Technical & Musical Terms & Abbreviations - Part 5: Acronyms of Performers

Technical & Musical Terms & Abbreviations Part 5: Acronyms of Performers
Acronym	Full Words	Explanation	Source
AAA	Ars Antiqua Austria	Austrian Instrumental Baroque Ensemble	Oron
AAM	The Academy of Ancient Music	English HIP Chamber Orchestra	Website
AAMB	Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin	German Baroque Orchestra	Oron
ABC	The American Boychoir	American Boys Choir	Oron
ABF	Ansbach Bach Festival	Choir & Orchestra	Oron
ABO&C	Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir	Dutch Baroque Orchestra & Choir	Oron
ABM	Académie Baroque de Montréal	Canadian Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
ABS	American Bach Soloists	American Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
ABV	Aachener Bachverein	German Choir	Oron
ACC	Chœur de Chambre Accentus	French Chamber Choir	Oron
ACO	Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra	Dutch Chamber Orchestra	Oron
ADC	Aachener Domchor	German Choir	Oron
ADK	Augsburger Domsingknaben	Austrian Boys’ Choir	Oron
AFK	Accademia Filarmonica Köln	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
AMN	Amadeus-Chor & Orchester	Choir & Orchestra	Oron
ANSC	Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia	Italian Choir & Orchestra	Oron
ARJ	Anthony Rolfe-Johnson	English Tenor	Arbeitman
ASC	Arnold Schoenberg Chor	Austrian Choir	Oron
ASKC	Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw	German Boys’ Choir	Oron
ASMF	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields	English Chamber Orchestra	Oron
ASO	Atlanta Symphony Orchestra	American Symphony Orchestra	Oron
ASQ	Alexander String Quartet	American Chamber Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
AVE	Alsfelder Vokalensemble	German Vocal Ensemble	Oron
AWC	Anton-Webern-Chor	German Choir	Oron
BAG	Bach Aria Group	American Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
BAMG	Chorus & Orchestra of the Bach Akademie Meiji Gakuin Tokyo	Japanese Choir & Orchestra	Oron
BBC	Basler Bach-Chor	Swiss Choir	Oron
BBCCO	BBC Concert Orchestra	English Symphony Orchestra	Website
BBCP	BBC Philharmonic	English Symphony Orchestra	Oron
BBCSC	BBC Chorus/ BBC Symphony Chorus	English Choir	Oron
BBCSO	BBC Symphony Orchestra	English Symphony Orchestra	Oron
BBE	Boston Bach Ensemble	American Choir & Period-Instrument Orchestra	Oron
BBO	Bremer Bach-Orchester	German Orchestra	Oron
BBS	Berliner Barock Solisten	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
BC&OM	Bach Choir & Orchestra of Mainz	German Choir & Otchestra	Oron
BCB	Bach-Collegium Berlin	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
BDP	Bambini di Praga	Czech Children's Choir	Website
BCJ	Bach Collegium Japan	Japanese Vocal & Instrumental Ensemnle	Oron
BCJKH	Bachchor der Johanniskantorei Halle	German Choir	Oron
BCM	Bach Collegium München	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
BCS	Bach-Collegium Stuttgart	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
BCT	Bach-Chor Tübingen	German Choir	Oron
BMC	Blanche Moyse Chorale	American Choir	Oron
BOB	Bach-Orchester Berlin	German Orchestra	Oron
BOCB	Barockorchester Capriccio Basel	Swiss Baroque Orchestra	Oron
BODH	Barockorchester Den Haag	Dutch Baroque Orchestra	Oron
BOLA	Barockorchester L'ARCO	German Baroque Orchestra	Oron
BOLAF	Barockorchester L’arpa festante	German Baroque Orchestra	Oron
BOP	Bachorchester Pforzheim	German Orchestra	Oron
BOS	Barockorchester Stuttgart	German Baroque Orchestra	Oron
BPO	Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra	Hungarian Symphony Orchestra	Website
BSK	Badische Staatskapelle	German Orchestra	Oron
BRSO	Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphonieorchester	German Symphony Orchestra (& Choir)	Oron
BSO	Boston Symphony Orchestra	American Symphony Orchestra	Oron
