Catalogues of classical compositions

Short description: Indexing methodologies for classical music

Title page of the first edition (1862) of the Köchel catalog, covering Mozart's compositions. The German may be read as "Chronological-thematic catalog of the complete musical works of Wolfgang Amade Mozart".

This article gives an overview of various catalogues of classical compositions that have come into general use.

## Contents

* 1 Opus numbers
* 2 Musical catalogues
* 3 Thematic catalogue
* 4 Multiple catalogues
* 5 Ordinary usage
* 6 List of catalogues
* 7 References
* 8 Further reading
* 9 External links

## Opus numbers

It is certainly possible to identify many musical compositions clearly without the use of a catalog or catalog number. Notably, for centuries the system of opus numbering, where consecutive numbers are assigned to works by the composer or by publishers, has provide a means -- only sometimes effective -- of providing clear identification. The most salient problem with opus numbering is gaps in coverage. Particularly in the days before music publishing had become widespread, it was common for works to be created without being assigned an opus number; and throughout the history of classical music, very few composers gave opus numbers to all of their published works. Here are some of the specific problems.

* Some composers used opus numbers for certain genres of music but not for others (for example, in Handel's time, it was normal to apply opus numbers to instrumental compositions but not to vocal compositions such as operas, oratorios, etc.).
* Some composers gave opus numbers to some of their early compositions but abandoned the practice after some time (examples include Liszt and Hindemith). For Beethoven, it is the opposite: he gave no opus numbers to his earliest work, and only in 1795, at age 24, did he publish his Opus 1, a set of three piano trios.
* Some composers chose to restart the opus numbering sequence. For example, Bartók three times started numbering his works with opus numbers. He stopped the system in 1921 because of the difficulty of distinguishing between original works and ethnographic arrangements, and between major and minor works.
* Some composers used opus numbers in a very erratic manner or were subject to the wishes of their publishers, who for commercial reasons often presented works with opus numbers that bore little relationship to their place in the chronological sequence of the composer's works. In cases such as Schubert and Dvořák, one opus number could refer to a number of different works; or a single work could appear under different opus numbers.
* There are cases where works that a composer chose not to publish were published after their death and assigned very late opus numbers that often give a misleading idea of their order of composition (cases include Mendelssohn, Chopin and Tchaikovsky).
* Other composers simply never used opus numbers at all (examples include Copland, Vaughan Williams and many other 20th-century composers).

In sum, opus numbers are widely used to identify musical compositions, but for the reasons given, they seldom can serve as a comprehensive or reliable way of designating a composer's works. It is for this reason that musicologists have prepared catalogs for the works of many composers.

## Musical catalogues

Musical catalogs normally aim to be comprehensive, including all of the works of the composer and incorporating the most up-to-date information about them. Catalogues sometimes go beyond the canonical works to include unpublished sketches, incomplete drafts, and the composer's writings and other non-musical output. In order to avoid confusion and misattribution, catalogs sometime list certain works as only doubtfully attributable to the composer, or include works known to have been spuriously attributed.

Some such catalogues are organised in a single chronological sequence; others are divided into different genres and listed chronologically within each genre; others are alphabetically arranged. A symbol is chosen to represent the catalogue as a whole, and this is usually the initial of the author's or the composer's surname, or an abbreviation of the title of the catalogue itself. In a small number of cases, different symbols apply to different parts of the catalogue.

Among the most famous examples of catalog numbering are:

* the BWV numbers allocated to Johann Sebastian Bach's works in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Bach Works List) developed by Wolfgang Schmieder. They are also sometimes referred to by their S numbers (after Schmieder)
* the K numbers allocated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's works in the Köchel catalogue, created by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel. In Germany and other parts of Europe, the symbol used is KV, for Köchel-Verzeichnis (Köchel List)
* the Template:D. numbers allocated to Franz Schubert's works in the Deutsch catalogue, developed by Otto Erich Deutsch

In some cases, both the opus number and the newer catalogue designation are appended to a work. For example, Schubert's first set of Impromptus was published as Op. 90 and is now catalogued as Template:D., but concert programmes, CDs and reference works commonly refer to Schubert's "Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899".

Some catalogues have appendices (German: Anhang, abbreviated as Anh.) for doubtful and/or spurious works, arrangements, etc.

The preparation of a musical catalog is often an enormous task that can take up decades of a scholar's lifetime; for instance, Anthony van Hoboken's catalog of the works of Joseph Haydn runs well over 1000 pages and took from 1934 to 1978 to prepare. Catalogs can also be revised by later scholars, notably the nine editions of the standard Mozart catalog, created by a series of editors stretching from the founding editor Köchel to (most recently) Neal Zaslaw.

## Thematic catalogue

A thematic catalogue is an index used to identify musical compositions through the citation of the opening notes (incipit) and/or main theme(s) of the work and/or of its movements or main sections.[1] Such catalogues can be used for many purposes, including as guides to a specific composer's works, as an inventory of a library's holding or as an advertisement of a publisher's output. In addition to the musical identification, a thematic catalogue may contain information such as dates of composition and first performance. Works within a thematic catalogue can be grouped chronologically or by genre.

Thematic catalogues produced as scholarly guides to the works of a particular composer provide a shorthand means of identification for their music. The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV) numbering system used for the works of Johann Sebastian Bach is one example.

## Multiple catalogues

In a number of cases, more than one catalogue exists, or has existed, for the same composer's works. In most such cases, only one will be considered the current standard catalogue for the purposes of musicological indexing. For example, Liszt's works are now known only by S numbers, from the catalogue by Humphrey Searle, which superseded that created by Peter Raabe, which used R numbers. Older catalogues are included for historiographic purposes.

But there are exceptions to this, such as:

* For Domenico Scarlatti, the Longo catalogue (L numbers) was in use from 1906, and although it has become generally superseded by the 1953 Kirkpatrick catalogue (K or Kk numbers), L numbers are still seen in references. In 1967, Pestelli created a third catalogue (P numbers), which has found acceptance in some places. Because all three symbols are often encountered, there is a concordance to help navigate between them.
* Beethoven's works can appear with an opus number, a WoO number, a Hess number or a Bia number (see Catalogues of Beethoven compositions). Until 1955, the opus numbers that appeared in the Beethoven Gesamtausgabe were used exclusively, but this edition omitted a large number of works. In 1955, Georg Kinsky and Hans Helm produced a listing of works that had not been given opus numbers, and gave them WoO numbers (Werke ohne Opuszahl, or "Works without opus number"). This listing is often referred to as the Kinsky Catalogue. In 1957, Willy Hess produced a new catalogue of Beethoven's unpublished works, which included all or most of the Kinsky Catalogue as well as other pieces; Hess numbers were allocated to this sequence of works. In 1968, Giovanni Biamonti produced the Biamonti Catalogue, which sought to combine and update all pre-existing catalogues. Bia numbers relate to this catalogue.
* Note: The WoO symbol has also been used to classify some other composers' works that were not given opus numbers, such as certain works by Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms.
* In Chopin's case, at least four latter-day catalogues vie for prominence: Maurice J. E. Brown (B numbers); Krystyna Kobylańska (KK numbers); Józef Michał Chomiński, whose catalogue is segmented into six parts, each part utilising a different letter (A, C, D, E, P and S); and Chopin National Edition WN numbers. Hence, a work of Chopin can be referred to by its opus number and/or a catalogue number preceded by one of nine letter symbols.
* The cataloguing of Bartók's works is similarly complex. Bartók assigned opus numbers to his works three times. He ended this practice with the Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 21 in 1921, because of the difficulty of distinguishing between original works and ethnographic arrangements, and between major and minor works. Since his death, three attempts—two full and one partial—have been made at cataloguing. The first, and still most widely used, is András Szőllősy's chronological Sz numbers, from 1 to 121. Denijs Dille subsequently reorganised the juvenilia (Sz. 1–25) thematically, as DD numbers 1 to 77. The most recent catalogue is that of László Somfai; this is a chronological index with works identified by BB numbers 1 to 129, incorporating corrections based on the Béla Bartók Thematic Catalogue.

## Ordinary usage

While catalogs exist today for the works of all well-known composers, the practice of scholars and program annotators in identifying works remains mixed -- it is hardly the case that catalog numbers inevitably replace the nomenclatural procedures that prevailed earlier.

First, by custom, many particular works are identified by the formula composer's nth genre, where n is the order in which the composer is thought to have composed the works. Thus, the usage ""Mozart's 40th symphony" is more likely to be found than "Mozart's symphony K. 550", particularly in writing addressed to the general public.

Second, the opus numbers in many cases still hold sway. This is true, for instance, for Beethoven's piano sonatas. In the case of Joseph Haydn's string quartets, the opus numbers continue to be used, to some advantage: Haydn mostly wrote his quartets in sets of six, which were published under a single opus number (e.g., Opus 33, no. 1, no. 2 ... no. 6), Each set of six can be considered to some degree as a single musical work and treated as such by critics.[2] The numbering of the Hoboken catalog is by individual quartet and fails to capture this grouping.

Operas and oratorios appear in musical catalogues, but are almost always referred to by title; thus Mozart's final opera would hardly be called "opera, K. 620," but rather is referred to with its title The Magic Flute (German Die Zauberflöte).

Where catalog numbers are used to great advantage is where composers have written hundreds of works in the same genre. Thus catalog numbers are virtually always employed in identifying the cantatas of Bach or the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti.

Mixed notations are common. For instance, the Los Angeles Philharmonic offers program notes on the work by Mozart they describe as "Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467".[3]

## List of catalogues

The following incomplete list gives details of many of the catalogues and symbols that have been used, and in many cases are still in use. It is in author or composer order, but can be sorted in symbol order.

