers | Trenner |
| Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon | L. | Use for Sweelinck's keyboard music | Leonhardt |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| T | |||
| Tartini, Giuseppe | D. | Dounias | |
| B. | Use for Tartini's violin sonatas, excluding op. 4-7, 9 | Brainard in Rivista italiana di musicologia, iv, 1969 | |
| B. | Use for Tartini's trio sonatas for 2 violins and continuo | Brainard in Rivista italiana di musicologia, iv, 1969 | |
| Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich | ČW | Use only in variant access points | Vajdman |
| TH | Use only in variant access points | Poznansky | |
| Telemann, Georg Philipp | TWV | Use for Telemann's instrumental music | Telemann-Werkverzeichnis |
| TVWV | Use for Telemann's vocal works | Telemann-Vokal-Werkverzeichnis | |
| Tomkins, Thomas | T. | Use for Tomkins' keyboard music | Tuttle |
| Torelli, Giuseppe | P. | use for Torelli's works that lack opus numbers; the Passodore catalog supersedes Giegling | Passadore |
| G. | Use only in variant access points | Giegling | |
| Tubin, Eduard | ETW | Use only in variant access points | Rumessen |
| Tye, Christopher | W. | Weidner | |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| V | |||
| Vanhal, Johann Baptist | B. | Use for Vanhal's symphonies | Bryan |
| W. | Use for Vanhal's works except symphonies | Weinmann | |
| Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Use the number as it appears in the catalog only in variant access points | Appleby | |
| Viotti, Giovanni Battista | W. | Use for Viotti's instrumental music | White |
| G. | Use only in variant access points | Giazotto1956 | |
| Vivaldi, Antonio | RV | Ryom | |
| F. | Use only in variant access points | Fanna | |
| P. | Use only in variant access points | Pincherle | |
| R. | Use only in variant access points | Rinaldi | |
| Vogler, Georg Joseph | S. | Use for Vogler's works without opus numbers | Schafhaut |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| W | |||
| Wagenseil, Georg Christoph | WV | Use for Wagenseil's keyboard music | Michelitsch |
| WV | Use for Wagenseil's orchestral and chamber music | Scholz | |
| Wagner, Richard | WWV | Use for Wagner's works without opus numbers | Deathridge |
| Walther, Johann Gottfried | S. | Use for Walther's organ works | Seiffert1958 |
| Ward, John | MB LXVII | Use for Ward's 5- and 6-part instrumental works; use the caption numbers that correspond to the Viola da Gamba Society (VdGS) number | Musica Britannica, v. 67 (MB67) |
| MB LXXXIII | Use for Ward's 4-part instrumental works; use the caption numbers that correspond to the Viola da Gamba Society (VdGS) number | Musica Britannica, v. 83 (MB83) | |
| Weber, Carl Maria von | J. | Use for Weber's works without opus numbers | Jähns |
| Weiss, Silvius Leopold | K. | Klima | |
| S. | Use only in variant access points for Weiss's lute sonatas | Smith | |
| SC | Use only in variant access points for Weiss's lute sonatas | Weiss1983 | |
| SC | Use only in variant access points for Weiss's lute sonatas | Weiss2002 | |
| Wesley, Samuel | KO | Kassler and Olleson | |
| Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich | no. | Use for Weyse's symphonies | The symphony in Denmark |
| Composer | Abbrev. | Comments: use for both authorized and variant access points unless stated otherwise | Source |
| XYZ | |||
| Zach, Jan | K | Komma | |
| GS | Use for works not included in Komma | Gottron and Senn | |
| Zelenka, Johann Dismas | ZWV | Reich | |
| Zimmermann, Anton | AZ | Do not use for Zimmermann's sonatas, duos, and quartets with opus numbers | Múdra |