BSUCCT	Bloor Street United Church Choir, Toronto	Canadian Choir	Oron
BTCO	Bolshoi Theater Chamber Orchestra	Russian Chamber Orchestra	Oron
BTEM	Bach Trompetensemble München	German Trumpet Ensemble	Oron
CAS	Camerata Academica Salzburg	Austrian Chamber Orchestra	Oron
CASW	Choral Arts Society of Washington	American Choir & Orchestra	Oron
CBCVO	CBC Vancouver Orchestra	Canadian Orchestra	Oron
CBSO	Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	English Orchestra	Oron
CCA	Combattimento Consort Amsterdam	Dutch Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
CCCC	Christ Church Cathedral Choir	English Boys’ Choir	Oron
CCL	Chursächsische Capelle Leipzig	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
CCM	Le Choeur Classique De Montréal	Canadian Choir	Oron
CCN	Choeur de Chambre de Namur	Belgian Chamber Choir	Oron
CCO	Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra	Dutch Chamber Orchestra	Oron
CCRDAM	Children's Choir of the Royal Danish Academy of Music	Danish Children’s Choir	Oron
CFC	Children's Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh	American Children’s Choir	USA
CGN	Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern	German Choir	Oron
CGSS	Chorgemeinschaft St. Sebastian	German Choir	Oron
CIB	Collegium Instrumentale Brugense	Belgian Orchestra	Oron
CLS	City of London Sinfonia	English Chamber Orchestra	Oron
CMBV	Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles	French Choir	Website
CMK	Chorus Musicus Köln	German Chamber Choir	Oron
CMW	Concentus Musicus Wien	Austrian Instrumantal Ensemble	Braatz
CM-TUC	Motettenchor und Collegium Musicum der TU Chemnitz	Grman Choir & Orchestra	Oron
CM-WDR	Collegium Musicum des Westdeutscher Rundfunk	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
CMWI	Collegium Musicum Wilhelm Isselmann	Chamber Orchestra	Oron
CM90	Collegium Musicum 90	English Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
CNCO	Choir of New College, Oxford	English Choir	Oron
CNSO	Czech National Symphony Orchestra	Czech Symphony Orchestra	Oron
CPAL	Chœur Pro Arte de Laussane	Swiss Choir	Website
CPO	Czech Philharmonic Orchestra	Czech Symphony Orchestra	Oron
CRA	Choeur Regional d'Auvergne	French Choir	Oron
CSC	Chicago Symphony Chorus	American Choir	Oron
CSE	Collegium St. Emmerson	German Orchestra	Oron
CSHKB	Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin	German Choir	Oron
CSIL	Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola	American Choir	Oron
CSMH	Chor St. Michaelis Hamburg	German Choir	Oron
CSO	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	American Symphony Orchestra	Oron
CVG	Collegium Vocale Gent	Belgian Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
CVL	Collegium Vocale Leipzig	German Vocal Ensemble	Oron
CVT	Coro Valdese di Torino	Italian Choir	Oron
CWCZ	Kammerchor Clara-Wieck-Chöre Zwickau	German Chamber Choir	Oron
DBO	Dresdner Barockorchester	German Baroque Orchestra	Oron
DBS	Deutsche Bachsolisten	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
DFD	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	German Bass-Baritone Singer	Oron
DHBO	Barockorchester Den Haag	Dutch Baroque Orchestra	Website
DKA	Deutsche Kammerakademie	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
DKDF	Kantorei der Dreikönigskirche Frankfurt	German Choir	Oron
DKK	Dresdner Kapellknaben	German Boys’ Choir	Oron
DKKH	Debreceni Kodály Kórus	Hungarian Choir	Website
DKP	Domkantorei Paderborn	German Choir	Oron
DKVB	Deutsche Kammer-Virtuosen Berlin	German Chamber Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
DLC	Dresdner Kammerchor	German Chamber Choir	Oron
DNO	Das Neue Orchester	German Period Instruments Orchestra	Oron
DNSO	Danish National Symphony Orchestra	Danish Symphony Orchestra	Website
DSO	Detroit Symphony Orchestra	American Symphony Orchestra	Website