Composer or publisher  | Author(s), publication details  | Symbol  | Notes

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Carl Friedrich Abel | Knape, Walter (1972). Bibliographisch-thematisches Verzeichnis der Kompositionen von Karl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787). Cuxhaven: [self-published]. OCLC 174473299. | K  |
Anton Cajetan Adlgasser | De Catanzaro, Christine; Rainer, Werner (2000). Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729–1777): a thematic catalogue of his works. Thematic Catalogues. 22. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-0-945193-78-4. |  |
Tomaso Albinoni  | Rossi, Franco (2002–2003). Catalogo tematico delle composizioni di Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1750). P. 1, Le 12 opere strumentali a stampa. P. 2, Le opere strumentali manoscritte; Le opere vocali; I libretti. Padova: Edizioni de "I solisti veneti". |  | 2 volumes
Talbot, Michael (1990). Tomaso Albinoni: The Venetian Composer and His World. Oxford: Clarendon Press. | T  |
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger | Schröder, Dorothea (1987). Die geistlichen Vokalkompositionen Johann Georg Albrechtsbergers. Hamburger Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft. 34. Hamburg: Verlag der Musikalienhandlung K.D. Wagner. (vol. 1), (vol. 2). ISBN 3-88979-025-9. | S  |
Weinmann, Alexander (1987). Johann Georg Albrechtsberger : thematischer Katalog seiner weltlichen Kompositionen. Beiträge zur Geschichte des Alt-Wiener Musikverlages, Reihe 1. Folge 5. Wien: Musikverlag L. Krenn. | Som  | "mit Benutzung von Laszlo Somfais Autographenkatalog"
Isaac Albéniz | Baytelman, Pola (1993). Isaac Albéniz: Chronological List and Thematic Catalog of His Piano Works. Warren, Michigan: Harmonie Park Press. ISBN 978-0-89990-067-4. | B  |
Hugo Alfvén | Rudén, Jan Olof (1972). Hugo Alféns kompositioner = Hugo Alfven musical works; thematic index. Publikationer utgivna av Kungl. Musikaliska akademien. 11. Stockholm: Nordiska Musikförlaget. | R  |
Daniel Auber | Schneider, Herbert (1994). Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Daniel François Esprit Auber (AWV). Hildesheim, New York: Georg Olms Verlag. ISBN 978-3-487-09867-8. | AWV  |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Helm, E. Eugene (1989). Thematic catalogue of the works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-02654-4. https://archive.org/details/thematiccatalogu00helm. | H  |
Wq  | Wotquenne's 1906 catalogue has generally been superseded by Eugene Helm's Thematic Catalogue of the Works of C.P.E. Bach (1989), and H numbers are more usual
Ensslin, Wolfram; Wolf, Uwe (2014). Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach : thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke. T. 2, Vokalwerke (BR-CPEB). Bach-Repertorium : Werkverzeichnisse zur Musikerfamilie Bach. 3. Stuttgart: Carus. ISBN 978-3-89948-209-6. | CPEB  | Contains vocal works. Vol. 1, containing instrumental works, not yet published
Johann Christian Bach | Terry; W  | 2nd edition with a new foreword by H. C. Robbins Landon[4]
Warburton, Ernest (1999). The collected works of Johann Christian Bach. Vol. 48. P. 1, Thematic catalogue. New York: Garland. ISBN 0-8240-6097-0. | JCB  | Supersedes Terry's catalogue
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach | Wohlfarth, Hannsdieter (1971). Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Ein Komponist im Vorfeld der Klassik. Neue Heidelberger Studien zur Musikwissenschaft. 4. Bern: Francke. | HW  |
Leisinger, Ulrich (2013). Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach : thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (BR-JCFB). Bach-Repertorium : Werkverzeichnisse zur Musikerfamilie Bach. 4. Stuttgart: Carus. ISBN 978-3-89948-183-9. | JFCB  | "L" also used instead of "JFCB"
Johann Ernst Bach II | Rettinghaus, Klaus (2018). Johann Ernst Bach : thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke. (BR-JEB). Bach-Repertorium : Werkverzeichnisse zur Musikerfamilie Bach. 6. Stuttgart: Carus. ISBN 978-3-89948-284-3. | JEB  |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Schmieder, Wolfgang (1950). Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach : Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV). Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. | BWV  | The designation BWV, an abbreviation of Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, which Schmieder created, is more usual for Bach's works, but S numbers are found in some older references; subsequent 2nd and 3rd editions are mostly reprints
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | Falck, Martin (1913). Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: sein leben und seine werke, mit thematischem verzeichnis seiner kompositionen und zwei bildern. Leipzig: C. F. Kahnt nachfolger. | F (or) Fk  | Falck catalogue
Wollny, Peter (2012). Wilhelm Friedemann Bach : thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (BR-WFB). Bach-Repertorium : Werkverzeichnisse zur Musikerfamilie Bach. 2. Stuttgart: Carus. ISBN 978-3-89948-155-6. | WFB  | Supersedes Falck's catalogue
Bálint Bakfark | Homolya, István (1982). Bakfark. Budapest: Zeneműkiadó. ISBN 963-330-420-2. | VB  | Bakfark's given name is sometimes seen as Valentin
Samuel Barber | Heyman, Barbara B. (2012). Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1997-4464-0. | H  |
Béla Bartók | Somfai, László (1996). Béla Bartók: composition, concepts, and autograph sources. Ernest Bloch lectures. 9. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-08485-3. | BB  |
Dille, Denijs (1974). Thematisches Verzeichnis der Jugendwerke Béla Bartóks: 1890–1904. Kassel: Bärenreiter. ISBN 978-3-7618-0437-7. | DD  |
Szőllősy, András (1948). Bartók Béla válogatott zenei írásai. Zenetörténet kézikönyvei. 3. Budapest: Mágyar Kórus. | Sz  | Bartók's works have been designated by numbering systems developed by three different catalogers. Szőllősy's chronological index is the most frequently used. It includes Bartók's musicological writings as well as his compositions.
Arnold Bax | Parlett, Graham (1999). A catalogue of the works of Sir Arnold Bax. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-816586-2. | GP  |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Hess, Willy (1957). Verzeichnis der nicht in der Gesamtausgabe veröffentlichten Werke Ludwig van Beethovens. Zusammengestellt für die Ergänzung der Beethoven-Gesamtausgabe. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. | Hess  |
Kinsky, George; Halm, Hans (1955). Das Werk Beethovens; thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner sämtlichen vollendeten Kompositionen. München: G. Henle Verlag. | WoO  |
Biamonti, Giovanni (1968). Catalogo cronologico e tematico delle opere di Beethoven, comprese quelle inedite e gli abbozzi non utilizzati. Torino: ILTE. | Bia  | The Biamonti Catalogue (1968) sought to incorporate all works listed in other places, including the Beethoven Gesamtausgabe, the Kinsky-Helm catalogue (WoO numbers) and the Hess catalogue
Dorfmüller, Kurt (2014). Ludwig van Beethoven : thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. München: G. Henle. ISBN 978-3-87328-153-0. |  | 2 volumes. Supersedes the Kinsky-Halm catalogue
Столяр, Владимир (Stoliar, Vladimir) (2016) «Людвиг ван Бетховен. Каталог сочинений» (“Ludwig van Beethoven. The Catalogue of his compositions” ) with preface in Russian and English. Москва. Современная музыка (Moscow. “Sovremennaya musyka” ).  | Opp. 1–138, WoO 1–399  | The Stoliar Catalogue includes 1068 Beethoven's compositions; it is about 150 compositions more than in the Munchen Catalogue
Franz Benda | Lee, Douglas A. (1984). Franz Benda (1709–1786), a thematic catalogue of his works. Thematic catalogues. 10. New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 0-918728-42-8. | L  |
Hector Berlioz | Holoman, D. Kern (1987). Catalogue of the works of Hector Berlioz. Kassel; New York: Bärenreiter. ISBN 3-7618-0449-0. | H  |
Heinrich Biber | Chafe, Eric Thomas (1987). The church music of Heinrich Biber. Studies in musicology. 95. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Research Press. ISBN 0-8357-1770-4. | C or Ch  | Lists all kinds of musical works by Biber, notwithstanding the book's title. Non-thematic catalogue.
William Billings | Kroeger, Karl (1991). Catalog of the musical works of William Billings. Music reference collection. 32. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-27827-X. |  | Non-thematic catalogue
Georges Bizet | Dean, Winton (1975). Bizet. The Master musicians series. London: Dent. ISBN 0-460-03163-5. https://archive.org/details/bizet0000dean. | WD  |
Arthur Bliss | Craggs, Stewart R. (1996). Arthur Bliss: A Source Book. Aldershot, England: Scolar Press. ISBN 978-0-85967-940-4. | B  |
Foreman, Lewis (1980). Arthur Bliss, catalogue of the complete works. Sevenoaks: Novello. ISBN 978-0-85360-069-5. https://archive.org/details/arthurblisscatal00fore. | F  |
Luigi Boccherini | Gérard, Yves (1969). Thematic, bibliographical, and critical catalogue of the works of Luigi Boccherini. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-711616-7. | G  |
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier | Perreau, Stéphan (2001). Joseph Bodin de Boismortier : 1689–1755 : un musicien lorrain-catalan à la cour des Lumières. Musique et patrimoine en Languedoc-Roussillon. Montpellier: Presses du Languedoc. ISBN 2-85998-237-X. | PB  | Non-thematic catalogue
Johannes Brahms | McCorkle, Margit L. (1984). Johannes Brahms : thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. München: G. Henle. ISBN 3-87328-041-8. | WoO  |
Frank Bridge | Hindmarsh, Paul (1983). Frank Bridge : a thematic catalogue, 1900–1941. London: Faber Music in association with Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-10032-5. | H  |
Benjamin Britten | "Britten Thematic Catalogue, Beta Version". http://www.brittenproject.org/. |  |
Sebastien de Brossard | Duron, Jean (1995). L'œuvre de Sébastien de Brossard : (1655–1730) : catalogue thématique. Domaine musicologique. II, Publications du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles. a 1 1. Versailles; Paris: Éditions du Centre de musique baroque à Versailles; Klincksieck. ISBN 2-252-03039-9. | SdB  |
Anton Bruckner | Auer, Max (1947). Anton Bruckner; sein Leben und Werk. Zürich: Amalthea-Verlag. |  |
Grasberger, Renate (1977). Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckner : (WAB). Institut für Österreichische Musikdokumentation. Publikation. 7. Tutzing: Hans Schneider. ISBN 3-7952-0232-9. | WAB  | The Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckner did not include any unfinished compositions (an exception was made for the Ninth Symphony) or lost works. Lost works, sketches, etc. were added afterwards (WAB 132 to WAB 149). Some other, still unclassified works were identified as WAB deest. The WAB deest works were later reclassified in the framework of the research project Digitales Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckner (dWAB, 2017–2019) of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.[5]
