John Dalmas wrote:

>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).

Sorry, this is completely wrong and misleading.  The German "bis" has
noting to do with the Latin "bis" (twice), and op. 24 bis does NOT imply
any future change of numbering.

Furthermore, the German "bis" may refer to space, not only to time, and
when applied to time, it doesn't have to mean "to date" (if you mean "up
to now") - it may refer to a moment in the future ("bis morgen!" - "see
you tomorrow!").

Folks, do you really have to make wild guesses which turn out to be dead
wrong and make no sense at all???

-Margaret Mikulska