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History
Muzgiz (in Russian: Музгиз), or Gosudarstvennoye Muzykal'noye Izdatelstvo (Государственное музыкальное издательство), was the Soviet State Music Publishing House that incorporated P. Jurgenson following a decree by V. I. Lenin. After nationalization in 1918 the firm was known by the acronym Gosmuzizdat (Госмузиздат), becoming Gosizdat Muzsektor (Госиздат Музсектор) in 1922, and Muzgiz in 1930. From 1964 to 2006 it was known as Muzyka (Музыка).
In addition to the Moscow facility, branch offices operated in other Soviet cities, notably Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Kiev. From 1918 until the 1930s, the State enterprise frequently reprinted items that had been first issued by Russian publishers Jurgenson, Belaieff, Gutheil and others, often retaining the original plate numbers. The Soviet Composers Union established its own publishing enterprise, Sovietski Kompozitor, in 1956 to publish new works due to the heavy production schedule at Muzgiz, whose resources were then directed towsrds the complete editions of Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov and numerous folk-music projects. Sovietski Kompozitor was later incorporated into Muzgiz as part of the 1964 reorganization, but regained its semi-independence three years later because of continuing delays.
Several Muzgiz publications were issued simultaneously by Western publishers, such as Universal Edition and Oxford University Press, begining in the late 1920s as a result of the New Economic Plan. A significant number of complete editions by Muzgiz and Muzgiz are now in the public domain, and many western publishing houses have issued them in reprint editions. Works of Soviet-era composers like Prokofiev and Shostakovich were acquired by the Wise Music Group in the great sell-off of the 1990s and are issued under the name of G. Schirmer, Moscow.
Muzgiz continued to exist as a state-owned company until 2004, when it was privatised and reverted to its original name of P. Jurgenson [1].
Collected Editions
- Mussorgsky: Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Collected Works), 1928-39
- Tchaikovsky: Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Collected Works). 1940-71, 1990
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Collected Works), 1948-65
- Prokofiev: Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Collected Works), 1955-65
- Glinka: Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Collected Works), 1955-69
- Rachmaninoff: Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii dlia fortepiano (ed. Sorokin)
Plate Numbers
The plate imprints are often in the form of M. ##### Г. (usually transliterated by western music librarians as M. ##### G.), earlier publications bear Г.M. #### И.M. (G.M. #### I.M.) as imprint. This numbering system was abandoned with the name change to Muzyka in 1964 (see below). Titles are frequently printed in two columns, the left column translated into German, French or English with the right column containing the Russian title.
Muzgiz issues to 1964
In the form of Г.M. #### И.M. (number only listed here)
| Plate | Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 241 | Catoire | Piano Quartet, Op.31 | 1921 |
| 3251 | Sabaneev | Etude-Nocturne | 1923 |
| 6358 | Drozdov | Piano Sonata, Op.15 | 1925 |
In the form of M. ##### Г. (number only listed here)
| Plate | Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3482 | Melkikh | Sonate-Nocturne, Op.14 | 1923 |
| 3799 | Dianov | 3 Pieces for Piano, Op.13 | 1924 |
| 7221 | Dianov | Eaufortes - Cinq mourceaux pour piano | 1926 |
| 8016 | Blumenfeld | 2 Pieces, Op.53 | (1925) |
| 12082 | Glinka | Ruslan and Ludmila - vocal-pf score | 1938 |
| 13184 | Beethoven | String Trio No.2 in G, Op.9 No.1 | 1933 |
| 13186 | Beethoven | String Trio No.4 in C minor, Op.9 No.3 | 1933 |
| 14070 | Polovinkin | Les Attraits | (1933) |
| 16174 | Schumann | Violin Concerto in D minor | (1933) |
| 16612 | Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition (ed. Lamm) | 1934 |
| 16971 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.44 | 1940 |
| 16980 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.45 | 1940 |
| 17607 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.55A | 1946 |
| 17855 | Glazunov | Piano Concerto No. 1, Op.92 (2 piano red.) | 1945 |
| 18074 | Prokofiev | Cinderella - 10 Pieces for Piano, Op.97 | (1944) |
| 18096 | Myaskovsky | Symphony No.13, Op.36 | (1945) |
| 18330 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.20 | 1946 |
| 18336 | Myaskovsky | Cello Concerto, Op.66 | (1945) |
| 18380 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.51B | 1945 |
| 18396 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.32A | 1951 |