Gaetano Brunetti | Labrador López de Azcona, Germán (2005). Gaetano Brunetti (1744–1798) : catálogo crítico, temático y cronológico. Colección de monografias. 8. Madrid: Aedom. ISBN 84-922195-8-0. | BruWV  |
Ferruccio Busoni | Kindermann, Jürgen (1980). Thematisch-chronologisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Ferruccio B. Busoni. Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts. 19. Regensburg: G. Bosse. ISBN 3-7649-2033-5. | BV  | BV (short for Busoni-Verzeichnis) is used for original works; BV B (short for Busoni-Verzeichnis Bearbeitung) is used for transcriptions, cadenzas, etc. Busoni's works are also seen with KiV numbers.
Dieterich Buxtehude | Karstädt, Georg (1985). Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Dietrich Buxtehude: Buxtehude-Werke-Verzeichnis (BuxWV). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 3-7651-0065-X. | BuxWV  |
Antonio de Cabezón | Jacobs, Charles (1967–1986). Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Antonio de Cabezón = The collected works of Antonio de Cabezón: Institute of Mediæval Music. Brooklyn, N.Y.. | J  |
Ferdinando Carulli | Torta, Mario (1993–1994). Catalogo tematico delle opere di Ferdinando Carulli. Musicalia (Lucca). 3. Lucca: Libreria musicale italiana. ISBN 88-7096-036-6. |  | 2 volumes.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier | Hitchcock, H. Wiley (1982). Les œuvres de Marc-Antoine Charpentier: catalogue raisonné = The works of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Paris: Picard. ISBN 2-7084-0084-3. | H  |
Frédéric Chopin | Chomiński, Józef M.; Turło, Teresa Dalila (1990). Katalog dzieł Fryderyka Chopina = A catalogue of the works of Frederick Chopin. Documenta Chopiniana. Kraków: Polskie Wydawn. Muzyczne. ISBN 83-224-0407-7. | A  | Chomiński's catalogue of Chopin's works (Katalog dzieł Fryderyka Chopina, 1990) is in alphabetical order, and uses the letters A, C, D, E, P and S.[6][7]
Brown, Maurice J. E. (1960). Chopin: an Index of His Works in Chronological Order. London, New York: St. Martin's Press. OCLC 682225716. | B  | [6][8]
Kobylańska, Krystyna (1979). Frédéric Chopin: thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis = Rekopisy utworów Chopina katalog. München: G. Henle. ISBN 3-87328-029-9. | KK  |
WN  | Chopin National Edition
Jeremiah Clarke | Taylor, Thomas F. (1977). Thematic catalog of the works of Jeremiah Clarke. Detroit studies in music bibliography. 35. Detroit: Information Coordinators. ISBN 0-911772-84-7. | T  |
Muzio Clementi | T  |
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault | C  |
Arcangelo Corelli | Marx, Hans Joachim (1980). Die Überlieferung der Werke Arcangelo Corellis : catalogue raisonné. Historisch-kritische Gesamtausgabe der musikalischen Werke. Suppl.-Bd. 6. Köln: Volk. ISBN 3-87252-121-7. |  |
Peter Cornelius | Wagner, Günther (1986). Peter Cornelius, Verzeichnis seiner musikalischen und literarischen Werke. Mainzer Studien zur Musikwissenschaft. 13. Tutzing: Hans Schneider. ISBN 3-7952-0455-0. | W  |
François Couperin | Cauchie, Maurice (1949). Thematic Index of the Works of François Couperin. Monaco: Lyrebird Press. OCLC 860553. | B  |
Johann Baptist Cramer | Milligan, Thomas B. (1994). Johann Baptist Cramer (1771–1858): a thematic catalogue of his works. Thematic Catalogues. 19. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-0-945193-41-8. |  | "based on the foundation laid by Jerald C. Graue"
Franz Danzi | Pechstaedt, Volkmar von (1996). Thematisches Verzeichnis der Kompositionen von Franz Danzi (1763–1826) : mit einem Anhang der literarischen Arbeiten Danzis. Tutzing: Hans Schneider. ISBN 3-7952-0840-8. | P  |
Claude Debussy | L  |
Michel Richard Delalande | S  |
Sawkins, Lionel; Nightingale, John (2005). A thematic catalogue of the works of Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657–1726). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816360-2. | S  |
Frederick Delius  | Joanna Bullivant, Daniel Grimley. Catalogue of the Works of Frederick Delius | DCW  |
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf | Grave, Margaret (1985). Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Six Symphonies. The Symphony 1720–1840 B. 1. New York: Garland. ISBN 0-8240-3859-2. | G  |
Krebs, Carl (1900). Dittersdorfiana. Berlin: Gebrüder Paetel. pp. 55–144. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dAsQAAAAYAAJ. | K  | Also seen as Kr. Non-thematic catalogue.
Lane, Jay D. (1997). The concertos of Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (Ph. D. thesis). New Haven: Yale University. | L  |
Yeon, Sang-Chun (1999). Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf : die Kammermusik für Streichinstrumente; quellenkundliche und stilistische Untersuchungen mit einem thematischen Verzeichnis. Studien und Materialien zur Musikwissenschaft. 19. Hildesheim: Georg Olms. ISBN 3-487-11030-X. | Y  |
Ernő Dohnányi | Kiszely-Papp, Deborah (2008). Erno dohnanyi: a thematic catalogue. Thematic Cataloges. 29. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-1-57647-131-9. |  |
Gaetano Donizetti | Inzaghi, Luigi (1988). Catalogo generale Donizetti. London: The Donizetti Society. | In  |
John Dowland  | Grapes, K. Dawn (2020). John Dowland: A Research and Information Guide. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780367784935.  | D  | First section of lute works follows Poultons P numbers (as D equivalent), but catalog also includes songs, psalms, consort music, and other instrumental music.
Poulton, Diana; Lam, Basil (1981). The collected lute music of John Dowland (3rd ed.). London: Faber Music. ISBN 978-0-571-10039-2. | P  |
František Xaver Dušek | Altner, Vladimir (November 1984). "Thematic Index: Dušek". The Symphony, 1720–1840. B. 12. New York: Garland. pp. xxxvii–xli. ISBN 978-0-8240-3848-9. |  |
Sýkora, Václav Jan (1958). František Xaver Dušek : život a dílo. Prague: Krásné Literatury. |  |
Jan Ladislav Dussek | Craw, H. Allen (1964). A biography and thematic catalog of the works of J. L. Dussek, 1760–1812. Los Angeles: University of Southern California. | C  |
Antonín Dvořák | Herbert, Peter J. F. (1988). Antonín Dvořák, Complete Catalogue of Works. [Great Britain]: Dvořák Society for Czech Music. OCLC 315534955. | H  |
Burghauser, Jarmil; Clapham, John (1996). Antonín Dvořák: thematický katalog [thematic catalogue]. Prague: Bärenreiter Edition Suprahon. ISBN 978-80-7058-410-1. | B  |
Šourek, Otakar (1917). Dvořákś Werke ... ein vollständiges Verzeichnis in chronologischer thematischer und systematischer Anordnung. Berlin: N. Simrock. OCLC 7629267. | S  |
Trufitt, Ian T. (1974). Antonín Dvořák, Complete Catalogue of Works. Great Britain: Dvořák Society of Great Britain. OCLC 11677657. | T  |
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann | Benton, Rita (1964). "The Instrumental Music of Jean-Frédéric Edelmann: a Thematic Catalogue and List of Early Editions". Fontes Artis Musicae xi: 79–88. |  |
Joseph Eybler | Herrmann, Hildegard (1976). Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Joseph Eybler. Musikwissenschaftliche Schriften. 10. München. ISBN 3-87397-109-7. |  |
Manuel de Falla | Gallego, Antonio (1987). Catálogo de obras de Manuel de Falla. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura. Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Archivos. | G  |
Giles Farnaby | Marloww, Richard (1974). Giles & Richard Farnaby, keyboard music. Musica Britannica. 24 (2nd revised ed.). London: Stainer and Bell. | M  |
Johann Friedrich Fasch | Pfeiffer, Rüdiger (1988). Verzeichnis der Werke von Johann Friedrich Fasch (FWV). Dokumente und Materialien zur Musikgeschichte des Bezirkes Magdeburg. 1 (kleine Ausgabe ed.). Magdeburg: Rat des Bezirkes. | FWV  | Non-thematic catalogue
Gabriel Fauré | Nectoux, Jean-Michel (2018). Gabriel Fauré - Catalogue of works. Bärenreiter. ISBN 9783761822296. |  |
Alfonso Ferrabosco | Charteris, Richard (1984). Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543–1588), a thematic catalogue of his music. Thematic catalogues. 1. New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-0-918728-44-9. | RC  |
Friedrich Ernst Fesca | Frei-Hauenschild, Markus (1998). Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789–1826): Studien zu Biographie und Streichquartettschaffen. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 3-525-27902-7. | FreF  |
Joseph Fiala | Reinländer, Claus (1993). Joseph Fiala : thematisch-systematisches Werkverzeichnis. Puchheim: Engel. |  |
Zdeněk Fibich | Hudec, Vladimír (2001). Zdeněk Fibich: tematický katalog = thematisches Verzeichnis = thematic catalogue. Praha: Editio Bärenreiter. ISBN 978-80-86385-10-5. | H  |
John Field | Hopkinson, Cecil (1961). A bibliographical thematic catalogue of the works of John Field, 1782–1837. London: The author. | H  |
César Franck | Mohr, Wilhelm (1969). Caesar Franck. Tutzing: Hans Schneider. | FWV  | The Franck-Werke-Verzeichnis was compiled by Wilhelm Mohr, and Franck's works are sometimes referred to by their M numbers
Ignaz Fränzl  | Würtz, Roland (1970). Ignaz Fränzl : ein Beitrag zur Musikgeschichte der Stadt Mannheim. Beiträge zur mittelrheinischen Musikgeschichte. 12. Mainz: Schott. |  |
Frederick the Great | Philipp Spitta | S  |
Johann Balthasar Christian Freißlich | Neschke, Karla (2000). Johann Balthasar Christian Freislich : (1687–1764) : Leben, Schaffen und Werküberlieferung : mit einem thematisch-systematischen Verzeichnis seiner Werke. Schriftenreihe zur mitteldeutschen Musikgeschichte. Ser. 2; 3. Oschersleben: Ziethen. ISBN 3-932090-81-0. | FreisWV  |
Johann Joseph Fux | Köchel, Ludwig von (1872). Johann Josef Fux. Vienna: Hölder. | K  | Supplements to Köchel's catalogue use the letters E, L and N.
Hochradner, Thomas (2016). Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Johann Joseph Fux ... Band I. Vienna: Hollitzer. ISBN 978-3-99012-159-7. | FuxWV  | Only vol. I published so far
Giovanni Gabrieli | Charteris, Richard (1996). Giovanni Gabrieli (ca. 1555–1612): a thematic catalogue of his music with a guide to the source materials and translations of his vocal texts. Thematic catalogues. 20. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 0-945193-66-1. | C  |
Baldassare Galuppi | Rossi, Franco (2006). Catalogo tematico delle composizioni di Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785) : Parte I: Le opere strumentali. Padova: Edizioni de "I solisti veneti". ISBN 88-901412-5-5. |  | Part 2 and 3, containing vocal works, not yet published