DSOB	Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester-Berlin	German Symphony Orchestra	Oron
EBL (2)	Ensemble Baroque du Léman	Swiss Instrumental Baroque Ensemble	Oron
EBL (1)	Ensemble Baroque de Limoges	French Instrumental Baroque Ensemble	Oron
EBS	English Baroque Soloists	English Baroque Ensemble	Oron
ECA	Europa Chor Akademie	German Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
ECC	Ensemble Choral de la Côte, Nyon	Swiss Choir	Oron
ECO	English Chamber Orchestra	English Chamber Orchestra	Website
EECC	Eric Ericson Chamber Choir	Swedish Chamber Choir	Oron
EG	Ensemble Galilei	American Instrumental Ensemble	Website
EJF	Evangelisches Jugendchor Fürstenfeldbruck & Bach-Orchester Fürstenfeldbruck	German Choir & Orchestra	Oron
EMK	Ensemble Metamorphosis Köln	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
EMP	Ensemble Métamorphoses de Paris	Frence Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
EMPF	Ensemble Musica Poetica Freiburg	German Baroque Instrumental & Vocal Ensemble	Oron
EMSC	European Medical Students' Choir	European Choir	Website
ENP	English Northern Philharmonia	English Orchestra	Oron
EOP	Ensemble Orchestral de Paris	French Orchestra	Oron
EPCC	Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir	Estonian Chamber Choir	Website
EUBO	European Union Baroque Orchestra	European Baroque Orchestra	Website
EVCT	Ensemble Vocal Coeli et Terra	French Vocal Ensemble	Oron
EVE	Ensemble Vocal Euterpe	Swiss Vocal Ensemble	Oron
EVL	Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne	Swiss Vocal Ensemble	Oron
FAB	Fine Arts Brass Ensemble	English Brass Ensemble	Website
FBO	Freiburger Barockorchester	German Baroque Orchestra	Oron
FCCL	Favorit- und Capellchor Leipzig	German Vocal Ensemble	Oron
FGKS	Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart	German Choir	Oron
FK	Frankfurter Kantorei	German Choir	Oron
FKO	Frankfurter Kantatenorchester	GermanOrchestra	Oron
FLCO	Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra	Hungarian Chamber Orchesta	Oron
FMD	Fuldaer Mädchenkantorei und Domsingknaben	German Choir	Oron
FMR	Florilegium Musicum Rotterdam	Dutch Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
FSA	Frankfurter Singakademie	German Choir	Oron
FSBQ	Florida State Brass Quintet	American Brass Quintet	Website
FW	Fritz Werner	German Conductor
GBC	Gifu Bach-Chor	Japanese Choir	Oron
GCZ	Gemischte Chor Zürich	Swiss Choir	Oron
GDC	Gloriæ Dei Cantores	American Choir	Oron
GECC	Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus	American Children’s Choir	Oron
GKS	Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart	German Choir	Oron
GKS	Grazer Keplerspatzen	Austrian Choir	Oron
GOL	Gewandhausorchester Leipzig	German Symphony Orchestra	Website
GSG	Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden	German Choral Conductor	Panito
GSK	Göttinger Stadtkantorei	German Choir	Oron
H&L	Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Gustav Leonhardt	Austrian & Dutch conductors, who co-joined in the recording of the first complete Bach Cantatas cycle on original instruments	Oron
HBC	Holland Boys Choir	Dutch Choir	Oron
HBCO	Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra	American Chamber Orchestra	Website
HBO	Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra	American Symphony Orchestra	Website
HCB	Handel Choir of Baltimore	American Choir	Oron
HGC	Harvard Glee Club	American Men Choir	Oron
HGO	Het Gelders Orkest	Dutch Orchestra	Website
HKO	Heidelberger Kammerorchester	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
HMC	Heidelberger Madrigalchor	German Choir	Oron
HMS&C	His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts	English Wind Instrumets Ensemble	Oron
HRM	Hilde Rössl-Majdan	Austrian Contralto	Oron
HSCH	Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn	German Choir	Oron
HSCM	Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Münster	German Choir	Oron
