Gutheil


Typical cover (Arensky symphony)

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History

This firm was founded in 1859 by Alexander Bogdanovich Gutheil (1818-1883), who had emigrated to Russia from Frankfurt am Main in 1853. Gutheil's concern was the major competition for Russian publishers P. Jurgenson and Bessel, especially after the merger of the Gutheil firm with the older St. Petersburg publisher F. Stellovsky, whose catalogue dated back to 1810 and included composers Balakirev, Dargomizhsky, and Glinka. Karl Alexandrovich Gutheil (1851-) 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 Koussevitzky in 1914 for 300,000 rubles and became an imprint of his Editions Russes de Musique.

Although Moscow continued to be listed as the principal address on the Gutheil imprint until around 1930, the firm had been merged with Koussevitzky's Editions Russes de Musique whose actual headquarters were located in Berlin, with a branch office in Paris. Koussevitzky sold the combined firm to Boosey & Hawkes of London in 1947.

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Plate Numbers

Gutheil plate numbers are typically enclosed within the letters A. #### G.

Plate Composer Work Year
01334 Derviz Sleepless Nights 1873
01717 Kontski Souvenir de l'Exposition, Op.315 1880
02029 Sychra Complete Works for Guitar (No.62) 188.
02119 Bakaleynikov 12 Romances (No.6) 188.
02277 Glinka Valse-Fantasie (arr. for Piano) 1885
02481-82 Dargomyzhsky Rusalka (Piano score and arr. for piano) 1885
02822 Balakirev Polka
03858 Sychra Complete Works for Guitar (No.72) 1885
04400 Beethoven Piano Sonata No.21, Op.53 1885
04961 Kontski Chanson d'une orphéline, Op.192
06145 Kontski Mazurka, Op.180
06339-6340 Rachmaninoff 2 Pieces, Op.2 1893
06395 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.1, Op.1 1893
06397 Kontski Fleurs lithuaniennes, Op.178
06436 Kontski Gage d'amitié, Op.177
06723 Rachmaninoff Suite No.1, Op.5 1894?
07148 Pabst A la Mémoire d’Antoine Rubinstein 1896
07265 Godard Concerto Romantique, Op.35 1897
07663 Labadie À la mémoire de Pouchkine, Op.119 1899
07743 Morley Tom-Tit 1899
07869 Labadie The quiet Don, Op.131
08164 Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata, Op.19 1902
08303a, 8325a Rachmaninoff 12 Romances, Op.21 1921 9428, 9431, 9470
08330 Rachmaninoff Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op.22 1903 or 1904?
08338-47 Rachmaninoff 10 Preludes, Op.23 1904?
08371-2 Grechaninov 2 Pieces, Op.37 1905?
08388, 8392, 8394-95, 8398, 8801(?) Rachmaninoff 6 Romances, Op.4 1902-06?
08606 Bazilevsky The Dream, Op.14 1905
08607 Bazilevsky The Peasant's Musing, Op.15 1905
08608 Bazilevsky Day Is Reigns, Op.18 1905
08610 Bazilevsky A Golden Cloud, Op.8 1905
08611 Bazilevsky The Seagull, Op.21 1905
08612 Bazilevsky Swan, Op.20 1905
08613 Bazilevsky I Deeply Despise Myself, Op.20 1905
08620-1 Bazilevsky 2 Pieces, Op.25 1905
08622-4 Bazilevsky 3 Pieces, Op.34 1905
08632 Bazilevsky Berceuse, Op.43 1905
08667 Bazilevsky The Airship, Op.32 1905
08698-8701 Bazilevsky Romances 1906
08714 Bazilevsky Elegy 1906?
08739-40 Bazilevsky 2 Pieces 1906?
08742 Bazilevsky 3 Pieces 1906?
09061 Rachmaninoff Symphony No.2, Op.27 1910
09212 Bazilevsky I Wanted to Die 1911?
09213 Bazilevsky She was Yours 1911?
09428, 9431, 9470 Rachmaninoff 12 Romances, Op.21 (Nos. 4, 11-12 arr. for Piano) 1911
09429 Rachmaninoff 15 Romances, Op.26 (No. 15 arr. for Piano) 1911
09433 Rachmaninoff 12 Romances, Op.14 (No. 5 arr. for Piano) 1911
09466 Rachmaninoff 14 Romances, Op.34 1911
09561 Strauss Jr. Künstlerleben, Op.316 1911?
09612-24 Rachmaninoff 13 Preludes, Op.32 1911
09686 Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableaux, No.1 1913
10379 Siloti Transcriptions for the Young, after Bach's Cello Suites 1914


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