Ernst Eulenburg the music publisher was established by Ernst Eulenburg in
Leipzig in 1874. The firm started by publishing a series of studies by a
Dresden piano teacher, and then expanded into light music and works for men's chorus, at first all non-copyright works.
Origins of the miniature scores
In 1891, Eulenburg acquired the company of Payne who had recently started to publish miniature scores of chamber works, thus effectively establishing the basis for the famous miniature scores which are what Eulenburg is famous for today. The catalogue was further expanded in 1908 by the acquisition of the catalogue of Donajowski, who published miniature scores of orchestral works in England.
Later history of the company
In 1905, Ernst's son Kurt began to work in the firm, a connection maintained until his retirement at age 90 in 1968. After Ernst died in 1926, Kurt took over and began to introduce important revisions of scores by leading musicologists such as
Alfred Einstein
Alfred Einstein (December 30, 1880February 13, 1952) was a German-American musicologist and music editor. He was born in Munich and fled Nazi Germany after Hitler's ''Machtergreifung'', arriving in the United States by 1939. He is best known for b ...
(who edited, for example,
Don Giovanni
''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...
) and
Friedrich Blume (who edited the
Mozart piano concertos). At the same time, Eulenburg began to publish the work of contemporary composers such as
Paul Graener and the "classical" compositions of the film composer
Miklós Rózsa.
The war years
Kurt Eulenburg and his family were expelled from Germany in 1939 just before the outbreak of the second world war, and settled in
Zurich. The firm Ernst Eulenburg Ltd, London was set up after negotiations with Eulenburg's London agents, Goodwin & Tabb; while the Leipzig concern was expropriated and continued under the name of Horst Sander KG.
Eulenburg after the war
After the war ended in 1945, Eulenburg moved to London to take over control of the firm there, and began slowly to expand the catalogue again. Towards the end of the 1950s, Eulenburg were acquired by
Schott & Co. who produce the Edition Eulenburg today.
Walter Bergmann Walter Bergmann may refer to:
* (1864–1950), German infantry general
* Walter Bergmann (1902–1988), German-born harpsichord and recorder player and music editor
* Walter Bergman (born Walter Bergmann, 1913–1986), South African numismatist
*Wal ...
acted as editor-in-chief until 1967, when
Roger Fiske
Roger Fiske (11 September 1910 – 22 July 1987) was a musicologist, broadcaster and author who played an important part in establishing music for schools at the BBC during and after World War II.
Fiske was born in Surbiton. He studied English at ...
took on the job until 1975. Today, over 1200 titles are produced under the name of Edition Eulenburg, scores that are instantly recognisable by their small size and bright yellow covers.
References
*
Schönzeler, H-H. 1979. Kurt Eulenburg at 100. Recollections of a Century in Music Publishing. ''Musical Times'', 120, 127-128.
External links
www.schott-music.com
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