HSEM	Heinrich-Schütz-Ensemble München	German Choir	Oron
HvK	Herbert von Karajan	German Conductor	Oron
ICC	Imogen Children’s Chorale	Australian Children's Choir	Website
ICO	Irish Chamber Orchestra	Irish Chamber Orchestra	Website
IGA	Il Giardino Armonico	Italian Instrumental Ensemble	Braatz
ISDZ	I Solisti di Zagreb	Yugoslavian Chamber Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
ISM	Il Seminario Musicale	French Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
IUS	Indiana University Singers	American Chamber Choir	Oron
JBO	Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra	Israeli Baroque Orchestra
JCBA	Johann Christian Bach-Akademie	German Chamber Orchestra	Website
JCCC	Jesus College Chapel Choir, Cambridge	Choir	Oron
JEG	John Eliot Gardiner	English Conductor	Oron
JKCBW	Junger Kammerchor Baden-Württemberg	German Chamber Choir	Oron
JKCD	Junger KonzertChor Düsseldorf	German Choir	Website
JKH	Jugendkantorei Hösel	German Boys' Choir	Website
JVEH	Junges Vokalensemble Hannover	Vocal Ensemble	Oron
JvK	John van Kesteren	Dutch Tenor	Oron
KAC	Kibbutz Artzi Choir	Israeli Choir
KBE	Kettwiger Bach-Ensemble	German Choir	Oron
KBG	Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke	German Choir	Oron
KCCIS	Knabenchor Collegium Iuvenum Stuttgart	German Boys’ Choir	Oron
KCH	Knabenchor Hannover	German Boys’ Choir	Oron
KCM	Kammerchor Mannheim	German Chamber Choir	Oron
KCO	Kammerchor Oberaspach	Chamber Choir	Oron
KCP	Kühn’s Choir Prague	Czech Choir	Oron
KDKF	Kantorei der Dreikönigskirche Frankfurt	German Choir	Oron
KKB	Knabenkantorei Basel	Boys' Choir	Website
KKC	Kölner Kammerchor	German Chamber Choir	Oron
KKO	Kölner Kammerorchester	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
KOB	Kammerorchester Berlin	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
KPK	Kammerphilharmonie Kaiserpfalz	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
KSJ	Kantorei St. Jacobi Hamburg	German Choir	Oron
LACO	Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra	American Chamber Orchestra	Oron Oron
LAPO	Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra	American Symphony Orchestra	Oron
LBC	Leipzig Bläser-Collegium	German Brass Ensemble	Oron
LBO	Leipziger Barockorchester	German Baroque Orchestra	Oron
LBS	London Bach Society	English Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
LC	Leonhardt-Consort	Dutch Instrumental Ensemble	Braatz
LCE	Leipziger Concert Ensemble	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
LCO	Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra	Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra	Website
LCV	Das Leipziger Concerto Vocale	German Vocal Ensemble	Oron
LFF	Les Folies Françoises	French Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
LFKZ	Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar	Hungarian Chamber Orchestra	Website
LFS	Festival Strings Lucerne = Lucerne Festival Strings	Swiss Chamber Orchestra	Oron
LHL	Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson	American Mezzo-soprano	Arbeitman
LHMF	Leith Hill Music Festival Chorus & Orchestra	English Choir & Orchestra	Oron
LOJC	London Oratory Junior Choir	English Boys Choir	Oron
LOM	L’Offrande Musicale	Belgian Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
LPAO	London Pro Arte Orchestra	English Orchestra	Oron
LPB	La Petite Bande	Belgian Baroque Instrumental & Choral Ensemble	Oron
LPDM	Le Parlement de Musique	French Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
LPM	London Pro Musica	Canadian Choir	Website
LPO	London Philharmonic Orchestra	English Symphony Orchestra	Oron
LSF	La Stagione Frankfurt	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
LSO	London Symphony Orchestra	English Symphony Orchestra	Oron
LUC	Leipziger Universitätschor	German Choir	Oron
LVB	Les Voix Baroques	Canadian Chamber Baroque Ensemble	Oron
