Steve Schwartz wrote:

>Richard Pennycuick asks:
>
>>No, not the label, but the word, as in Op 14 bis.  I haven't been able
>>to track down any reference to this, but by finding a few examples of its
>>use, ...
>
>Normally, it means to repeat notes or measures or even entire pieces.
>The Harvard Dictionary of Music gives this definition, but not what "op.
>24 bis" means.


Well, in German, "bis" means "to date." In other words.this is the opus
number assigned to date (implying a change in the numbering may occur at a
later date).

John Dalmas
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