| A | Catalog of the works of František Xaver Dušek by Altner |
| AV | "Allroggen Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of E.T.A. Hoffman by Gerhard Allroggen |
| AV | "Asow Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of Richard Strauss by Mueller von Asow |
| B | Catalog of the works of Antonín Dvořák by Burghauser |
| B | Catalog of the works of Leopold Hofmann by Badley |
| BB | Catalog of the works of Béla Bartók by Laszlo Somfai |
| BeRI | Catalog of the works of Johann Helmich Roman by Bengtsson |
| BI | Catalog of the works of Frédéric François Chopin by Maurice J.E. Brown |
| BuxWV | "Buxtehude-Werke-Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of Dietrich Buxtehude by Karstadt |
| BWV | "Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of J.S. Bach by Schmieder (sometimes designated by "S.") |
| C | Catalog of the works of Giovanni Gabrieli by Charteris |
| D | Catalog of the works of Franz Schubert by Deutsch |
| D | Catalog of the violin concertos of Guiseppe Tartini by Dounias |
| DF | Catalog of the works of C.E.F. Weyse by D. Fog |
| deest | Derived from the Latin "deesse" meaning to be absent. May follow the catalog abbreviation to designate a work which does not appear in that particular catalog (ex. K. deest). Plural is "desunt". |
| E | Catalog of the symphonies of Leopold Mozart by Eisen |
| F | Catalog of the works of Antonio Vivaldi by Fanna |
| F | Catalog of the works of W.F. Bach by Falck |
| FS | Catalog of the works of Carl Nielsen by Fog & Schousboe |
| G | Catalog of the works of Luigi Boccherini by Gérard |
| G | Catalog of the works of Giuseppe Torelli by Giegling |
| G | Catalog of the violin concertos of Giovanni Battista Viotti by Giazotto |
| GP | Catalog of the works of Sir Arnold Bax by Graham Parlett |
| H | Catalog of the works of C.P.E. Bach by Helm |
| H | Catalog of the unpublished works of Ludwig van Beethoven by Hess, compiled at the same time, but independently from, Kinsky & Halm. Used only for works which Kinsky & Halm did not catalog. |
| H | Catalog of the works of Marc-Antoine Charpentier by Hitchcock |
| H | Catalog of the works of Gustav Holst by Imogene Holst, daughter of composer |
| H | Catalog of the works of John Field by Hopkinson |
| H | Chronological catalog of the works of Leo Sowerby by Ronald M. Huntington |
| H | Catalog of the works of Bohuslav Martinů by Harry Halbreich |
| Hob | Catalog of the works of F.J. Haydn by Hoboken |
| HW | Catalog of the works of J.C.F. Bach by H. Wohlforth |
| HWV | "Handel-Werke-Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of G.F. Handel by Bäselt |
| J | Catalog of the works of C.M. von Weber by Jähns |
| JC | Catalog of the works of G.B. Sammartini by Jenkins & Churgin |
| K | Catalog of the works of Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf by Kremsmünster |
| K | Catalog of the works of W.A. Mozart by Köchel (same as KV below) |
| K | Catalog of the works of Francesco Antonio Rosetti (Rössler) by Kaul |
| K or Kk | Catalog of the keyboard works of Domenico Scarlatti by Kirkpatrick |
| KV | "Köchel-Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of W.A. Mozart by Köchel |
| L | Catalog of the keyboard works of Domenico Scarlatti by Longo |
| L | Catalog of the works of Claude Debussy by Lesuré |
| LWV | "Lully-Werke-Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully by Schneider |
| M | "Meta" Catalog of the works of Vagn Holmboe by Paul Rapoport |
| M | Catalog of the works of Antonio Vivaldi by Malipiero (same as R below) |
| M | Catalog of the works of Ignaz von Beeke by F. Munter |
| M | Catalog of the works of Francesco Antonio Rosetti by Murray |
| MS | Catalog of the works of Johann Melchior Molter by Hafner |
| MWV | "Molter-Werke-Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of Johann Melchior Molter by Hafner |
| Op | Opus number, generally a chronological publication or composition number that may have been assigned by either the publisher or composer |
| P | Catalog of the works of J.M. Haydn by Perger |
| P | Catalog of the works of Ottorino Respighi by Pedarra |
| P | Catalog of the works of Antonio Vivaldi by Pincherle |
| P | Catalog of the works of Leopold Jan Antonín Kozeluh by Poštolka |
| R | Catalog of the works of Antonio Vivaldi by Malipiero as published by Ricordi |
| R | Catalog of the works of Gottlieb Muffat by Riedl |
| R | Catalog of the works of Adelbert Gyrowetz by Rice |
| RO | Catalog of the works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk by Offergeld |
| RV | Catalog of the works of Antonio Vivaldi by Ryom |
| S | Catalog of the works of J.S. Bach by Schmieder (see BWV above) |
| S | Catalog of the works of Franz Liszt by Humphrey Searle |
| S | Catalog of the works of Johann David Heinichen by Siebel |
| S | Catalog of the works of Leopold Sylvius Weiss by Smith |
| SR | Catalog of the works of Padre Antonio Soler by Padre Samuel Rubio |
| Sz | Catalog of the works of Béla Bartók by Szöllösy |
| SWV | "Schutz-Werke-Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of Heinrich Schütz by Bittinger |
| TFV | Catalog of the works of Richard Strauss by Franz Trenner |
| TWV | "Telemann-Werke-Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of Georg Phillip Telemann by Kassel |
| VB | "Systematisch-thematisches Werkverzeichnis" Catalog of the works of Johann Kraus by Bertil H. van Boer, Jr. |
| VB | "Valentini Bakfark Opera Omnia" Catalog of the works of Balint Bakfark by Homolya and Benko |
| WoO | "Werk ohne Opuszahl" or "Work without opus number", typically unpublished works or works that were not assigned an opus number by the composer |
| Wq | Catalog of the works of C.P.E. Bach by Wotquenne |
| WV | "Wagenseil-Verzeichnis" Catalog of the orchestral works of Georg Christoph Wagenseil by Schölz-Michelitsch |
| WWV | "Wagner-Werke-Verzeichnis" Catalog of the works of Richard Wagner by Deatheridge, Geck & Voss |
| Z | Catalog of the works of Henry Purcell by Zimmerman |
| Z | Catalog of the works of Vaclav Pichl by Anita Zakin |