Ron Chaplin ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Margaret Mikulska contributed:
>
>>Bach's works are nowadays preceded by "BWV"
>
>What does BWV stand for?

Bachs Werke Verzeichnis (Catalogue of Bach's Works).

>Also, I've seen some of Bach's works cataloged
>using an S.  Why are two systems used?

And I pointed out realier, the original BWV atalogue was put togther by
Mr. Schmeider (or Schmieder). BWV=S.

Deryk Barker
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 [And, once again, there's a detailed listing of many of these catalogs,
 their authors, and the expansion of the associated acronyms at Classical
 Net in the Composer Data section.  -Dave]