LVDR	Les Violons du Roy	Canadian Chamber Orchestra & Choir	Oron
LVE	Leipziger Vocalensemble	German Vocal Ensemble	Oron
M4M	Measure for Measure	American Choir	Website
MAB	Musica Aeterna Bratislava	Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
MAK	Musica Antiqua Köln	German Instrumental Ensemble	Braatz
MBC	Mannheim Bach Choir	German Choir	Oron
MBS	Münchner Bachsolisten	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
MCK	Kärntner Madrigalchor Klagenfurt	Austrian Choir	Orob
MCO	Moscow Chamber Orchestra	Russian Chamber Orchestra	Website
MCP	Motettenchor Pforzheim	German Choir	Oron
MCS	Motettenchor Stuttgart	German Choir	Oron
MDLG	Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble	French Orchestra	Website
MGC	Maîtrise de garçons de Colmar	French Boys Choir	Oron
MKK	Mikaeli Kammarkör	Swedish Chamber Choir	Oron
MKO	Münchener Kammerorchester	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
MKOU	Motettkören i Gamla Uppsala Kyrka	Swedish Choir	Oron
MOM	Monteverdi-Orchester München	German HIP Orchestra	Oron
MOS	Michael O'Neal Singers	American Choir	Website
MPCO	Minsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra	Russian Chamber Orchestra	Oron
MSO	Münchner Symphoniker	German Symphony Orchestra	Oron
MTC	Mormon Tabernacle Choir	American Choir	Oron
MWC	Masterwork Chorus & Orchestra	American Choir & Orchestra	Oron
NBC	Netherlands Bach Collegium	Dutch Baroque Orchestra	Oron
NBCML	Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig	German Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
NBCSO	NBC Symphony Orchestra	Symphony Orchestra	Oron
NBE	Niagara Brass Ensemble	Canadian Brass Ensemble	Oron
NBO	Norwegian Baroque Orchestra	Norwegian Baroque Orchestra	Oron
NBV	Nederlandse Bach Vereniging	Dutch Choir & Baroque Orchestra	Oron
NCC	Nederlands Kamerkoor	Dutch Chamber Choir	Oron
NDBO	Norddeutsches Barockorchester	German Baroque Orchestra	Oron
NDFC	Norddeutscher Figuralchor	German Choir	Oron
NDR Chor	Norddeutschen Rundfunk Chor	German Choir	Website
NDR-SO	Norddeutschen Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester	Symphony Orchestra	Oron
NH	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Austrian Conductor	Panito
NHM	Neue Hofkapelle München	German Orchestra	Oron
NICE	New Israeli Chamber Ensemble	Israeli Chamber Orchestra	Oron
NJSO	New Jersey Symphony Orchestra	American Symphony Orchestra	Website
NKO	Nederlands Kamerorkest	Dutch Chamber Orchestra	Oron
NLC	New London Consort	English Early Music Ensemble	Website
NLCR	National Lutheran Choir	American Choir	Website
NOCC	Nordic Chamber Choir	German Chamber Choir	Oron
NRC	Nederlands Radio Koor	Dutch Choir	Oron
NRK	Niederrheinische Kantorei	German Choir	Oron
NYCA	New York Choral Artists	American Choir	Oron
NYPO	New York Philharmonic Orchestra	American Symphony Orchestra	Oron
OAE	Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment	Baroque Orchestra	Oron
OAF	Orchester ad fontes	Swiss Orchestra	Oron
OAIK	Orchesterakademie an der Immanuelskirche	German Orchestra	Oron
OBC	Ottawa Bach Choir	Canadian Choir	Website
OBKV	Okayama Bach Kantaten Verein	Japanese Choir	Oron
OCM	Orpheus Chor München	German Chamber Choir	Oron
OCO	Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra	Finnish Chamber Orchestra	Oron
OCP	Oratorienchor Pforzheim	German Choir	Oron
OFCA	Olde Friends Concert Artists	American Istrumental Ensemble	Oron
OFM	Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana	Italian Orchestra	Oron
OKPR	Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra (Orkiestra Kameralna Polskiego Radia Amadeus)	Chamber Orchestra	Oron
OKVM	Orchester der KlangVerwaltung München	German Orchestra	Oron
OSI	Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana	Orchestra	Oron
OSL	Orchestra of St. Luke's	American Chamber Orchestra	Oron
OSR	L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	Swiss Orchestra	Website
