| AFCC |
American Friends of Canada Committee Inc. |
| ACO |
Association of Canadian Orchestras |
| BBC |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BMI |
Broadcast Music Inc. |
| BTO |
Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
| ca. |
circa |
| CAMMAC |
Canadian Amateur Musicians / Musiciens amateurs du Canada |
| CAPAC |
Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada Ltd /
Association des compositeurs, auteurs et éditeurs du Canada Ltée
|
| CBC |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| CECM |
Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal |
| CIBC |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce / Banque canadienne impériale de commerce |
| CIDEM |
Conferencía Interamericana de Educacíon Musical |
| cm |
centimetre (s) |
| CPR |
Canadian Pacific Railway |
| CTL |
Canadian Talent Library |
| d. |
died |
| Dr. |
Doctor |
| m |
metre (s) |
| MCA |
Music Corporation of America |
| MIDEM |
International Record and Music Publishing Market /
Marché international du disque et de l'édition musicale (Cannes) |
| Ms. |
Miss or Mrs. |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NFB |
National Film Board |
| no. |
number |
| OFSO |
Ontario Federation of Symphony Orchestras |
| op. |
opus |
| p. |
page (s) |
| RCA |
Radio Corporation of America |
| RCI |
Radio Canada International |
| RCMT |
Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto |
| SRC |
Société Radio-Canada |
