Editions Russes Explained

Éditions Russes de Musique was a music publishing company operating in Germany, Russia, France, the UK and the US.^[1]

It was founded in 1909 by Serge Koussevitzky and his second wife Natalia and focused on new Russian music.^{[2] [3]}

In 1914 a related independent imprint was formed based on the German company Gutheil which Koussevitzky purchased^[4] for the purpose.^[1]

The headquarters moved to Paris in 1920,^[4] after the Russian Revolution. The firm was sold to Boosey & Hawkes on March 1, 1947.^[1]

Names of imprints

• Russischer Musikverlag
• Editions Russes de Musique
• Édition russe de musique
• Rossiyskoe muzykalnoye izdatelstvo (Российское музыкальное издательство)
• A. Gutheil (1914–1947)^[1]

Plates

IMSLP catalogues printing plates from dates ranging from 1909 to 1938, covering composers both well-known and less well-known.^[1]

References

Principal source: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. New York and London: Macmillan Publications, 1980

Notes and References

1. Web site: Editions Russes de Musique . imslp.org . 4 March 2017.
2. Web site: 'Edition Russe de Musique' . Robert S. Nichols . Nigel Simeone . Grove Music Online oxfordindex.oup.com . 2001 . 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.08553 . 5 March 2017 . 5 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170305115429/http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.08553 . dead .
3. Web site: А. Оссовский – Воспоминания о С. Рахманинове . A. Ossovsky – Memories of S. Rachmaninoff . senar.ru . 11 December 2023.
4. Web site: Édition russe de musique . data.bnf.fr . 5 March 2017.