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 [log in to unmask]