José Maurício Nunes Garcia | De Mattos, Cleofe Person (1970). Catálogo Temático das obras do padre José Maurício Nunes Garcia. Rio de Janeiro: Conselho Federal de Cultura. http://objdigital.bn.br/objdigital2/acervo_digital/div_musica/mas798643/mas798643.pdf. | CPM  | Updated index at Monteiro Neto, Antonio Campos (2011). "José Maurício Nunes Garcia". http://www.josemauricio.com.br/index.htm.
Florian Leopold Gassmann | Hill, George R. (1976). A thematic catalog of the instrumental music of Florian Leopold Gassmann. Music indexes and bibliographies. 12. Hackensack, New Jersey: Joseph Boonin. ISBN 978-0-913574-12-6. | H  |
Francesco Geminiani | Hogwood, Christopher. Francesco Geminiani Thematic Catalogue. | H  | available at https://web.archive.org/web/20190322080501/http://www.francescogeminiani.com/catalogue/catalogue.php
Orlando Gibbons | John Harper | H  |
Mauro Giuliani | Heck, Thomas F. (1995). Mauro Giuliani : virtuoso guitarist and composer. Editions Orphée. ISBN 1-882612-00-0. |  |
Christoph Willibald Gluck | Wotquenne, Alfred (1904). Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Chr. W. v. Gluck (1714–1787). Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. | W  |
Liebeskind, Josef (1911). Ergänzungen und Nachträge zu dem Thematischen Verzeichnis der Werke von Chr. W. von Gluck von Alfred Wotquenne. Leipzig: Reinecke. | W  | Supplement to Wotquenne's book
François-Joseph Gossec | Brook, Barry S. (1983). Eight symphonic works. The Symphony, 1720–1840, Series D. 3. New York: Garland. p. xxvii–xl. ISBN 978-0-8240-3839-7. | B  |
Role, Claude (2000). François-Joseph Gossec : (1734–1829) : un musicien à Paris : de l'ancien régime à Charles X. Univers musical. Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 2-7384-9678-4. | RH  | Non-thematic catalogue
Louis Moreau Gottschalk | Doyle, John G. (1960). The piano music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869). New York: New York University. | D  |
Offergeld, Robert (1970). The centennial catalogue of the published and unpublished compositions of Louis Moreau Gottschalk. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing. | RO  |
Charles Gounod | Condé, Gérard (2009). Charles Gounod. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-63249-0. | CG  |
Enrique Granados | de Larrocha, Alicia; Riva, Douglas; Aviñoa, Xosé (2003). Enrique Granados: Perfil histórico-biográfico. Barcelona: Editorial de música Boileau. ISBN 978-84-8020-692-1. | DLR  |
Carl Heinrich Graun and Johann Gottlieb Graun  | Henzel, Christoph (2006). Graun-Werkverzeichnis (GraunWV). Beeskow: Ortus Musikverlag. ISBN 978-3-937788-02-9. | GraunWV  | Supersedes the catalogues of Mennicke and Willer
Carl Heinrich Graun | Mennicke, Carl Heinrich (1906). Hasse und die Brüder Graun als Symphoniker : nebst Biographien und thematischen Katalogen. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ruoPAAAAYAAJ. | M  |
Willer, Monika (1995). Die Konzertform der Brüder Carl Heinrich und Johann Gottlieb Graun. Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe XXXVI, Musikwissenschaft. 117. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-47014-5. | W  |
Johann Gottlieb Graun | Willer, Monika (1995). Die Konzertform der Brüder Carl Heinrich und Johann Gottlieb Graun. Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe XXXVI, Musikwissenschaft. 117. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-47014-5. | W  |
Christoph Graupner | Bill, Oswald; Grosspietsch, Christoph (2005). Christoph Graupner: thematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke: Graupner-Werke-Verzeichnis (GWV). Instrumentalwerke. Stuttgart: Carus. ISBN 3-89948-066-X. | GWV  |
Giovanni Battista Grazioli (it)  | Tomasi, Margherita (2005). Giovanni Battista Grazioli (1746–1820) : catalogo tematico. [Edizioni Fondazione Levi], Serie 3, Studi musicologici. C, Catalohgi e bibliografia. 14. Venezia: Fondazione Levi. ISBN 88-7552-099-2. |  |
Edvard Grieg | Fog, Dan; Grinde, Kirsti; Norheim, Øyvind (2008). Edvard Grieg (1843–1907): thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Frankfurt: Henry Litolff's Verlag/C.F. Peters. ISBN 978-3-87626-990-0. | EG  |
Charles Tomlinson Griffes | Anderson, Donna K. (1983). The Works of Charles T. Griffes: a Descriptive Catalogue. Studies in Musicology. 68. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-8357-1419-8. | A  |
Adalbert Gyrowetz | Rice, John A. (1983). Four symphonies. The Symphony, 1720–1840, Series B. 11. New York: Garland. ISBN 978-0-8240-3826-7. | R  | Also contains a symphonie concertante by Dussek
George Frideric Handel | Bell, A. Craig (1972). Handel; chronological thematic catalogue. Darley: Grian-Aig Press. | B  | Non-thematic catalogue
Baselt, Bernd (1978). Händel-Handbuch: in fünf Bd.: gleichzeitig Suppl. zu Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (Kritische Gesamtausgabe). Kassel: Bärenreiter. | HWV  | The Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis was published in three volumes between 1978 and 1986
Marx, Hans Joachim (2017). Die G. F. Händel zugeschriebenen Kompositionen, 1700–1800 : (HWV Anh. B) = The compositions attributed to G. F. Handel, 1700–1800. Hildesheim: Georg Olms. ISBN 978-3-487-15483-1. | HWV  | Appendix to HWV; contains doubtful and spurious works
| HG  | The Händel-Gesellschaft has been superseded by the Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (HWV)
| HHA  | The Hallische Händel-Ausgabe has been superseded by the Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (HWV)
Valentin Haussmann | Lynn, Robert B. (1997). Valentin Haussmann (1565/70 – ca. 1614): a thematic-documentary catalogue of his works. Thematic Catalogues. 25. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-0-945193-91-3. |  | With a documentary biography by Klaus-Peter Koch
Joseph Haydn | Hoboken, Anthony van (1978). Joseph Haydn; thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Mainz: B. Schott’s Söhne. ISBN 978-3-7957-0003-4. | HV or Hob.  | The Hoboken-Verzeichnis was created in 1957. Haydn's string quartets are still generally referred to by their opus numbers.
Michael Haydn | Sherman, Charles H. (1993). Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806), a chronological thematic catalogue of his work. Thematic catalogues. 17. Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press. ISBN 0-918728-56-8. | MH  | Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806), a chronological thematic catalogue of his works (1993); this has generally superseded the Perger-Verzeichnis of 1907 and Klafsky-Verzeichnis (Anton Maria Klafsky) of 1915
Perger, Lothar Herbert (1907). Instrumentalwerke: Michael Haydn. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. 29. Vienna: Artaria. p. xv–xxiv. | P  | Perger-Verzeichnis, 1907; also seen as Perger numbers; now generally superseded by Sherman and Thomas's 1993 catalogue (MH numbers)
Johann David Heinichen | Hausswald, Günter (1937). Johann David Heinichens Instrumentalwerke. Wolfenbüttel: G. Kallmeyer. | H  |
Seibel, Gustav Adoplh (1913). Das Leben des Königl. polnischen und Kurfürstl. sächs. Hofkapellmeisters Johann David Heinichen .... Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. | S  | Reprinted by Westmead : Gregg International, Westmead, 1969. ISBN 0-576-28157-3
E. T. A. Hoffmann | Allroggen, Gerhard (1970). E. T. A. Hoffmanns Kompositionen; ein chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis seiner musikalischen Werke mit Einführung. Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts. 16. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag. | AV  |
Gustav Holst | Holst, Imogen (1974). A thematic catalogue of Gustav Holst's music. London: Faber Music Ltd. : G. and I. Holst Ltd.. ISBN 0-571-10004-X. | H  |
Gottfried August Homilius | Wolf, Uwe (2014). Thematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (HoWV). Ausgewählte Werke. Reihe 5, Supplement. Bd. 2. Stuttgart: Carus. ISBN 978-3-89948-186-0. | HoWV  |
Arthur Honegger | Halbreich, Harry (1999). Arthur Honegger. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. ISBN 1-57467-041-7. https://archive.org/details/arthurhonegger00halb_0. | H  | L'Oeuvre d'Arthur Honegger: Chronologie, catalogue raisonné, analyses, discographie (1994)
Pelham Humfrey  | Dennison, Peter (1986). Pelham Humfrey. Oxford studies of composers. 21. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-315244-4. |  |
Johann Nepomuk Hummel | Sachs, Joel (June 1974). "A checklist of the works of Johann Nepomuk Hummel". MLA Notes 30 (4): 732–754. doi:10.2307/897020. | S  |
Zimmerschied, Dieter (1971). Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Hofheim am Taunus. |  |
Engelbert Humperdinck | Humperdinck, Eva (1994). Engelbert Humperdinck Werkverzeichnis: zum 140. Geburtstag: seinem Andenken gewidmet. Koblenz: Görres Verlag. ISBN 3-920388-38-0. | EHWV  |
Leoš Janáček | Simeone, Nigel; Tyrrell, John; Němcová, Alena (1997). Janáček's works: a catalogue of the music and writings of Leoš Janáček. Oxford, New York: Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816446-7. | JW  |
Henrik Philip Johnsen (sv)  | Nordenfelt, Eva (1976). Hinrich Philip Johnsen 1717–1779 : biografi med verkförteckning. Stockholm. |  | Non-thematic catalogue
Leopold Kozeluch | Poštolka, Milan (1964). Leopold Koželuh : život a dílo. Praha: Státní hudební vydavatelství. | P  |
Joseph Martin Kraus | Van Boer, Jr., Bertil H. (1998). Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792) : a Systematic-Thematic Catalogue of His Musical Works and Source Study. Thematic Catalogs. 26. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 0-945193-69-6. | B  | Also seen as VB numbers
Johann Ludwig Krebs | Friedrich, Felix (2009). Krebs-Werkeverzeichnis (Krebs-WV) : thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780). Altenburg: Kamprad. ISBN 978-3-930550-59-3. | Krebs-WV  |
Conradin Kreutzer | Brecht, Karl Peter (1980). Conradin Kreutzer: Biographie und Werkverzeichnis. Messkirch: Stadt Messkirch. | KWV  |
Franz Vincenz Krommer | Padrta, Karel (1997). Franz Krommer (1759–1831) : thematischer Katalog seiner musikalischen Werke. Praha: Editio Supraphon. ISBN 978-80-7058-388-3. | P  |
Walter, Horst (1932). Frank Krommer (1759–1831): sein Leben und Werk, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Streichquartette. Vienna. pp. 93–262. |  |
Friedrich Kuhlau | Fog, Dan (1977). Kompositionen von Friedr. Kuhlau : thematisch-bibliographischer Katalog. Kopenhagen: Dan Fog. ISBN 87-87099-09-8. |  |
Michel-Richard de Lalande | Sawkins, Lionel (2005). A thematic catalogue of the works of Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657–1726). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816360-6. | S  |
Jean-Marie Leclair  | Leconte, Thomas (2005)

