Klarinet Archive - Posting 001098.txt from 2000/06

From: "Michael Bryant" <michael@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hans Rudolf Stalder
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:05:14 -0400

Opus, operis: Latin noun for work, works,
workmanship, building, book, siegeworks, business

First used with reference to musical composition
in 1477 by Tinctoris and in the "modern" sense to
number works by Viadana in Venice in 1597
Opus numbers cannot be relied on as evidence of
chronological order......

[Opera, operae Latin for exersion, work service,
care, attention, a workman
Italian: Opera, opere: work, action, deed]

MB

mus_ldj@-----.edu, 27 June 2000 05:35 Hans Rudolf Stalder asked

>Can someone completely explain the etymology and historical term "opus?" I
>don't think there has been a more misunderstood term in our profession.
>

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