Klarinet Archive - Posting 001145.txt from 2000/06

From: mus_ldj@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] Hans Rudolf Stalder
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 03:09:45 -0400

Thank you very much!

Michael Bryant wrote:

> 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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