V. Bessel and Co. was a musical firm founded in 1869 in
St Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
by
Vasily Vasil’yevich Bessel (1843–1907). His brother N. V. Bessel was a co-owner of the firm.
The firm and a print shop (since 1871) published works by prominent Russian composers, notably
Pyotr Tchaikovsky,
Anton Rubinstein,
Alexander Dargomyzhsky and the members of the New Russian Musical School —
Modest Musorgsky
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...
,
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov,
César Cui
César Antonovich Cui ( rus, Це́зарь Анто́нович Кюи́, , ˈt͡sjezərʲ ɐnˈtonəvʲɪt͡ɕ kʲʊˈi, links=no, Ru-Tsezar-Antonovich-Kyui.ogg; french: Cesarius Benjaminus Cui, links=no, italic=no; 13 March 1918) was a Ru ...
,
Mily Balakirev, and
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin ( rus, link=no, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir’yevich Borodin , p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdʲin, a=RU-Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin.ogg, ...
.
The firm issued a weekly magazine “Muzykal’ny listok”
he Musical Leaffrom September 3, 1872 to June 5, 1877, and “Muzykal’noye obozrenie”
he musical revue(1885–1888).
The firm moved from St Petersburg to Paris after the Russian Revolution 1917.
External links
Muzykal’ny listok
Bessel
Bessel
Publishing companies established in 1869
1869 establishments in the Russian Empire
Music organizations based in Russia