G. Flaxland

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History

Founded in 1847 by Gustave-Alexandre Flaxland (1821-1895) shortly after his marriage to Fanny d'Eresby by the purchase of a small Paris retail establishment located at 4 place de la Madeleine. The shop was very successful and was soon followed by publication, after 1850, of vocal music anthologies (Echos de France, Echos d'Italie, ...d'Allemagne,... de Pologne,... du monde religieux,....du temps passé,...). Flaxland's growth was accelerated by acquiring the French publishing rights for much of Robert Schumann's music (all his works for piano, trios opp 63,80,88,110,132 ; quartets opp 41,47 ; he was the first in France to edit the lieder with the german original text).

Friend of Wagner, he get the French publishing rights for some of his earlier operas - (Contract for Rienzi in december 1859, Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin.. He also directed the publication of the first compositions of the young Saint-Saëns and Wagner transcriptions by Liszt. On December 30, 1869 Flaxland sold his entire catalog of nearly 1400 titles to Durand, Schoenewerk et Cie..

He spent his remaining years composing and in piano manufacture.

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Paris: 4, place de la Madeleine

Plate Numbers

Flaxland plate numbers begin with the prefix G.F., sometimes with G.D. (he used also the pseudonym Gustave D'Eresby)

Year-	Plate Numbers	-	Year-	Plate Numbers	-	Year-	Plate Numbers
1847	1-20		1855	141-191		1863	604-698*
1848			1856	192-245		1864	702-778
1849			1857	233-254		1865	795-814
1850	31-34		1858	258-293		1866	818-857
1851	39-47		1859	294-339		1867	866-896 & 966
1852	48-82		1860	320-398		1868	895-1025
1853	73-104		1861	396-515		1869	1005-1175
1854	107-137		1862	502-613		1870	1176-1242

• *in 1863 were published with success the series Les Bonnes Traditions du Pianiste in 6 books.

Plate	Composer	Work	Year
107-137	Various Composers	Echos d'Italie Vol.2	(1854)
165	Gordigiani	La bianchira, Canzone toscana	(1855)
409	Saint-Saëns	Scène d'Horace, Op.10	(1861)
516-521	Saint-Saëns	Transcription of the J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 29 (for piano)	(1862)
602	Heller	Nocturne, Op.103	(1862)
723	Champigny	Le tonnerre à la voile	(1864)
772	Schumann	Quintette pour piano et cordes Op.44	(1864)
835	Cournand	Valse	(1866)
966	Corvaïa	Marine	(1867)
981	Coriolis	La milanaise	(1868)
1005	Durand	Regrets, Op.60	(1869)
1006	Durand	Le refrain du pays, Op.61	(1869)
1007	Durand	Chaconne, Op.62	(1869)
1015	Schumann	Piano Trio No.3, Op.110	(1869)
1028	Volkmann	Wanderskizzen, Op.23	(1869)
1077	Mendelssohn	12 Duos Op.63 & 77.	(1869)
1091	Duparc	Feuilles volantes, Op.1	(1869)
1176	Schumann	Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3 (Vocal score)	(1870)

Sources Consulted

• 1. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. New York and London: Macmillan Publications, 1980.
• 2. DEVRIES Anik & LESURE François : Dictionnaire des éditeurs de musique français - Vol.3 "De 1820 à 1914", Genève: Minkoff, 1979-1988.