| 18444 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.36 | 1946 |
| 18468 | Davydov | School of Violoncello Playing | 1958 |
| 18604 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.27 | 1960 |
| 18608 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.52 | 1948 |
| 18632 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.40 | 1949 |
| 18652 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.4 | 1948 |
| 18724 | Taneyev | Complete Romances for Voice and Piano | 1947 |
| 18751 | Tchaikovsky | Manfred Symphony | 1947 |
| 18914 | Myaskovsky | 9 Piano Pieces, Op.73 | 1947 |
| 18919 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.53 | 1949 |
| 19017 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.19 | 1948 |
| 19604 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.62 | 1948 |
| 19713 | Various composers | Chrestomatija po istorii fortepiannoj muzyki v Rossii (konec XVIII i pervaja polovina XIX vekov) | 1949 |
| 19779 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.18 | 1949 |
| 19836 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.30A | 1949 |
| 19886 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.16A | 1949 |
| 19937 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.16B | 1949 |
| 19996 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.61 | 1949 |
| 20114 | Rachmaninoff | Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ dli︠a︡ fortepiano Vol.3: transcriptions - works for pf 4h / 6h | 1950 |
| 20321 | Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 | 1950 |
| 20556 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.23 | 1950 |
| 20727 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.9 | 1950 |
| 20886 | Rachmaninoff | Suite No. 2, Op. 17 | (1952) |
| 20910 | Balakirev | Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ dli︠a︡ fortepiano (Complete piano works) | 1951 |
| 20951 | Liszt | Magyar Dalok, S.242 | 1950 |
| 21674 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.39 | 1951 |
| 21753 | Tchaikovsky | Manfred Symphony (arr. Pavchinsky) | 1951 |
| 22395 | Balakirev | Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ dli︠a︡ fortepiano (Complete piano works) | |
| 22413 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.21 | 1952 |
| 22452 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.32B | 1952 |
| 22670 | Schubert | Symphony No.8, D.759 | (1952) |
| 22760 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vols.12A,12B | 1952 |
| 22932 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vols.12V,12G | 1952 |
| 23155 | Taneyev | Complete Piano Works | 1953 |
| 23202 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.10 | 1953 |
| 23208 | Rachmaninoff | Aleko (Full score, ed. Kirkor, Jordan) | 1953 |
| 23221 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.1 (supplement) | 1953 |
| 23404 | Prokofiev | Sobranie Sochinenii (Collected Works) Vol. 1 (Piano works) | 1955 |
| 23708 | Balakirev | Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ dli︠a︡ fortepiano (Complete piano works) | |
| 23723 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.42 | 1953 |
| 23818 | Prokofiev | Sobranie Sochinenii (Collected Works) Vol. 2 (Piano sonatas) | 1955 |
| 23819 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.15B | 1954 |
| 24108 | Balakirev | Polnoe sobranie sochineniĭ dli︠a︡ fortepiano (Complete piano works) | 1954 |
| 24186 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.57 | 1954 |
| 24321 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.28 | 1955 |
| 24333 | Glazunov | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii Dlia Fortepiano (Complete Piano Works) Vol.1 | 1955 |
| 24341 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.29 | 1955 |
| 24630 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.46A | 1954 |
| 24631 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.46B | 1954 |
| 24687 | Scriabin | Poème de l'extase, Op.54 | 1955 |
| 24691 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.31 | 1955 |
| 24757 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.13 | 1955 |
| 25109 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.54 | 1956 |
| 25196 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.49 | 1956 |
| 25274 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.47 | 1956 |
| 25443 | Prokofiev | Sobranie Sochinenii (Collected Works) Vol. 3 (Arrangements for piano) | 1956 |
| 25739 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.30B | 1956 |
| 25740 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.55B | 1956 |
| 25858 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.35 | 1956 |
| 26268 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.15A | 1960 |
| 26458 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.11 | 1957 |
| 26493 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.56 | 1958 |
