AV	Video
B	Ballet
C	Concert (tape only)
*	suffix "live electronics"
+	suffix "tape(s) included"
F	Film
I	Intermedia
MT	Music Theatre
O	Opera
P	Performance
R	Radiophonic Work
SA	Sound Art, sound sculpture, sound installation etc.
score	computer generated score (sometimes related to classical instrumentation)
Sn	Background music, exhibition music
St	Study
Th	Theatre Music
TV	Television, Video
/ (slash)	means "and - or"

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Musical Abbreviations, Instruments Abbreviations

A	alto (voice)	a-	alto (instrument prefix)
ad lib	ad libitum	amp	amplified, amplfier
arr.	arranged by, arrangement	B	bass (Voice)
b-	bass (instrument prefix)	Bar	baritone (voice)
bar-	baritone (instrument prefix)	bn	bassoon
br	brass	ch	choir
choreo	Choreography	cl	clarinet
clvd	clavichord	com	computer
comm	commission, commissioned	comp	competition, award
con	controlled, controller	Ct	Countertenor
db	doublebass	dig	digital
DSP	Digital Signal Processing, - processed	e-	electric, electronic (instrument prefix)
e.	edition	ehn	english horn
elec	electronic, electric	ens	ensemble
fem	female	fl	flute
gen	generator, generated	gui	guitar
harm	harmonizer	hn	horn
hp	harp	hpd	harpsichord
ins	instrument	int	international
ISPW	IRCAM musical workstation	kbd	keyboard
LS	Loudspeaker	M	Music, Musik, musica, musique,..
mar	marimba^	mdl	mandoline
Mez	Mezzo-Soprano	mic	Microphone
MTR	Mixturtrautonium	mul	multiple
mus	musician(s)	mx	mixed
nat	national	no	Number
ob	oboe	OMa	Ondes Martenot
op.	opus	orch	orchestra, orchestrated (by)
org	organ	p	piano
perc	percussion	perf	performance, performed by
pic	piccolo	prep	prepared (mostly means perp p)
proc	processed	qnt	quintet
qt	quartet	rec	recorder (flute)
rev	revision, revisioned	rm	ring modulator
s	plural (suffix)	s	soprano (instrument prefix)
S	soprano (voice)	s:	pointer to other authors, composers means "see")
sax	saxophone	seq	sequencer
sm	sampler	sol	soloist
sp	speaker, recitor	str	string(s)
Synlab	analog synthesizer	synt	synthesizer
t	tenor (instrument prefix)	T	Tenor (voice)
Th	Theatre	tim	timpano(i)
tpt	trumpet	tr	treble (instrument)
trbn	trombone	txtcompo	text sound composition, audio-poem, ...
V	singing voice	v	voice
va	viola	vc	cello
vib	vibraphone	vn	violin
w, w-	wind instrument	ww	woodwind
xyl	xylophone	var	variable

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Studio abbreviations

(Column Studio)

#Groups, Names

#Genres

#Editions, Publishers

#Musical-, Instruments

#Studios

#Countries

#Labels (CD and LP)

A.	Akademie, Academia, Academy	A.Filarm Roma	Accademia Filarmonica Roma
ABC	Australian Broadcast Corporation	AdK	Akademie der Künste
AdW	Akademie der Wissenschaft	AESt	Art Ear Studios San Francisco
Am.A. Roma	American Academy Roma	ARD	Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Rundfunkanstalten Deutschlands
B.Aires	Buenos Aires	BBC	BBC Radiophonic workshop
BC	British Columbia	BR	Bayerischer Rundfunk (München / Nürnberg)
C.	Centre, Zentrum, centro, Š (see PS C. !)	CalArts	California Institut of Arts
CBC	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	CCRMA	Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
CEŠ	Center Š electroniqueŠ, Center Š experimentalŠ	CNR	Conservatoire National de Région
CNRS	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	Col.Princ EMC	Columbia - Princeton Electronic Music Center
Coll	College	Con	Conservatory, Conservatoire, Š
CRŠ	Center Š Research Š	EMS	Electronic music studio (Stockholm)
ESt	Estúdio	ExpŠ	experimentalŠ
Gal	Gallery	GMŠ	GroupŠ musiqueŠ
HfM	Hochschule für Musik	HR	Hessischer Rundfunk
Inst	Institut, Instituto,Š	INŠ	Institut National Š
IRŠ	Institut Š RechercheŠ	LA	Los Angeles
Lab	Laboratory	LM&endash;	LaboratorioŠMusicŠ
M.	Music, Musik, MusicaŠ	MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NDR	Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Hamburg / Hannover)	NHK	Nippon Hoso Kyokai
NOS	Nederlandse Omroe programma Stichting	NoTAM	Norwegian network for Technology, Acoustics and Music
NRU	Nederlandsche Radio Unie	NWDR	Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
NY	New York	ON	Ontario
ORF	Österreichischer Rundfunk	PS	Private Studio
PS C.	PS of the Composer	RB	Radio Bremen
RCM	Royal College of Music	Rio	Rio de Janeiro
RNE	Radio Nacional de España	SanFran	San Francisco
Sch	School	Sem, Stem	Studio Š Elec Š Music
SFU	Simon Fraser University	St	Studio
SUNY	State University of New York	TIP	Theater im Palast (Berlin)
TU	Technische Universität	UCŠ	Univerity of California
UEA	University of East Anglia	UIUC	Univerity of Illinois at Urbana Champaigne
UIŠ	Univerity of Illinois	Uni	Univerity
UTEMS	University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio	VEB	Volkseigener Betrieb
WDR	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	ZKM	Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (Karlsruhe)