Catalogue des oeuvres de Jean-Marie Leclair [9]

| JML  |
Jean-François Le Sueur | Mongrédien, Jean (1980). Catalogue thématique de l'œuvre complète du compositeur Jean-François Le Sueur (1760–1837). Thematic catalogues. 7. New York: Pendragon. ISBN 0-918728-12-6. |  | [10]
Giovanni Legrenzi  | Passadore, Francesco (2002). La sottigliezza dell'intendimento : catalogo tematico di Giovanni Legrenzi. Edizioni Fondazione Levi. Serie 3, Studi musicologici. C, Cataloghi e bibliografia. 10. Venezia: Fondazione Levi. |  |
Franz Liszt | Liszt, Franz (1855). Thematisches Verzeichniss der Werke von F. Liszt; von dem Autor verfasst. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_eWNDAAAAcAAJ. | L  |
Rena Charnin Mueller and Maria Eckhardt  | LW  |
Raabe, Peter (1931). Franz Liszt. Stuttgart: Cotta. | R  | Vol. 1 subtitled Liszts Leben; vol. 2 subtitled Liszts Schaffen; was updated and expanded by Humphrey Searle in 1954, and S numbers are now usual
Searle, Humphrey (1954). The music of Liszt. London: Williams & Norgate. pp. 155–195. | S  | Searle's catalogue, published in 1954 as The Music of Liszt, built upon the 1931 catalogue devised by Peter Raabe
Winklhofer, Sharon (2004). Ferenc Liszt (1811–1886): list of works : comprehensively expanded from the catalogue of Humphrey Searle as revised by Sharon Winklhofer. Quaderni dell'Istituto Liszt. 3. Milano: Rugginenti Editore. ISBN 978-88-7665-433-6. | S  | Revision of Searle's catalog
Pietro Antonio Locatelli | Dunning, Albert (1981). Pietro Antonio Locatelli : der Virtuose und seine Welt. Berlin: Frits Knuf. ISBN 90-6027-380-X. |  |
Matthew Locke | Harding, Rosamond E. M. (1971). A thematic catalogue of the works of Matthew Locke with a calendar of the main events of his life. Oxford: Alden & Mowbray. |  |
Albert Lortzing | Capelle, Irmlind (1994). Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Gustav Albert Lortzing: (LoWV). Köln: Studio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89564-003-2. | LoWV  |
Jean-Baptiste Lully | Schneider, Herbert (1981). Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Jean-Baptiste Lully (LMV). Mainzer Studien zur Musikwissenschaft. 14. Tutzing: Hans Schneider. ISBN 978-3-7952-0323-8. | LWV  |
Pieter van Maldere | Rompaey, Willy van (1990). Pieter van Maldere, 1729–1768. Aartselaar: Rompaey. |  | Lists instrumental works only
Alessandro Marcello | Selfridge-Field, Eleanor (1990). The music of Benedetto and Alessandro Marcello: a thematic catalogue with commentary on the composers, repertory, and sources. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-316126-9. | S  |
Benedetto Marcello | Selfridge-Field, Eleanor (1990). The music of Benedetto and Alessandro Marcello: a thematic catalogue with commentary on the composers, repertory, and sources. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-316126-9. | S  | The catalogue also lists the works of Benedetto Marcello's wife Rosanna Scalfi Marcello
Bohuslav Martinů | Halbreich, Harry (2007). Bohuslav Martinu: Werkverzeichnis und Biografie (2nd ed.). Mainz: Schott. ISBN 978-3-7957-0565-7. | H  |
Šafránek, Miloš (1961). Bohuslav Martinů: život a dílo. Praha: Státní hudební. pp. 341–375. | Saf  |
Erkki Melartin | Poroila, Heikki (2016). Erkki Melartinin teosluettelo – Erkki Melartin Werkverzeichnis – Erkki Melartin work catalog. Suomen musiikkikirjastoyhdistyksen julkaisusarja. 135. Helsinki: Suomen musiikkikirjastoyhdistys. ISBN 978-952-5363-34-0. https://www.heikkiporoila.fi/hp/teksteja/honkakirja/erkki-melartinin-teosluettelo/. | EM  | EM codes only for works without opus numbering and in the PDF version of the catalogue. In Finnish only. Non-thematic catalogue.
Frederick Marvin |  | M
Fanny Mendelssohn | Hellwig-Unruh, Renate (2000). Fanny Hensel geb. Mendelssohn Bartholdy: thematisches Verzeichnis der Kompositionen. Adliswil: Kunzelmann. ISBN 3-9521049-3-0. | H  |
Felix Mendelssohn | Wehner, Ralf (2009). Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV). Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Serie 13, Werkverzeichnis. Band 1 A. Wiesbaden. ISBN 978-3-7651-0317-9. | MWV  |
Ernest John Moeran | Foss, Hubert J. (1948). Compositions of E. J. Moeran. London: Novello. | R  |
Johann Melchior Molter | Häfner, Klaus (1996). Der badische Hofkapellmeister Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765) in seiner Zeit : Dokumente und Bilder zu Leben und Werk (mit einem Beitrag von Rainer Fürst) : eine Austellung der Badischen Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe zum 300. Geburtstag des Komponisten. Karlsruhe: Selbstverlag der Badischen Landesbibliothek. pp. 243–262. ISBN 3-88705-041-X. | MWV  | Non-thematic catalogue
Georg Matthias Monn | Horwitz, Karl; Riedel, Karl; Fischer, Wilhelm (1959). Wiener Instrumentalmusik vor und um 1740 : Vorlaufer der Wiener Klassiker: Johann Adam Georg Reutter (der Jungere), Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Georg Matthias Monn, Matthaeus Schloger, Joseph Starzer. Denkmaler der Tonkunst in Osterreich. Band 31, 39. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. | F  |
Johann Christoph Monn | Horwitz, Karl; Riedel, Karl; Fischer, Wilhelm (1959). Wiener Instrumentalmusik vor und um 1740 : Vorlaufer der Wiener Klassiker: Johann Adam Georg Reutter (der Jungere), Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Georg Matthias Monn, Matthaeus Schloger, Joseph Starzer. Denkmaler der Tonkunst in Osterreich. Band 31, 39. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. | F  |
Claudio Monteverdi | Stattkus, Manfred H. (1985). Claudio Monteverdi, Verzeichnis der erhaltenen Werke (SV). Bergkamen: Musikverlag Stattkus. | SV  | The Stattkus-Verzeichnis is based on Stattkus's Claudio Monteverdi: Verzeichnis der erhaltenen Werke, 1985
Franz Xaver Mozart | Nottelmann, Carsten (2009). W. A. Mozart Sohn : der Musiker und das Erbe des Vaters. Bd 2, Systematisches chronologisches Verzeichnis der Kompositionen von W. A. Mozart Sohn. Schriftenreihe der Internationalen Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg. 14. Kassel: Bärenreiter. ISBN 978-3-7618-2164-0. | WV  |
Leopold Mozart | Eisen, Cliff (2010). Leopold-Mozart-Werkverzeichnis (LMV). Beiträge zur Leopold-Mozart-Forschung. 4. Augsburg: Wissner. ISBN 978-3-89639-757-7. | LMV  |
Seiffert, Max (1908). Ausgewählte Werke. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern. 17, 9. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. | S  |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Köchel, Ludwig van Ritter (1964). Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts; nebst Angabe der verlorengegangenen, angefangenen, von fremder Hand bearbeiteten, zweifelhaften und unterschobenen Kompositionen (6th ed.). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. | K or KV  | Mozart's opus numbers are particularly scattered and useless and are no longer used at all (for instance, there are two sets of violin sonatas both called Op. 1). Köchel's Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämmtlicher Tonwerke W. A. Mozarts was published in 1862 and has been substantially revised four times since then.
Wyzewa, Teodor de; Saint-Foix, Georges de (1912). W.-A. Mozart, sa vie musicale et son œuvre de l'enfance à la pleine maturité (1756–1777): Essai de biographie critique, suivi d'un nouveau catalogue chronologique de l'œuvre complète du maitre. Paris: Perrin et Cie.. | WSF  |
Gottlieb Muffat | Dunlop, Alison J. (2013). The life and works of Gottlieb Muffat (1690–1770). Vienna: Hollitzer. ISBN 978-3-99012-084-2. |  |
Jan Neruda  | Pilková, Zdeňka (1999). Jan Jiří (Johann Georg) Neruda. Edition IME. Reihe 1. 1. Sinzig: Studio. ISBN 3-89564-058-1. |  | Included in " Beiträge zur Musikgeschichte Ostmittel-, Ost- und Südosteuropas"
Sigismund Neukomm | Angemüller, Rudolph (1977). Sigismund Neukomm : Werkverzeichnis, Autobiographie, Beziehung zu seinen Zeitgenossen. Musikwissenschaftliche Schriften. 4. München: Katzbichler. ISBN 3-87397-103-8. | NV  |
Josef Mysliveček | Evans, Angela; Dearling, Robert (1999). Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781): a thematic catalogue of his instrumental and orchestral works. München: Katzbichler. ISBN 978-3-87397-132-5. | ED  |
Freeman, Daniel E. (2009). Josef Mysliveček, "Il boemo": the man and his music. Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music. 54. Sterling Heights, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press. ISBN 978-0-89990-148-0. |  | Non-thematic catalogue
Bonhadlo, Stanislav (28 August 2001). "Josef Mysliveček/Giuseppe Misliweczek: Thematic Catalog of Vocal Works". http://www.jmc.cz/stan/myslivecek/. |  |
Carl Nielsen | "Catalogue of Carl Nielsen's Works". Copenhagen: Danish Centre for Music Publication, The Royal Library. 2015. http://www.kb.dk/dcm/cnw.html. | CNW  |
Fog, Dan (1965). Carl Nielsen, kompositioner; en bibliografi. København: Nyt Nordisk Forlag. | FS  |
O'Kelly family  | Klein, Axel (2014). O'Kelly. An Irish Musical Family in Nineteenth-Century France. Norderstedt: BoD. ISBN 978-3-7357-2310-9. | OKC  | O'Kelly Catalogue (OKC), pp. 367–450, comprises compositions by five members of the family incl. Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885), George O'Kelly (1831–1914), and Henri O'Kelly (1859–1938).
Karl von Ordonez | Brown, A. Peter (1978). Carlo d'Ordonez, 1734–1786 : a thematic catalog. Detroit studies in music bibliography. 39. Detroit: Information Coordinators. ISBN 0-911772-89-8. |  |
Johann Pachelbel | Perreault, Jean M. (2004). The thematic catalogue of the musical works of Johann Pachelbel. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. | P  |
Ferdinando Paër | Ensslin, Wolfram (2004). Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke Ferdinando Paërs. Bd 1, Die Opern. Musikwissenschaftliche Publikationen. 23. Hildesheim: Olms. ISBN 3-487-11947-1. | PaWV  | Only vol. 1, containing the operas, published so far.
Niccolò Paganini | Moretti, Maria Rosa; Sorrento, Anna (1982). Catalogo tematico delle musiche di Niccolò Paganini. Genova: Comune di Genova. | MS  |
Giovanni Paisiello | Robinson, Michael F.; Hofmann, Ulrike (1994). Giovanni Paisiello, a thematic catalogue of his works. Thematic catalogues. 15. Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press. ISBN 0-918728-75-4. | R  |
Selim Palmgren | Poroila, Heikki (2014). Selim Palmgrenin sävellykset – Förteckning – Werkverzeichnis – Work Catalogue. Suomen musiikkikirjastoyhdistyksen julkaisusarja. 167. Helsinki: Suomen musiikkikirjastoyhdistys. ISBN 978-952-5363-66-1. http://www.heikkiporoila.fi/hp/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Palmgren_luettelo.pdf. | SP  | SP codes only for works without opus numbering. In Finnish with a multilingual legend. Non-thematic catalogue.
