| A R |
Artist and Repertoire |
| ABC |
American Broadcasting Company |
| AB of the RSM |
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music 1889- (London) |
| AC |
Alberta Culture and Multiculturalism 1987- (Cultural Development Branch 1946-71; Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation 1971-5; Alberta Culture 1975-87 |
| ACA |
Alberta Composers' Association/Association des compositeurs de l'Alberta 1977-83 |
| ACCO |
Associate, Canadian College of Organists 1909-59 (ARCCO 1959-) |
| ACM |
Anthology of Canadian Music/Anthologie de la musique canadienne (record label, RCI) |
| ACME |
Academy of Country Music Entertainment 1976-86 (CCMA 1986-) |
| ACO |
Association of Canadian Orchestras/AOC, Association des orchestres canadiens 1972- |
| ACRA |
Association of Canadian Radio Artists 1943-63
(ACTRA 1963-) |
| ACTRA |
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists 1984- (ACRA 1943-63; Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists 1963-84) |
| adap |
adapter/adapted |
| ADISQ |
Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois et de la vidéo 1977- (Montreal) |
| ad lib |
ad libitum/at pleasure |
| AF of M |
American Federation of Musicians 1896-1901; American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada 1901- |
| AGSM |
Associate, Guildhall School of Music |
| Algord |
Algord Music Ltd (publisher, Toronto) |
| Alta |
Alberta |
| AMA |
Associate in Music, Alberta 1936- |
| AMEA |
Alberta Music Educators' Association 1957-69 |
| AMM |
Associate in Music, Manitoba 1936- |
| AMP |
Associated Music Publishers, Inc (New York) |
| AMQ |
Académie de musique du Québec 1988- (Académie de musique de Québec, 1868-1988) |
| AMS |
Associate in Music, Saskatchewan 1936- |
| A MUS |
Associate in music |
| Ang-Can |
Anglo-Canadian Music Publisher's Association 1885-1921; Anglo-Canadian Music Co 1921-ca 1943 (Toronto) |
Anglo-
Canadian |
see Ang-Can |
| anon |
anonymous |
| ANQ |
Archives nationales du Québec 1920- (Chicoutimi, Hull, Montreal, Noranda, Quebec City, Trois-Rivières) |
| A of D |
Ace of Diamonds (record label) |
| Apogee |
Apogee Press, Inc (publisher, Cincinnati, O) |
| approx |
approximately |
| ARAM |
Associate, Royal Academy of Music |
| ARCCO |
Associate, Royal Canadian College of Organists 1959- (ACCO 1909-59) |
| Archambault |
Archambault Musique; Ed Archambault Inc (publisher, Montreal) |
| ARCM |
Associate, Royal College of Music |
| ARCO |
Associate, Royal College of Organists |
| ARCT |
Associate, Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto 1947- (ATCM 1896-1947) |
| ARMCM |
Associate, Royal Manchester College of Music |
| ARMTA |
Alberta Registered Music Teachers' Association 1932- |
| ARMuQ |
Association pour l'avancement de la recherche en musique du Québec 1980- |
| arr |
arranged/arrangement(s)/arranger(s) |
| ARSCM |
Associate, Royal School of Church Music 1945- (School of English Church Music 1927-45) |
| ASCAP |
American Society of Composers, Authors, Publishers 1914- |
| Assn(s) |
Association(s) |
| Associated Music |
Associated Music Publishers, Inc (New York) |
| ATCL |
Associate, Trinity College of Music, London |
| ATCM |
Associate, Toronto Conservatory of Music 1896-1947 (ARCT 1947-) |
| Augsburg |
Augsburg Publishing House (Minneapolis, Minn) |
| Ave |
Avenue |
| AWCM |
Associate, Western Ontario Conservatory of Music |