OVE	Ostfälisches Vokalensemble	German Vocal Ensemble	Oron
PA	Paul Agnew	Scottish Tenor	Galina
PBE	Pauliner Barockensemble	German Baroque Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
PCK	Philharmonischer Chor Köln (PCK)	Choir	Oron
PCO	Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
PCV	Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs de Versailles	French Choir	Oron
PJBE	Philip Jones Brass Ensemble	English Brass Ensemble	Website
PJL	Pieter Jan Leusink	Dutch Conductor	Oron
PKO	Prague Chamber Orchestra	Czech Chamber Orchestra	Oron
PKP	Polnische Kammerphilharmonie	Polish Chamber Orchestra	Oron
POL	Philomusica of London / Boyd Neel Orchestra	English Chamber Orchestre	Oron
PQ	Purcell Quartet	English Chamber Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
PTC	Pfeiffer-Trompeten-Consort	German Trumpet Consort	Oron
PVNY	Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York	American Chamber Orchestra	Oron
RBO	Randstedelijk Begeleidings Orkest	Dutch Orchestra	Oron
RC	Ricercar Consort	Belgian Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
RCA-VSO	RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra	American Symphony Orchestra	Oron
RCB	Rundfunkchor Berlin	German Choir	Website
RCL	Rundfunkchor Leipzig	GermanChoir	Oron
RCO	Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam	Dutch Orchestra	Oron
RCS	Radcliffe Choral Society	American Women Choir	Oron
RCS-L	Royal Choral Society	English Choir	Oron
RLPO	Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra	English Symphony Orchestra	Oron
RMC	Rostocker Motettenchor	Gerrman Choir	Oron
RPO	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Symphony Orchestra	Website
RSC	Robert Shaw Chorale	American Choir	AMG
SAKH	St.-Andreas-Kantorei Hildesheim	German Choir	Oron
SBC	Stockholm Bach Choir	Swedish Choir	Oron
SBC	Schneidt Bach Choir & Orchestra	Japanese Choir & Orchestra	Oron
SBC&O	Stuttgarter Bach-Chor und Orchester	Choir & Orchestra	Oron
SBCH	Boys’ Choir of St Bavo’s Cathedral, Haarlem	Boys Choir	Oron
SBE	Scholars Baroque Ensemble	English Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
SBE	Salzburger Barockensemble	Austrian Instrumental Baroque Ensemble	Oron
SBP	Steinitz Bach Players	Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
SCB	Schola Cantorum Basiliensis	Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble	Website
SCC	Saar Chamber Orchestra	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
SCCD	Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino	Belgian Boys’ Choir	Oron
SCCOV	St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra of Vilnius	Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra	Oron
SCO	Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus	Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Choir	Oron
SCO	Stuttgarter Kammerorchester	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
SCP	Smithsonian Chamber Players	American Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
SDB	Staats- und Domchor Berlin	German Choir	Oron
SDBO	Südwestdeutsches Barockorchester	German Baroque Orchestra	Oron
SDKOP	Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
SFBC	San Francisco Bach Choir	American Choir	Oron
SFSC	San Francisco Symphony Chorus	American Choir	Oron
SFSK	St. Florianer Sängerknaben	Austrian Boys’ Choir	Oron
SGM	Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca	Italian Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
SK	Schiersteiner Kantorei	German Choir	Website
SLCE	St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble	American Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
SMCM	Studentischer Madrigalchor Münster	Choir	Oron
SOBB	Südwestfunk-Orchester Baden-Baden	German Chamber Orhestra	Oron
SON	Norrköping Symphony Orchestra	Swedish Symphony Orchestra	Oron
SRC	Schwedischer Rundfunkchor	Swedish Choir	Oron