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Paymer, Marvin E. (1977). Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, 1710–1736 : a thematic catalogue of the Opera omnia : with an appendix listing omitted compositions. Thematic catalogues. 1. New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 0-918728-01-0. | P  |
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger | Karlsson, Henrik (2017). Wilhelm Peterson-Berger : kompositioner. Stockholm: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket. |  |
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni | Gmeinwieser, Siegfried (1976). Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni : thematisches Werkverzeichnis. Sacri concentus. 2. Wilhelmshafen: Heinrichshofen. ISBN 3-7959-0212-6. |  |
Pla | Dolcet, Josep (1987). L'obra dels germans Pla : bases per una catalogacío. Anuario musical. 42. |  | Lists works by Josep Pla, Joan Baptista Pla and Manuel Pla.
Giovanni Benedetto Platti | Iesuè, Alberto (1999). Le opere di Giovanni Benedetto Platti, 1697–1763 : catalogo tematico. Padova: Ed. de I solisti veneti. | I  |
Ignaz Pleyel | Benton, Rita (1977). Ignace Pleyel: a thematic catalogue of his compositions. Thematic Catalogs. 2. New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 0-918728-04-5. | B  | Also seen as Ben
Francis Poulenc | Schmidt, Carl B. (1995). The music of Francis Poulenc (1899–1963): a catalogue. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816336-3. | FP  |
Giacomo Puccini | Schickling, Dieter (2003). Giacomo Puccini : catalogue of the works. Kassel: Bärenreiter. ISBN 3-7618-1582-4. | SC  |
Gaetano Pugnani | Zschinsky-Troxler, Elsa Margherita (1939). Thematisches Werkverzeichniss. Berlin: Antalntis-Verlag. | Z  |
Henry Purcell | Zimmermann, Franklin B. (1963). Henry Purcell (1659–1695): An analytical catalogue of his music. London: MacMillan. | Z  |
Johann Joachim Quantz | Brink, Meike ten (1995). Die Flötenkonzerte von Johann Joachim Quantz: Untersuchungen zu ihrer Überlieferung und Form. Studien und Materialien zur Musikwissenschaft. 11. Hildesheim: Georg Olms. ISBN 3-487-10076-2. | B  |
Augsbach, Horst (1997). Johann Joachim Quantz : thematisch-systematisches Werkverzeichnis (QV). Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-923053-47-6. | QV  |
Sergei Rachmaninoff | Threlfall, Robert; Norris, Geoffrey (1982). A catalogue of the compositions of S. Rachmaninoff. London: Scolar Press. ISBN 978-0-85967-617-5. | TN  |
Maurice Ravel | MR  |
Josef Reicha | Reinländer, Claus (1992). Josef Rejcha : thematisch-systematisches Werkverzeichnis. Puchheim: Ed. Engel. |  |
Antonín Reichenauer | Kapsa, Václav (2010). Hudebníci hraběte Morzina : příspěvvek k dějinám šlechtických kapel v Čechách v době baroka. Praha: Akademie věd České republiky. ISBN 978-80-87112-36-6. |  | Lists instrumental works only. Also listed are works by Christian Gottlieb Postel (scores) and František Jiránek.
Ottorino Respighi | Battaglia, Elio; Rostirolla, Giancarlo (1985). Ottorino Respighi. Turin: ERI. | P  | Catalogue by Potito Pedarra on pages 327–404
Pedarra, Potito. Catalogo tematico delle musiche di Ottorino Respighi. | P  | Forthcoming
Josef Rheinberger | Irmen, Hans Josef (1974). Thematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke Gabriel Josef Rheinbergers. Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts. 37. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse. ISBN 978-3-7649-2080-7. | RWV  | Also seen as JWV
Ferdinand Ries | Hill, Cecil (1977). Ferdinand Ries : a thematic catalogue. University of New England monographs. 1. Armidale: University of New England. ISBN 0-85834-156-5. |  |
Christian Ulrich Ringmacher (publisher)  | Ringmacher, Christian Ulrich; Brook, Barry S. (1987). Catalogo de' soli, duetti, trii: The Ringmacher Catalogue (1773). Thematic Catalogues. 14. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-0-918728-91-3. |  | Facsimile reprint of the 1773 catalogue containing 112 pages with 627 incipits by 148 composers.
Alessandro Rolla | Inzaghi, Luigi; Bianchi, Luigi Alberto (1981). Alessandro Rolla: catalogo tematico delle opere. Milano: Nuove edizioni. | BI  |
Johann Heinrich Rolle | Waczkat, Andreas (2007). Johann Heinrich Rolles musikalische Dramen : Theorie, Werkbestand und Überlieferung einer Gattung im Kontext bürgerlicher Empfindsamkeit. Schriften zur mitteldeutschen Musikgeschichte. 15. Beeskow: Ortus. ISBN 978-3-937788-13-5. | RolleV  | Non-thematic catalogue
Johan Helmich Roman | Bengtsson, Ingmar (1955). J. H. Roman och hans instrumentalmusik: käll- och stilkritiska studier. Studia musicologica Upsaliensia. 4. Uppsala. | BeRI  | Lists instrumental works
Holm, Anna-Lena; Bengtsson, Ingmar (1994). Tematisk förteckning över J. H. Romans vokalverk (HRV). Musik I Sverige. 7. Stockholm: Musikaliska Akademiens Bibliotek. ISBN 978-91-85172-12-2. | HRV  | Lists vocal works
Johann Rosenmüller | Snyder, Kerala J. (1970). Johann Rosenmüller's music for solo voice.. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. |  | Lists vocal music only. Non-thematic catalogue.
Antonio Rosetti | Kaul, Oskar (1968). Thematisches Verzeichnis der Instrumentalwerke von Anton Rosetti. Mit Angabe der Druckausgaben und der Fundorte erhaltener Exemplare in Druck und Handschrift. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. | Kaul  | Rosetti's works are usually now given with catalogue numbers by Sterling E. Murray, although older numbers from Oskar Kaul's 1912 catalogue sometimes appear as well
Murray, Sterling E. (1996). The music of Antonio Rosetti (Anton Rösler) ca. 1750–1792 : a thematic catalog. Detroit studies in music bibliography. 76. Warren, Michigan. ISBN 978-0-89990-105-3. | M  | Also seen as Murray or RWV; Rosetti's works are usually given with catalogue numbers by Sterling E. Murray, although older numbers from Oskar Kaul's 1912 catalogue sometimes appear as well
Albert Roussel | Labelle, Nicole (1992). Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre d'Albert Roussel. Publications d'histoire de l'art et d'archéologie de l'Université Catholique de Louvain; Musicologica neolovaniensia). 6; 78. Louvain-la-Neuve: Département d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Collège Erasme. | L  |
Friedrich Wilhelm Rust | Czach, Rudolf (1927). Friedrich Wilhelm Rust. Essen. |  | lists instrumental works only
Camille Saint-Saëns | Ratner, Sabina Teller (2002). Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835–1922: A Thematic Catalogue of his Complete Works. Oxford University Press. | R  |
Giovanni Battista Sammartini | Jenkins, Newell; Churgin, Bathia (1976). Thematic catalogue of the works of Giovanni Battista Sammartini: orchestral and vocal music. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-87735-1. | JC  |
Allen Sapp | Green, Alan (1996). Allen Sapp: A Bio-Bibliography.. Bio-Bibliographies in Music. 62. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.. ISBN 0-313-28983-2. | W  | Non-thematic catalogue
Alessandro Scarlatti | Pagano, Roberto (1972). Alessandro Scarlatti / Roberto Pagano, Lino Bianchi; catalogo generale delle opere a cura di Giancarlo Rostoirolla. Torino. |  | Non-thematic catalogue
Domenico Scarlatti | Goldberg, Laurette; Mathews, Patrice (1999). Domenico Scarlatti : thematic index of the keyboard sonatas according to the Kirkpatrick catalogue. Berkeley, Calif.: MusicSources Publications. |  | Includes concordances of numbering by Kirkpatrick, Longo, Fadini, and of key
Kirkpatrick, Ralph (1983). Domenico Scarlatti. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-09101-3. | Kk  | [11]
Longo, Alessandro (c. 1937). Indice tematico delle sonate per clavicembalo = Table thématique des sonates pour clavecin = Thematisches Verzeichnis des Sonaten für Klavizimbel = Thematic index of the harpsichord sonatas = Indice temático de las sonatas para clave. Milano: Ricordi. | L  | [11]
Giorgio Pestelli | P  | [11]
Beaudry, Claude (1994). Domenico Scarlatti, les 555 sonates pour clavecin : table de concordance des catalogues Kirkpatrick, Pestelli, Longo. Ste-Foy: Bibliothèque, Université Laval. | P  | Concordance of the catalogues
Christoph Schaffrath | Oestreich, Reinhard (2012). Verzeichnis der Werke Christoph Schaffraths (CSWV). Ortus Studien. 7. Beeskow: Ortus. ISBN 978-3-937788-22-7. | CSWV  |
Johann Adolph Scheibe | Hauge, Peter (2018). Johann Adolph Scheibe: A Catalogue of His Works. Danish Humanist Texts and Studies. 58. Royal Danish Library. ISBN 978-87-635-4560-0. | SchW  |
Samuel Scheidt | Koch, Klaus-Peter (2000). Samuel-Scheidt-Werke-Verzeichnis. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 978-3-7651-0332-2. | SSWV  |
Peter Schickele/
P. D. Q. Bach  | "Peter Schickele – Compositions". https://www.schickele.com/cgi/catalogue.pl?composer=PDQ; Schickele, Peter (1976). The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-46536-9. OCLC 1694191. | S.  | In character with P. D. Q. Bach's work, these are usually humorous.
Franz Schneider | Freeman, Robert N. (1979). Franz Schneider (1737–1812): a thematic catalogue of his works. Thematic Catalogues. 5. New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-0-918728-13-5. |  |
Arnold Schoenberg | Rufer, Josef (1959). Das Werk Arnold Schönbergs. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. |  |
Franz Schubert | Otto Erich Deutsch. Schubert Thematic Catalogue. Major editions: 1951 (English), 1978 (German)  | Template:D. | There are also 173 opus numbers, see Schubert opus/Deutsch number concordance
Robert Schumann | McCorkle, Margit L. (2003). Robert Schumann neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke : thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke. Serie VIII, Supplemente. 6. Mainz: Schott. | WoO  |
Heinrich Schütz | Bittinger, Werner (1960). Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis (SWV). Kassel: Bärenreiter. | SWV  |
Carlos de Seixas | Kastner, Macario Santiago (1947). Carlos de Seixas. Coimbra: Coimbra Editora. pp. 135–44. | K  |
Maddalena Laura Sirmen and Lodovico Sirmen  | Passadore, Francesco (2008). Catalogo tematico delle composizioni di Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen e Ludovico Sirmen. Padova: Edizioni de "I solisti veneti". ISBN 978-88-901412-7-0. |  |
Antonio Soler | Rubio, Samuel (1980). Antonio Soler, catálogo crítico. Cuenca: Instituto de Música Religiosa de la Diputación Provincial de Cuenca. | R  |
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji | Rapoport, Paul (1992). Sorabji: A Critical Celebration. Aldershot, UK: Scolar Press [now Ashgate Publishing]. ISBN 0-85967-923-3. | KSS  |
Johannes Matthias Sperger | Meier, Adolf (1990). Thematisches Werkverzeichnis der Kompositionen von Johannes Sperger (1750–1812). Dokumentationen – Reprints / Kultur- und Forschungsstätte Michaelstein. 21. Michaelstein/Blankenburg: Kultur-und Forschungsstätte. |  |
