CATALOGUE OF MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS
CATHEDRAL MUSEUM, MDINA - MALTA
(M-MDca Mus. Ms. 1-584)
Dr. Franco Bruni
List of Abbreviations
- A: alto, contralto (voice)
- ACM: Archives of the Cathedral of Malta
- anon.: anonymous
- arr.: arrangement
- autogr.: autograph
- B: bass (voice)
- b: bass (instrumental bass)
- bc: basso continuo
- b-dr: bass drum
- Br: baritone (voice)
- bsn: bassoon
- cen.: century
- ca.: circa, about
- cl: clarino/clarinetto
- cor-cac: corno da caccia (hunting horn)
- db: double-bass
- f., ff.: folio(s)
- fl: flute
- harm: harmonium
- hn: horn
- inst.: instrument(s)
- mand: mandola
- Mzs: mezzosoprano (voice)
- min.: minor
- ms.: manuscript
- ob: oboe
- obbl.: obbligato
- op.: opus
- orch.: orchestra
- org: organ
- pft: pianoforte
- picc: piccolo
- r: rectus
- rip.: ripieno
- S: soprano (voice)
- T: tenor (voice)
- tpt: trumpet
- trb: trombone
- V: voice
- v: versus
- vla: viola
- vlc: violoncello (cello)
- vl: violin