SSJ	Sinfonie Saint-Julien	French Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
SSKD	Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden	German Symphony Orchestra	Oron
SSO	Sydney Symphony Orchestra	Australian Symphony Orchestra	Oron
SSS	Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart	German Choir	Oron
SVK	Studio Vocale Karlrsruhe	German Chamber Choir	Oron
SWF	SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden	German Symphony Orchestra	Oron
SWR	Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra	German Symphony Orcestra	Website
TAS	Thüringischer Akademischer Singkreis	German Choir	Oron
TCC	Toronto Children's Chorus	Canadian Children's Choir	Website
TCCC	Trinity College Choir of Cambridge	English Choir	Oron
TCCP	Trinity Cathedral Choir & Orchestra, Portland Oregon	American Choir & Orchestra	Oron
TCO	Cleveland Orchestra	American Symphony Orchestra	Oron
TCOC	Cleveland Orchestra Chorus	American Choir	Oron
TEM	Theatre of Early Music	Canadian Baroque Inbstrumental Ensemble	Oron
TCCC	Trinity College Choir of Cambridge	English Choir	Oron
TDC	Dorian Consort	Swiss Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
TEFI	Trompetenensemble Friedemann Immer	Instrumental Ensemble	Oron
TIJ	Telemann Institute Japan	Japanese Choir & Orchestra	Website
TK, TKC	Tölzer Knabenchor	German Boys’ Choir	Panito
TKC	The King’s Consort	English Period Instrument Orchestra	Website
TKO	Telemann-Kammerorchester	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
TMC	Toronto Mendelssohn Choir	Canadian Choir	Oron
TOS	Tokyo Opera Singers	Japanese Choir	Oron
TSM	Tudor Singers of Montreal	Canadian Choir	Oron
TSO	Toronto Symphony Orchestra	Canadian Symphony Orchestra	Website
TSR	Teresa Stich-Randall	American Soprano	Oron
WBC	Washington Bach Consort	American Orchestra & Choir	Oron
UCL	Union Chorale de Lausanne / Choeur Vivace de Lausanne	Choir	Oron
UCB	Universitätschor Bielefeld	German Choir	Oron
VBO	Venice Baroque Orchestra	Italian Baroque Orchestra	Oron
VCB	Vocal-Concertisten e.v. Berlin	German Chamber Choir	Oron
VCC	Vancouver Chamber Choir	Canadian Chamber Choir	Oron
VDP	Virtuosi di Praga	Czech Chamber Orchestra	Oron
VESH	Vokalensemble Stadthagen	German Choir	Oron
VKC	Wiener Kammerchor, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Vienna Chamber Choir	Austrian Chamber Choir	Oron
VOM	Voices of Music	American Early Music Ensemble	Oron
VPO	Wiener Philharmoniker	Austrian Symphony Orchestra	Oron
VRK	Flemish Radio Choir (VRK)	Belgian Choir	Website
VSO	Wiener Symphoniker	Austrian Symphony Orchestra	Oron
WCC	Westminster Choir (Princeton)	American Choir	Oron
WCO	Warsaw Chamber Opera	Polish Choir	Oron
WKC	Windsbacher Knabenchor	German Boys’ Choir	Oron
WKH	Westfälische Kantorei, Herford	German Choir	Oron
WKO	Wiener Kammerorchester	Austrian Chamber Orchestra	Oron
WKOH	Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn	German Chamber Orchestra	Oron
WSBC	Wandsworth School Boys' Choir	English Boys' Choir	Oron
YBC	Yorkshire Bach Choir	English Choir	Oron
YPBC	Yorkminister Park Baptist Church Choir	Canadian Choir	Website
YSC	Yale Schola Cantorum	American Choir	Oron
ZBC	Zürcher Bach-Chor	Swiss Choir	Website

The technical terms & abbreviations in this page are mostly compiled from the following sources: Common - Common use, especially in e-mail correspondence Alec Robertson's book 'The Church Cantatas of J.S. Bach' (Cassell - London, 1972) New Harvard Dictionary of Music Yoël L. Arbeitman - Member of the BCML Thomas Braatz - Member of the BCML Frank Fogliati - Member of the BCML Aryeh Oron - Moderator of the BCML Johan van Veen - Member of the BCML Panito Iconomu - Singer Galina Kolomietz - Member of the BCML Website - Official Website of the ensemble
Prepared by Aryeh Oron (December 2000 - May 2008)
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