Anton Stamitz | Sandberger, Adolf (1902). Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern. 3\. Jahrgang. Band 1. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. pp. liv. | S  | Thematic catalogue of symphonies and symphonies concertantes
Sandberger, Adolf (1915). Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern. 16\. Jahrgang. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. pp. li–liii. | S  | Thematic catalogue of chamber music
Johann Stamitz | Wolf, Eugene K. (1981). The symphonies of Johann Stamitz : a study in the formation of the classic style with a thematic catalogue of the symphonies and orchestral trios. Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema. ISBN 978-90-313-0346-5. | W  |
Gradenwitz, Peter (1984). Johann Stamitz : Leben, Umwelt, Werke. T. 2, Die Werke. Taschenbücher zur Musikwissenschaft. 94. Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen. ISBN 3-7959-0342-4. |  |
Joseph Anton Steffan | Picton, Howard J. (1989). The life and works of Joseph Anton Steffan (1726–1797) : with special reference to his keyboard concertos. Outstanding dissertations in music from British universities. New York: Garland. ISBN 0-8240-2345-5. |  |
Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel | Scharnagl, Augustin (1943). Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel : ein Beitrag zur Musikgeschichte Mainfrankens. Würzburg: Triltsch. | StWV  |
Alessandro Stradella | Gianturco, Carolyn (1991). Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682): a thematic catalogue of his compositions. Thematic catalogues. 16. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 0-945193-05-X. | G  |
Richard Strauss | Mueller von Asow, E. H.; Trenner, Florian; Ott, Alfons (1955). Richard Strauss: thematisches Verzeichnis. Vienna: Ludwig Doblinger. OCLC 4006988. | AV  | See also TrV.[12]
Trenner, Franz (1993). Richard Strauss: Werkverzeichnis. Veröffentlichungen der Richard-Strauss-Gesellschaft, München. 12. München: W. Ludwig. ISBN 978-3-7787-2137-7. | TrV  | Based on the work by Asow and Trenner
Igor Stravinsky | Kirchmeyer, Helmut (2002). Kommentiertes Verzeichnis der Werke und Werkausgaben Igor Strawinskys bis 1971. Abhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Philologisch-Historische Klasse. 79. Leipzig: Verlag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. ISBN 978-3-7776-1156-3. | K  |
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck | Gustav Leonhardt | L  |
Franz Xaver Süssmayr | Duda, Erich (2000). Das musikalische Werk Franz Xaver Süssmayrs : thematisches Werkverzeichnis (SmWV) mit ausführlichen Quellenangaben und Skizzen der Wasserzeichen. Schriftenreihe der Internationalen Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg. 12. Kassel: Bärenreiter. ISBN 978-3-7618-1485-7. | SmWV  |
Giuseppe Tartini | Brainard, Paul (1975). Le sonate per violino di Giuseppe Tartini: catalogo tematico. Le opere di Giuseppe Tartini; sezione terza : studi e ricerche di studiosi moderni. 2. Padova: Accademia Tartiniana. | B  |
Dounias, Minos (1966). Die Violinkonzerte Giuseppe Tartinis als Ausdruck einer Künstlerpersönlichkeit und einer Kulturepoche. Wolfenbüttel: Möseler. | D  |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Vaĭdman, Polina Efimovna; Korabelnikova, Liudmila; Rubtsova, Valentina (2006). Tematiko-bibliograficheskiĭ ukazatelʹ sochineniĭ P.I. Chaĭkovskogo. Moscow: P. Jurgenson. ISBN 978-5-9720-0001-2. | ČW  | Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (2006)[13][14]
Poznansky, Alexander; Langston, Brett (2002). Tchaikovsky Handbook. Russian music studies. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-33921-8. | TH  | The Tchaikovsky Handbook[13][14]
Georg Philipp Telemann | Ruhnke, Martin (1984–1999). Georg Philipp Telemann: thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke : Telemann-Werkverzeichnis (TWV) : Instrumentalwerke. Georg Philipp Telemann, Musikalische Werke. Supplement. Kassel: Bärenreiter. ISBN 978-3-7618-0655-5. | TWV  | The Telemann-Werke-Verzeichnis is based on Georg Philipp Telemann: thematische-Verzeichnis seiner Werke Systematische, 3 vols. (1984, 1992, 1999)
Luigi Tomasini | Korcak, Friedrich (1952). Luigi Tomasini (1741–1808) : Konzertmeister der fürstlich Esterhazyschen Kapelle in Eisenstadt unter Joseph Haydn. Vienna: University of Vienna. | Kor  |
Giuseppe Torelli | Passadore, Francesco (2007). Catalogo tematico delle composizioni di Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709). Padova: I solisti veneti. ISBN 978-88-901412-6-3. |  |
Giegling, Franz (1949). Giuseppe Torelli: thematisches Verzeichnis. Kassel: Bärenreiter. | G  |
Troubadour | Mayer-Martin, Donna J. (2011). Thematic catalogue of troubadour and trouvère melodies. Thematic Catalogues. 18. Stuyvesant, New York: Penddragon Press. ISBN 978-0-918728-82-1. |  |
Eduard Tubin | Rumessen, Vardo (2003). The works of Eduard Tubin: thematic-bibliographical catalogue of works: ETW. Tallinn: International Eduard Tubin Society. ISBN 978-91-7748-054-9. | ETW  |
Heitor Villa-Lobos |  H. Villa-Lobos: Piano Thematic Catalog. New York: Villa-Lobos Music Co.. 1948. | A  |
Giovanni Battista Viotti | White, Chappell (1985). Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824), a thematic catalogue of his works. Thematic Catalogue Series. 12. New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-0-918728-43-2. | W  |
Giazotto, Remo (1956). Giovan Battista Viotti. Milano: Curci. | G  |
Antonio Vivaldi | Fanna, Antonio (1986). Opere strumentali di Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): catalogo numerico-tematico (2a edizione riveduta e ampliata ed.). Milano: Ricordi. ISBN 88-7592-022-2. | F  |
Malipiero, Gian Francisco (1968). Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Catalogo numerico-tematico delle opere strumentali. Milano: Ricordi. | M  |
P  |
Rinaldi, Mario (1944). Catalogo numerico tematico delle composizioni di Antonio Vivaldi, con la definizione delle tonalità, l'indicazione dei movimenti e varie tabelle illustrative. Roma: Editrice Cultura moderna. | RN  |
Ryom, Peter (1973). Antonio Vivaldi : thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke (RV). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 978-3-7651-0372-8. | RV  | Supersedes all previous catalogues. Appendix contains concordance to all Vivaldi thematic catalogs.
Georg Joseph Vogler | Schafhäutl, Karl Emil von (1887). Abt Georg Joseph Vogler : sein Leben, Charakter und musikalisches System : seine Werke, seine Schule, Bildnisse &c.. Augsburg: Huttler. |  |
Antonín Vranický | Hennigová-Dubová, Eva (November 1984). "Thematic Index: Vranický". The Symphony, 1720–1840. B. 12. New York: Garland. pp. xlv-xlvi. ISBN 978-0-8240-3848-9. | RV  |
Georg Christoph Wagenseil | Scholz-Michelitsch, Helga (1966). Das Klavierwerk von Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Thematischer Katalog. Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission. ISBN 9783700110965. | WV  |
Scholz-Michelitsch, Helga (1972). Das Orchester- und Kammermusikwerk von Georg Christoph Wagenseil: thematischer Katalog. Vienna: Böhlau in Kommission. ISBN 9783205031758. | WV  |
Richard Wagner | Deathridge, John; Geck, Martin; Voss, Egon (1986). Wagner Werk-Verzeichnis (WWV): Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke Richard Wagners und ihrer Quellen erarbeitet im Rahmen der Richard Wagner-Gesamtausgabe. Mainz: Schott. ISBN 978-3-7957-2201-2. | WWV  | Also includes Wagner's literary works
William Walton | Craggs, Stewart R. (2014). William Walton Edition, Vol. 24: A Catalogue of Works. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-368322-8. | C  | Earlier versions: 1977, 1990
Johann Baptist Wanhal | Bryan, Paul Robey (1997). Johann Waṅhal, Viennese symphonist: his life and his musical environment. Thematic catalogues series. 23. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press. ISBN 978-0-945193-63-0. https://archive.org/details/johannwanhalvien00brya. | B  |
Weinmann, Alexander (1987). Themen-Verzeichnis der Kompositionen von Johann Baptiste Wanhal. Wiener Archivstudien. Band 11. Vienna: Musikverlag Ludwig Krenn. | W  |
Carl Maria von Weber | Jähns, Friedrich Wilhelm (1871). Carl Maria von Weber in seinen Werken: chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichniss seiner sämmtlichen Compositionen nebst Angabe der unvollständigen, verloren gegangenen, zweifelhaften und untergeschobenen mit Beschreibung der Autographen, Angabe der Ausgaben und Arrangements, kritischen, kunsthistorischen und biographischen Anmerkungen, unter Benutzung von Weber's Briefen und Tagebüchern und einer Beigabe von Nachbildungen seiner Handschrift. Berlin: Schlesinger. | J  |
Anton Webern | Moldenhauer, Hans (1978). Anton von Webern: a chronicle of his life and work. London: Gollancz. pp. 697–750. ISBN 978-0-575-02436-6. | M  |
Sylvius Leopold Weiss | Klima, Josef (1975). Silvius Leopold Weiss, 1686–1750: Kompositionen für die Laute: Quellen- und Themenverzeichnis. Maria Enzersdorf: Verlag Wiener Lautenarchiv, Josef Klima. | K  |
Smith, Douglas Alton (1983). Complete works for lute. Das Erbe deutscher Musik. Sonderreihe. 11–14. Frankfurt, New York: C. F. Peters. | SC  | Also seen as S-C
S.L.Weiss – Works  | WeissSW  | see List of compositions by Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Samuel Wesley | Olleson, Philip (2003). Samuel Wesley : the man and his music. Woolbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 1-84383-031-0. | KO  |
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse | Fog, Dan (1979). Kompositionen von C.E.F. Weyse. Kopenhagen: Dan Fog. ISBN 87-87099-14-4. | DF  |
Henryk Wieniawski  | Jazdon, Andrzej (2009). Henryk Wieniawski: katalog tematyczny dziel: thematic catalogue of works, Poznań, ISBN 978-83-923344-3-9, https://www.wieniawski.pl/53-katalog-tematyczny.html.  |  |
Joseph Woelfl | Haider-Dechant, Margit (2011). Joseph Woelfl : Verzeichnis seiner Werke. Vienna: Apollon Musikoffizin. ISBN 978-3-9502760-1-5. |  |
Jan Dismas Zelenka | Reich, Wolftgang (1985). Jan Dismas Zelenka : thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (ZWV). Studien und Materialien zur Musikgeschichte Dresdens. 6. Dresden: Sächsische Landesbibliothek Dresden. | ZWV  |
Bernd Alois Zimmermann | Henrich, Heribert (2014). Bernd Alois Zimmermann Werkverzeichnis: Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Bernd Alois Zimmermann und ihrer Quellen. Mainz: Schott Music. ISBN 978-3-7957-0688-3. | BAZ  | Includes previously unpublished notes and letters by Zimmermann. First critical, musicologically based catalogue of a composer of the second half of the 20th century.

