Éditions Russes de Musique was a music publishing company operating in
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[Editions Russes de Musique at imslp.org]
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It was founded in 1909 by
Serge Koussevitzky and his first wife Natalia and focussed on new Russian music.
Robert S. Nichols and Nigel Simeone: 'Edition Russe de Musique' in Grove Music Online at oxfordindex.oup.com
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In 1914 a related independent imprint was formed based on the German company Gutheil which Koussevitzky purchased[edition_russe_de_musique at data.bnf.fr]
Accessed 5 March 2017 for the purpose.[
The headquarters moved to Paris in 1920,][ after the Russian revolution. The firm was sold to Boosey & Hawkes on March 1, 1947.][
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Names of imprints
*Russischer Musikverlag
*Editions Russes de Musique
*Édition russe de musique
*Rossiyskoe muzykalnoye izdatelstvo (Российское музыкальное издательство)
*A. Gutheil (1914-1947)[
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Plates
IMSLP
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catalogues printing plates from dates ranging from 1909 to 1938, covering composers both well-known and less well-known.[
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References
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Principal source: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. New York and London: Macmillan Publications, 1980
Sheet music publishing companies
Music organizations based in Russia
Music publishing companies of Germany