A. O'Kelly
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History
Music publishing firm operated by Auguste O'Kelly in Paris between 1872 and 1888. He belonged to a family of French musicians of Irish origin which included the composers Joseph O'Kelly (1829–1885) and George O'Kelly (1831–1914) and as such has one sentence devoted to him in Joseph's biography in the 1881 supplement to Fétis' Biographie universelle des musiciens: "Un frère de cet artiste, M. A. O'Kelly, est éditeur de musique à Paris."
The Irish artist Aloysius O'Kelly who was studying in Paris in the early 1870s is NOT related to this family.
Auguste O'Kelly's firm operated under the brand name "Au Magasin de Musique du Conservatoire", a company founded in 1794 and originally an imprint for the Paris Conservatory. His predecessors included Célèste Cendrier ("Mme. Cendrier"), Edme Saint-Hilaire and Émile Cellerin. When he gave up in late 1888 his business and most of his catalogue were taken over by Mackar & Noël, later Albert Noël only (until 1910).
Auguste O'Kelly was born on 13 July 1829 in Boulogne-sur-mer and died in Paris on 16 February 1900. For further information see axelklein.de.
Editions
Imprints, Addresses, Agencies
Imprints
- Au Magasin de Musique du Conservatoire, A. O'Kelly
Addresses
- Paris, 11 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière
Plate Numbers
O'Kelly's plate numbers were issued in a regular chronological fashion. Plate numbers are in the format of A.O.K. or A.O'K. #### although some scores were published with no plate numbers and others using initials of the composers. In these cases the composers financed the print.
Plate Composer Work Year 205 Chabeaux Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op.20 1875 212 Chabeaux Raggio di luna, Op.12 1875 346 Lack Les etoiles filante, Op.26 1877 347 Lack Boléro, Op.27 1877 638 Talexy Les mouches 1877 722 Lack Danse-Caprice, Op.28 1878 724 Lack 12 Études elégantes, Op.30 1878 734 Beethoven Symphony No.1, Op.21 (Andante arr. 2 pianos/8 hands by Pfeiffer 1878 782 Lack 2 Pièces de clavecin 1879 783 Lack Valse espagnole, Op.32 1879 814 Lack Études de bravoure, Op.43 1879 1024 Gottschalk El Cocoyé, Op.80 1882 1104 Deffès Hosanna! 1883 1189 Hasselmans Valse de concert, Op.4 1885 1255 Rubinstein 6 Etudes, Op.23 1885
Sources Consulted
- Biographie universelle des musiciens (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1881)
- Anik Devriès & François Lesure: Dictionnaire des éditeurs de musique français, vol. 2: De 1820 à 1914 (Geneva: Minkoff, 1988)
- axelklein.de
