Interpretation of numbering marks of classical music works We often see that the names of some classical music works are followed by numbers consisting of letters and numbers, such as op37, kv525, RV4, D 1 12, etc. What do these labels mean, where do they come from and what are their functions? The most common symbol is op or opus, which means "work" in Latin. It probably originated in1early 7th century. The publisher who published the music score marked it to distinguish different works of the same composer. This is op .. The op symbol is usually numbered from small to large according to the order in which the same composer published his works, but this is not absolute. However, there is also a problem with the op tag. For example, many composers' works were published by different publishers, and different publishers had different op serial numbers at that time. Therefore, there will be a work marked as op3 in one publishing house, op8 in another publishing house and even op6 in the third publishing house, which will obviously cause confusion. In the past two hundred years, more and more scholars have studied the music works of predecessors. It is very important for these scholars to study the works of these composers and list all their works. Because op marks sometimes cause confusion, or researchers find new works in the process of research, or some works have not been officially published without op marks, it is another job for these scholars to renumber all works. As a result, numbers such as BWV and D are often the representative letters of the names of scholars who put forward new works. The following are some symbols commonly used in composers' works: works symbols/applicable composers AV-Richard Strauss Richard Strauss B-dvorak de Vozak BB-Bartok Bartok BWV-J.S. Bach D-Schubert Schubert F-Vivaldi Vivarih-holst Horst HWV- K-Mozart Mozart Kv-Mozart Mozart L-Debussy Debussy M-Vivaldi OP-Most composers P-Vivaldi Vejvar r-Vivaldi Vejvar RV-Vivaldi Vejvars-J.S. Bach (with BWV). S—— Liszt Sz—— Bartok Bartok WWV—— Wagner Wagner Z—— purcell Pashaw's musical works number is the number that marks the order of the composer's works. Mark with op (short for opus), for example, the first work is marked with op. 1( 1). If a work contains several pieces of music, use chromatic scales. (abbreviation of $ NUMBER) Such as op. 1, no.2 or op. 1b, indicating the second part of the first work. The works published after the composer's death are called "posthumous works" and marked with posthumous works or posthumous works. The number of music works generally comes from three kinds of people: 1, the composer himself; 2. Publishers; 3. Musicians. It is generally believed that the Italian composer Banchielli was the first person to number his works. /kloc-in Europe at the beginning of the 0/8th century, composers generally don't number their works. At this time, publishers usually number their works from a convenient point of view. This figure can't really reflect the order of composition completion. Beethoven was the first composer to systematically number his works. Today, the numbers of his important works are all from his own hands, but there are still omissions. In modern times, some musicians systematically numbered the works of important composers in order to facilitate future generations to study their works. Those without system numbers are renumbered and marked with specific marks. The serial number of J.S. Bach's works was compiled by German musician W. Schmied (1901-Kloc-0/973), with BWV (German abbreviation of Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, meaning "Bach's serial number") as the symbol, 65438+. The number of Xu Ci's works was compiled by Spita and others, marked by SWV (German is the abbreviation of Schutz -Werke-Verzeichnis, meaning "the number of Xu Ci's works"). Scarlatti's works were composed by Italian pianist Alessandro Longo (1864- 1945), American classical pianist kirkpatrick (191-) and Italian musician George Petterley (6544). The serial numbers of Mozart's works were compiled by Karl Schell, marked by K. or K. V. (short for Kochel-Verzeichnis, meaning "Karl Schell number"), and were used from 1862. 1937 was revised by A. Einstein, marked by K3, and later by Swiss musician Franz Gege. Beethoven's works with missing numbers will be supplemented by later generations, mainly marked with Woo (short Woo(Werkohne Opus Zahl, meaning "unnumbered works"). Schubert's works were renumbered by Austrian musician Otto erich deutsch (1883- 1967) and marked with D.