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Abbreviations for CD- or LP-Labels

(Column Notes; Label)

ABAN	AB	ACA	academy / Edel Hamburg (Label der AdK Berlin)
ACC	Accord / Paris	AER	Nonsequitur, The Aerial, a journal in sound
ALB	Albedo	Arch	Arch Records
ART	Artifact Recordings, Berkeley	AuGR	Audioscope, Geometrik Madrid
BAR	Bauta Records, Sweden	BF	Buschfunk Berlin
BIS	Grammofon AB BIS, Sweden	C&C	Collectif & Cie
Can	Candide	CAP	Caprice, Sweden
Cav	Cavallino	CCD	Continuum
CDY	Yleisradio Helsinki	CL	celia Records Paris
CMJ	Computer Music Journal	Colos	Collosseum
CRC	Centaur Record	Cri	Composers Records Inc
CRM	Ricordi	CRMCD	Ricordi / CD
CSR	Cambridge Street Records	CTH	Thorofon
CV	Composer's Voice / Donemus Amsterdam	DegeM	Deutsche Gesell-schaft für Elektro-akustische Musik
DF	Delta Records Amsterdam E.F.C	DG	Deutsche Grammophon
DSO	Oiseau Lyre	EBU	European Broadcast Union, Selection
ECD	EAR Rational Berlin	ECE	Electrocord Bukarest
ECM	ECM Records München	EDRZ	Edition Robert Zank, Berlin
EPML	Experimentalstudio Scherchen	ERA	Erato France
eSP	éditions Shelan publications	ESZ	Sugar Music / RCA Italiana
FACD	Finlandia Helsinki	FENO	fennica Helsinki
Finna	Finnadar Records NY	FOCD	fontec Records Tokyo
FTS	Folkways Records	FYLP / FYCD	Fylkingen Stockholm
GMEB	Group Musique Experimentale de Bourges	GMEM	Group Musique Experimentale Marseille
GMVL	Group de Musique Vivantes de Lyon	GU-LP	Generations Unlimited Boston, NY, Berlin
HdK	Hochschule der Künste Berlin	Hel	Heliodor
Hem	Hemisferio, Madrid	HM	Harmonia Mundi
HPK	Hans Peter Kuhn	HUN	Hungaroton Budapest
IMED	Diffusion i MéDIA Montréal, empreintes DIGITALes	IMS	Private edition Germany
IMSO	sonart, marque de Diffusion i MéDIA Montréal	INFOGRAMM	Info-CD of the Swedish Music Information Center
IRCAM	Publication IRCAM Paris	ISAST	Int Society for Art, Sciences and Technology
Jase	Jasemusiikki Oy, Helsinki	JTR	Justin Time Records inc.
K&R	Klang & Raum	Kst	Stockhausenverlag
LD	Microsillon BAM Paris	LDC	Cultures Électroniques : GMEB / UNESCO / CIME
LM	Lovely Music NY	LMCD	Kojima Recordings, Tokyo / ICMC 1993
MEC	la muse en circuit	MGCB	Magison, Cycle Bayle
MO	Disques Montaigne, Montaigne auvidis	MS	Columbia, Music of our Time
MSC	Muse, Korea	MV	Musica Verticale Roma
MW	Musicworks Canada	NA	New Alboin
Nerve	Nerve Records (Halifax)	NI	Nimbus
nor	Prix Noroit	ODE	ONDINE Finland
PAN	Edipan Rom	PAR	Poly Art Records France
PM	Producciones Mañana	PRDC	ICMC 1992 San José
PS	Phono Sueca	PSCD	Phono Sueca / CD
ReCDec	RecRec Genossenschaft Zürich	RIC	Ricercara
S2K	Sony classical	SBC&M	Sociedade Brasileira Computaçao
SoN	Son Nova	SR	Silent Records Sweden
ST	Sistrum Brasilia	SUA	Supraphon Prag
TE	Trace Elements	TRD	Tronia Toronto
TV	Turnabout Vox