Bärenreiter
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Founded | 1923 |
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Founder | Karl Vötterle |
Country of origin | Germany |
Headquarters location | Kassel |
Key people | Barbara Scheuch-Vötterle and Leonhard Scheuch |
Publication types | Sheet music |
Official website | www |
Bärenreiter (Bärenreiter-Verlag) is a German classical music publishing house based in Kassel. The firm was founded by Karl Vötterle (1903–1975) in Augsburg in 1923, and moved to Kassel in 1927, where it still has its headquarters; it also has offices in Basel, London, New York and Prague. The company is currently managed by Barbara Scheuch-Vötterle and Leonhard Scheuch.
Since 1951, the company's focus has been on the New Complete Editions series for various composers. These are urtext editions, and cover the entire work of the selected composer. Series include: J. S. Bach (the Neue Bach-Ausgabe, a joint project with the Deutscher Verlag für Musik), Berlioz, Fauré, Gluck, Handel, Janáček, Mozart (Neue Mozart-Ausgabe), Rossini,[1] Saint-Saëns, Schubert (New Schubert Edition), Telemann and others.
References[]
- ^ List of works by Rossini Archived 2014-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Bärenreiter website
- IMSLP article about the company
- Leonhard Scheuch Interview – NAMM Oral History Library (2016)
- Barbara Scheuch-Vötterle Interview – NAMM Oral History Library (2016)
- Music publishing companies of Germany
- Sheet music publishing companies
- Publishing companies established in 1923
- Companies based in Hesse
- Mass media in Kassel
- Opera publishing companies
- 1923 establishments in Germany
- Publishing company stubs