## References

1. ↑ Grier, James, 'Thematic catalogue'. In The Oxford Companion to Music (Oxford University Press)
2. ↑ For instance, in his book The Classical Style (New York: Norton, 1997), Charles Rosen characterises the opus 33 set as a turning point in Haydn's career.
3. ↑ [1]
4. ↑ J. C. Bach's works are mostly referred to by the opus number assigned by the original publishers, which can cause misidentification because different, secondary publishers used the same (original) opus number (such as using Op. 18 to identify three different sets of J. C. Bach works). Moreover, three of six Op. 6 symphonies are identified as Op. 8, but in a different order. Because of this confusion, the de facto standard catalogue is Terry 1967 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFTerry1967 (help). When identifying a J. C. Bach work, one cites the page and incipit numbers "in Terry", although they are not catalogue numbers per se. A short list of the Terry numbers is in The New Grove Bach Family, by Christoph Wolff, et al. (pp. 341ff., New York: Norton, 1983). Also used are the opus numbers of the "Thematic Catalog" in the Collected Works of Johann Christian Bach (Ernest Warburton, ed.; New York: Garland Publishing, 1985).
5. ↑ Bruckner online – Werkverzeichnis
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Frédéric Chopin used opus numbers (up to Op. 65) for all his works that he permitted to be published in his lifetime. After his death, some more works were published in 1855 and 1857 as Opp. posth. 66–74. Yet more works were later published, but without opus numbers; some of these were known in Chopin's lifetime, while others have come to light only since his death. At least three major attempts have been made to catalogue all Chopin's works systematically, and each catalogue has its own numbering system. Maurice J. E. Brown uses B numbers, Krystyna Kobylańska uses KK numbers, and Józef Michał Chomiński allocates numbers to a variety of letters (A, C, D, E, P and S). These alternative designations are generally used to identify only the works that were not given opus numbers.
7. ↑ Our Chopin
8. ↑ "Brown, Maurice John Edwin (1906–1975)". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Oxford University Press. 2004-04-22. ISBN 9780198608844. https://books.google.com/books?id=y0b0_CQATAIC&q=Maurice+John+Edwin+Brown&pg=PA105.
9. ↑ Leconte, Thomas (2005). "Catalogue des œuvres de Jean-Marie Leclair". https://philidor.cmbv.fr.
10. ↑ Philidor (2005). "Catalogue des œuvres de Jean-Marie Leclair". https://www.philidor.cmbv.fr.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Alessandro Longo's 1906 catalogue (L numbers) was superseded by Ralph Kirkpatrick's 1953 catalogue (K or Kk numbers). Giorgio Pestelli's 1967 catalogue (P numbers) also has its adherents. List of solo keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti gives a concordance between these three systems.
12. ↑ Strauss gave opus numbers to 88 compositions. Two volumes of a catalogue of the remaining works were published by Erich Hermann Mueller von Asow (1892–1964) in 1959. After von Asow's death, Franz Trenner (d. 1993) and Alfons Ott (d. 1976) published the third volume, based on von Asow's notes; this catalogue lists 323 titles, including Strauss's literary writings. The numbers for compositions from this catalogue have AV numbers. During the 15 years it took to publish von Asow's work, many new sources became available, so Trenner created a new chronological catalogue in 1985. An updated edition was published in 1993, and his son Florian Trenner published a completely revised edition in 1999; this catalogue lists 298 works and it uses TrV numbers.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Tchaikovsky Research
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Tchaikovsky gave opus numbers to almost all his major works, but there are many other works that were not given opus numbers. All his musical and literary works have been catalogued by later researchers: TH numbers come from Alexander Poznansky & Brett Langston, The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002); ČW numbers come from Polina Vaidman, Liudmila Korabel'nikova, Valentina Rubtsova, Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (2006), and in: P. I. Čajkovskij. New Edition of the Complete Works (1993–date).

## Further reading

* Barry S. Brook, Richard J. Viano. Thematic Catalogues in Music: An Annotated Bibliography, 2nd ed. Pendragon Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0-918728-86-9

## External links

* Guide des difficultés de rédaction en musique (GDRM): Catalogues thématiques (list of thematic catalogues grouped by categories, such as symbols common to several composers and ending with the letters "V" [Verzeichnis] or "WV" [Werkverzeichnis])

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