Bartholf Senff

Bartholf Senff (2 September 1815 25 June 1900) was an eminent German music publisher from Friedrichshall,

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. In 1850, he founded the publishing house which bears his name in

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. His catalog contains original editions of Mendelssohn, Brahms, Gade, Hiller, and Rubinstein, as well as the education works by Louis Köhler. In addition, Senff was the founder, editor, and proprietor of the well known periodical ''

Signale für die musikalische Welt ' was a German music magazine established by Bartholf Senff in Leipzig in 1843 and ceasing publication in 1941. From 1907 (when the journal was sold to Simrock) to 1919, it was based in Berlin and Leipzig, and from 1920 to 1941 in Berlin. Its m ...

''. 1815 births 1900 deaths German publishers (people) {{Germany-music-bio-stub