D. Rahter

Daniel Rahter (1828-1891)
decorative cover 1885
decorative cover 1880s
Typical Rahter-Buttner cover (1889)
Typical Rahter cover (1898)
Salon piece cover (1900)
decorative cover 1906
Elite Edition cover ca. 1920
Benjamin era decorative cover 1927

Contents

History

This firm was founded in 1879 in Hamburg by Daniel Rahter (1828-1891), then manager of the St. Petersburg publisher A. Büttner. Rahter ran the Saint Petersburg firm from 1865 to 1890, although his family moved back to Hamburg in 1874. He was an admirer of Tchaikovsky's music and acquired the German agency for a number of the composer's works from his principal publisher, P. Jurgenson.

After his death in 1891 his publishing house was moved to Leipzig, where it was at first managed by Franz Schäffer, Rahter's assistant of many years, and then by Rahter's son, Johann Christian Daniel Rahter. It was finally sold to the rival Hamburg music publisher Anton J. Benjamin in 1917. Benjamin continued to employ the Rahter name as an imprint well into the 20th century.

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprint

Addresses

Russia

  • St. Petersburg (1879-1890)

Germany (Main Offices)

  • Hamburg (1879-1891)
  • Leipzig (1891-1917)

Plate Numbers

Dates in italics are estimated dates.

Plate Composer Work Year
0367 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4, Op.36 (arr. Taneev piano duet) 1880
0415-20 Schütt Poésies d'Automne, Op.36 1893
0607 Navrátil Violin Sonata, Op.20 1894
0853 Longo Tema con variazioni, Op.30 1897
0855-63 Scarlatti 24 Pieces in 8 Suites 1897
1027 Navrátil String Quartet No.2, Op.21 (parts) 1898
1674 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4, Op.36 1900
1708-9 Sinigaglia 2 Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op.16 1902
1864 Wolf-Ferrari Violin Sonata No.1, Op.1 1902
1869 Laurischkus Waltz-Caprices, Op.14 1903
1873 Wolf-Ferrari Violin Sonata No.2, Op.10 1902
1914 Wolf-Ferrari Kammersymphonie, Op.8 1903
2554 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33 (parts) 1904
2857 Ertel Balsazar, Op.12 (score) 1905
3576 Haas Violin Sonata, Op.21 1908
3577 Schelling Suite Fantastique, Op.7 (score) 1908
3779 Seitz Piano Quartet, Op.35 1909
3914 Stock String Quartet, Op.6 (score) 1910
3961 Koch Die Sundflüt, Op.32 (vocal score) 1910
4072–73 Bortkiewicz 10 Etudes, Op.15 1911
4163 Sekles Kleine Suite, Op.21 (score) 1912
4387 Bortkiewicz 3 Valses, Op.27 1924
4388–89 Bortkiewicz 12 Etudes Nouvelles, Op.29 1924
4412 Bortkiewicz Aus Andersens Märchen, Op.30 1925
4418 Bortkiewicz Russische Weisen und Tänze, Op.31 1926
4425 Bortkiewicz 10 Preludes, Op.33 1926
4426 Respighi 6 Little Pieces 1926
4429 Röntgen Holländisches Volksleben, Op.81 1927
4447 Bortkiewicz A Thousand and One Nights, Op.37 1928

The principal publisher of these titles was A. Büttner of St. Petersburg, whose plate number was used. Rahter was the German co-publisher.

Plate Composer Work Year
2054 Davydov String Sextet, Op.35 1880
2265 Nápravník Fantasia on Russian Themes, Op.39 (2-pf arr.) 1882
2284 Schütt Piano Quartet, Op.12 1882
2289–90 Nápravník Fantasia on Russian Themes, Op.39 (score) 1886
2317 Wilm String Sextet, Op.27 1882
2441 Huber Cello Sonata No.2, Op.84 1885
2477 Nápravník Piano Quartet, Op.42 1883
2497 Borodin String Quartet No.1 1884
2576 Cui Marche solennelle, Op.18 1881
2722 Gurlitt Intermezzo, Op.152 1887
2774 Schütt Piano Trio No.1, Op.27 1888
2800 Popper Cello Concerto No.3, Op.59 (piano reduction) 1888
2843 Riemann Piano Trio, Op.47 1888
2950 Aloiz Berceuse, Op.18 1889
2951 Aloiz Tarantelle, Op.20 1889

Catalogs

Authority control

  • VIAF (Verlag D. Rahter)