Music Cataloging at Yale Uniform titles

Many composer's works are assigned work (or thematic index) numbers in addition to or in place of opus or serial numbers. Follow AACR2 25.30C for adding work 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 the Library of Congress/NACO Authority File.

Note: These names are not necessarily in their AACR2-established forms found in the authority file.

^* indicates that diacritics are omitted

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.

Composer	Abbrev.	Comments	Source
A
Adlgasser, Anton Cajetan	A.		Catanzaro and Rainer
Albinoni, Tomaso	G.		Giazotto
B
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel	H.		Helm
Bach, Johann Christian	W.	not used for op. 9 (Hummel), op. 15 (Welcker), op. 18 (Roullède de la Chevardière), op. 18 (Foster)	Warburton
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich	W.		Wohlfarth
Bach, Johann Sebastian	BWV		Schmieder
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann	F.		Falck
Bacheler, Daniel	L.	Use for Bacheler's lute music	Long
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
Brunetti, Gaetano	J	Use for Brunetti's overtures, symphonies, and symphonies concertantes	Jenkins
Bull, John	MB		Musica Britannica, v. 9, 14, 19
Buxtehude, Dietrich	BuxWV		Karstadt
Byrd, William	MB		Musica Britannica, v. 27-28
C
Cabezón, Antonio de	J.		Jacobs
Cambini, Giuseppe Maria	T.	Use for Cambini's quartets	Trimpert
Cannabich, Christian	W.	Use for Cannabich's symphonies which have neither opus numbers nor sequential numbers assigned by the composer	Wolf
Chambonnières, Jacques Champion de	B.		Brunold
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
Colista, Lelio	W-K.		Wessely-Kropik
Coperario, John	RC		Charteris
Couperin, Louis	B.		Brunold
Croubelis, Simoni dall	no.	Use for Croubelis' symphonies	The Symphony in Denmark
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
*Dvorák, Antonín	B.	Use for Dvorák's works that do not have an opus number	Burghauser
E
Eckhardt-Gramatté, S. C.	E.		Eckhardt
Erbach, Christian	R.	Use for Erbach's keyboard works	Rayner
Eybler, Joseph, Edler von	H.		Hermann
F
Fasch, Johann Friedrich	FWV		Pfeiffer
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
G
Gabrieli, Giovanni	C.	Thematic index numbers from Kenton (K.) discontinued	Charteris
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
Graun, Johann Gottlieb	GraunWV	replaces Mennick for all of J.G. Graun's works	Graun-Werkverzeichnis
Graun, Karl Heinrich	GraunWV		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
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	P. numbers (from Perger) are no longer used	Sherman
Heinichen, Johann David	S.		Seibel
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
I
Ivanschiz, Amandus	P.	Use for Ivanschiz's symphonies	Pokorn
Ives, Charles	K.		Kirkpatrick
J
Johnson, Robert	S.	Use for Johnson's lute music	Sunderman
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
L
Lalande, Michel Richard de	S.		Sawkins, in New Grove, 2nd ed.
Laube, Antonín	R.	Use for Laube's symphonies	Rutov
Leberl, Rudolf	LWV		Englberger
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
*Martinu, Bohuslav	H.	Use only to resolve conflicts	Halbreich
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
Mozart, Leopold	S.	"to be used only when practicable"	Seiffert
	E.	Use for L. Mozart's symphonies	Eisen
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus	K.		Köchel, 6th ed.
*Myslivecek, Josef, 1737-1781	E.	Use for Myslivecek's instrumental works	Evans
N
Novotny, Ferenc	S.	Use for Novotny's symphonies	Somorjay
O
Okeover, John	VdGS no.	Use for Okeover's consort works	Dodd/Viola da Gamba Society
Oxinaga, Joaquín de	L.		Oxinaga's Obras musicales
P
Pachelbel, Johann	P.		Perreault
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
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
R
Richter, Franz Xaver	R. A	Use for Richter's sacred works	Reutter
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
Rust, Friedrich Wilhelm	C.		Czach
Ryba, Jakub Jan	N.		Nemecek
S
Sammartini, Giovanni Battista	J.		Jenkins
Scarlatti, Domenico	K.		Kirkpatrick
Scheidemann, Heinrich	B.	Use for Scheidemann's organ works	Breig
Scheidt, Samuel	SSWV		Koch
Schneider, Franz	F.		Freeman
Schubert, Franz	D.		Deutsch
Schutz, Heinrich	SWV		Bittinger
Seixas, Carlos	K.	Use for Seixas's keyboard sonatas	Sampayo-Ribeir
Soler, Antonio	M.	Use for Soler's keyboard music	Marvin
*Sorkocevic, Luka	S.	Use for Sorkocevic's symphonies	Sulek*
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
*Stepan, Josef Antonin	*S	Use for Stepan's keyboard music	Setkove
	P.	Use for Stepan's works except keyboard music	Picton
Stradella, Alessandro	G.		Gianturco
Strauss, Richard	TrV	Use for Strauss's works withouth opus numbers	Trenner
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon	L.	Use for Sweelinck's keyboard music	Leonhardt
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
Telemann, Georg Philipp	TWV	Use for Telemanns 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 supercedes Giegling	Passadore
Tye, Christopher	W.		Weidner
V
Vanhal, Johann Baptist	B.	Use for Vanhal's symphonies	Bryan
	W.	Use for Vanhal's works except symphonies	Weinmann
Viotti, Giovanni Battista	W.	Use for Viotti's instrumental music	White
Vivaldi, Antonio	RV		Ryom
Vogler, Georg Joseph	S.	Use for Vogler's works without opus numbers	Schafhaut
W
Wagenseil, Georg Christoph	WV		Scholz-Michelitsch
Wagner, Richard	WWV	Use for Wagner's works without opus numbers	Deathridge
Ward, John	MB	Use for Ward's instrumental music	Musica Britannica, v. 25
Weber, Carl Maria von	J.	Use for Weber's works without opus numbers	Jähns
Weiss, Silvius Leopold	K.		Klima
Wesley, Samuel	KO		Kassler and Olleson
Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich	no.	Use for Weyse's symphonies	The symphony in Denmark
XYZ
Zelenka, Johann Dismas	ZWV		Reich
Zimmermann, Anton	AZ	Do not use for Zimmermann's sonatas, duos, and quartets with opus numbers	Múdra