Gutheil
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
History
Founded in 1859 by Alexander Bogdanovich Gutheil (1818-1883). Gutheil's concern was the major competition for Russian publishers P. Jurgenson and Bessel, esepcially after the merger of the Gutheil firm with the older St. Petersburg publisher F. T. Stellovsky, whose catalogue dated back to 1810 and included composers Balakirev, Dargomizhsky, and Glinka. Karl Gutheil was the manager of the Stellovsky firm when his father died (1883) and facilitated the merger three years later. Most important in the later years was Gutheil's promotion of the young composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, whose entire output except a few works was issued by the firm starting in 1892. The company was sold to Serge Koussevizky in 1914 for 300,000 rubles and became an imprint of Edition Russe de Musique.
Plate Numbers
Gutheil plate numbers are typically enclosed within the letters A. #### G.
| Plate | Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2482 | Dargomyzhsky | Rusalka (piano arr.) | (1875) |
| 4400 | Beethoven | Piano Sonata No.21, Op.53 | (1890) |
| 7265 | Godard | Concerto Romantique, Op.35 | (1893) |
| 8164 | Rachmaninoff | Cello Sonata, Op.19 | (1902) |
| 9061 | Rachmaninoff | Symphony No.2, Op.27 | 1910 |
| 9561 | Strauss Johann | Künstlerleben, Op.316 (transcr. Siloti) | (1912) |
| 10379 | Siloti | Transcriptions for the Young, after Bach's Cello Suites | (1914) |
Bibliography: Richard Beattie Davis `The Beauty of Belaieff` London 2008 ISBN 978-1-905912-14-8 http://www.gclefpublishing.com
Sources: Florida Atlantic University Richard Beattie Davis Music Collection http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/davis.htm
