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Scotty
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posted: 6/22/2005 at 12:51:10 AM ET
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What is an opus

Pete
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A work, from the Latin.

Take me to your Lieder...

TheHornSupremacy
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You may be a little more familiar with the plural form which is "opera".

maintube
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Here's what I found:

o·pus (plural o·per·a or o·pus·es)


noun
1. one of series of musical works: a musical work, especially one of a numbered series by the same composer arranged to show the order in which they were written or cataloged

2. creative work: a creative piece of work in any field of the arts.
See also magnum opus

[Early 18th century. < Latin, "work"]

imnidiot
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Magnum meaning great. Great work.

I am a fragment of my imagination


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