Heugel
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History
Heugel's genesis dates from 1839, when Jacques Leopold Heugel (1815-1883) became a partner of the Paris music publisher Jean Antoine Meissonier (1783-1857), whose business was located at 2 bis Rue Vivienne. The name was changed to Heugel following Meissonier's retirement (1842). 1839 also marked the acquisition of the weekly music journal Le Menestrel, which had been started six years earlier by Jules Lovy. Le Menestrel continued to be issued regularly, apart from a disruption in WWI, until 1940. Building on the Meissonier catalog of light works, Jacques Leopold rapidly expanded the firm's offerings into pedagogical and operatic repertoire. Jacques Leopold's son Henri Georges (1844-1916) became a full partner in 1876 and took the reigns after his father's death. Henri continued to add to the catalogue through the acquisition of other Parisian publishers such as E. Gerard (1886), Georges Hartmann (1891), Tellier (1898), and a portion of Peregally (1904). Henri's nephew Paul Emile Chevalier (1861-1931) became a full partner in 1891 thanks to his funding of the Hartmann purchase, taking over the firm's direction from 1916-1919, while Henri's son Jacques Paul (1890-1979) served in the Great War. Jacques led the firm from 1919 until his death. His two sons Francois Henri and Philippe Gerard led the merger with Alphonse Leduc in 1980.
Addresses
- Au Ménestrel, 2bis Rue Vivienne (1839-1974)
- Palais Royal, Galerie de Montpensier (1974-1980)
Imprints
- Heugel et Fils
- Henri Heugel
- Heugel et Cie.
Plate Numbers
Most Heugel plate numbers begin with the prefix H. & Cie., though some simply have H.
| Plate | Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2982 | Alkan | Petits Préludes sur les 8 Gammes du Plein-chant | (1859) |
| 3168 | Mozart | Die Zauberflöte, K.620 (French VS) | (1861) |
| 3697 | Thalberg | Ballade Célèbre, Op.76 | (1862) |
| 4521-26 | Bizet | Chants du Rhin | (1865) |
| 4991 | Marmontel | 24 Grandes Etudes, Op.85 | (1868) |
| 6041 | Delibes | Sylvia (piano reduction) | 1876 |
| 7664 | Delibes | Le Roi S'Amuse | (1888) |
| 7870 | Cui | Le Flibustier - vocal score | 1893 |
| 8788 | Lack | Chant d'avril | (1894) |
| 8879 | Massenet | Le Cid: Aragonaise (piano arr.) | (1894) |
| 9622 | Massenet | Thaïs | 1894 |
| 9912 | Saint-Saëns | La Mort de Thaïs | 1895 |
| 18433 | Hahn | Pièce en forme d'aria et bergerie | 1896 |
| 18921 | Massenet | Année passée | 1897 |
| 21328 | Massenet | Piano Concerto - 2 pno red | 1903 |
| 21782 | Dubois | Promenade Sentimentale | 1904 |
| 22548-61 | Dupont | Les heures dolentes | 1905 |
| 22708 | Dubois | Sonate pour violoncelle et piano | 1906 |
| 23327 | Hahn | Sonatina for piano | 1907 |
| 24625 | Hahn | La Fête chez Thérèse | 1910 |
| 25118 | Dubois | Piano Trio No.2 in E major | 1911 |
| 25161-214 | Hahn | Le Rossignol Éperdu (53 Pieces) | 1912 |
| 25625 | Stojowski | Violin Sonata No.2, Op.37 | 1912 |
| 29425 | Canteloube | Le Mas | 1929 |
| 30105-7 | Poulenc | Trois Pièces | 1931 |
| 31432 | Wagner | Overture to Tannhäuser | 1951 |
| 31447-8 | Wagner | Overtures to Lohengrin (Acts I and III), and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | 1951 |
| 31545-6 | Wagner | Overtures to Die Valkyrie, and Parsifal (Act I) | 1952 |
| 31544 | Wagner | Overture to Der fliegende Holländer | 1953 |
Note: The large jump in numbers between 1895 and 1896 was probably the result of the purchase of the Hartmann catalogue, which was initiated in 1891.
