Definitions

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  • initialism music Initialism used to indicate a particular work of music according to a reference number assigned in the Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach, a catalog which provides a reference number for each work of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, or which has been attributed to him.

Etymologies

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Initialism for the German Bach ("J.S.Bach")-Werke ("works")-Verzeichnis ("catalog").

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Examples

  • If we could have afforded what we were looking for at the time, we would have stayed in BWV.

    Going Placidly Beyond The Noise And Haste | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • Wilcox Vølund ApS ( 'BWV'), and the defendant, the Confederation of Danish Employers (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening) ( 'DA'), acting on behalf of BWV, concerning the dismissal of Mr Holst by BWV.

    EU News caselex 2010

  • Wilcox Vølund ApS ( 'BWV'), and the defendant, the Confederation of Danish Employers (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening) ( 'DA'), acting on behalf of BWV, concerning the dismissal of Mr Holst by BWV.

    EU News caselex 2010

  • Wilcox Vølund ApS ( 'BWV'), and the defendant, the Confederation of Danish Employers (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening) ( 'DA'), acting on behalf of BWV, concerning the dismissal of Mr Holst by BWV.

    EU News caselex 2010

  • Wilcox Vølund ApS ( 'BWV'), and the defendant, the Confederation of Danish Employers (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening) ( 'DA'), acting on behalf of BWV, concerning the dismissal of Mr Holst by BWV.

    EU News caselex 2010

  • Wilcox Vølund ApS ( 'BWV'), and the defendant, the Confederation of Danish Employers (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening) ( 'DA'), acting on behalf of BWV, concerning the dismissal of Mr Holst by BWV.

    EU News caselex 2010

  • He spoke of people in three categories: non-Christians, Christians, and Christians with a "BWV", which stands for "

    Justice and Compassion 2008

  • In contrast, the Bach concerto, BWV 1056r, when presented on this scale, suggested contrapuntally active yet intimate chamber music, especially at the group's relaxed tempos and restrained dynamics.

    Music review: Ensemble 415 at Library of Congress Post 2010

  • To open the concert, William Neil gave a powerful account of J.S. Bach's "Fantasia" and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542, on the church's magnificent Aeolian-Skinner organ.

    From City Choir of Washington, triumph out of tragedy 2011

  • But Willis's easygoing, dancing phrasing warmed up the chamber-sized dimensions of the playing, and once the intonation settled, in time for the bewitching Siciliano of the E-major concerto (BWV 1053), the group began to exude more confidence, and the closing Allegro had a happy brio.

    Authentication keys Matthew Guerrieri 2009

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