| 27036 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.3 | 1959 |
| 27037 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.34 | 1959 |
| 27232 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom I: Sochineniia dlia fortepiano. (Collected Works, Part 1) | 1959 |
| 27269 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.22 | 1960 |
| 27734 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom II: Sochineniia dlia fortepiano. (Collected Works, Part 2) | 1959 |
| 27785 | Prokofiev | Concertino for Cello and Orchestra, Op.132 (cello/piano score) | 1960 |
| 28032 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom III: Sochineniia dlia fortepiano. (Collected Works, Part 3) | 1960 |
| 28121 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom IV: SSochineniia dlia fortepiano (Collected Works, Part 4) | 1960 |
| 28816 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.25 | 1961 |
| 28912 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.24 | 1961 |
| 28916 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom VIII: Piano Quintet (Collected Works, Part 8) | 1963 |
| 29138 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom VII: Sochineniia dlia skripki i fortepiano (Collected Works, Part 7) | 1961 |
| 29145 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom V: Sochineniia dlia golosa i fortepiano (Collected Works, Part 5) | 1961 |
| 29201 | Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.1 | 1961 |
| 29301 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.26 | 1961 |
| 29308 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom VI: Sochineniia dlia golosa i fortepiano (Collected Works, Part 6) | 1961 |
| 29924 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.14 | 1962 |
| 30170 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.17A | 1963 |
| 30576 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.37 | 1963 |
| 30650 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom IX: Sochineniia i perelozheniia dlia dvukh fortepiano (Collected Works, Part 9) | 1963 |
| 30651 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom X: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.33 (Collected Works, Part 10) | 1963 |
| 30682 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom XI: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.50 (Collected Works, Part 11) | 1963 |
| 30683 | Medtner | Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom XII: Piano Concerto No.3, Op.60 (Collected Works, Part 12) | 1963 |
| 30830 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.17B | 1963 |
| 30898 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.5 | 1964 |
Muzgiz issues from 1964
In 1964 Muzgiz introduced a new system of plate numbers, starting sequentially from the 900s upwards, and lacking any prefixes or suffixes. However, many editions were offprints from some of the complete works series issued for Russian composers like Tchaikovsky, or isolated publications of certain composers (like Rachmaninoff) who were semi-outcasts in the USSR, miscellaneous editions of works by foreign composers, transcriptions, etc. In such cases the plate numbers reflect the date when the copy in hand was actually issued - even if it was merely a later printing of a work published many years before. Thus, the piano four-hand transcription of Medtner's Piano Concerto No.1, Op. 33 listed below (Plate 12008), which has a printed date of 1983 on the title page, is probably an offprint from the complete works first issued in the late 1950s and early 1960s (see above). Likewise, there are numerous offprints from Pavel Lamm's 1947-48 edition of Rachmaninoff's piano works which have plate numbers and actual imprint dates ranging from the 1950s all the way up through the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1990. Unfortunately, such practices mean that the Muzgiz plate numbers are a no more reliable indicator of the date that a particular item was fist published than the printed date on the score itself.
| Plate | Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 906 | Prokofiev | Sonatas for Piano (reissue of plate 23818) | (1964) |
| 950 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.48 | 1964 |
| 977 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.33 | 1965 |
| 1050 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.50A | 1965 |
| 1051 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.50B | 1965 |
| 1166 | Paganini | 24 Caprices, Op.1 edited by A. I. Yampol'sky (редакция А. И. Ямпольского) | 1965 |
| 1626 | Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration) | (1965) |
| 1927 | Glazunov | Piano Concerto No. 2, Op.100 (2 piano red.) | (1965) |
| 1970 | Tchaikovsky | Manfred Symphony (arr. 4 hands) | 1966 |
| 3007 | Prokofiev | Sobranie Sochinenii (Collected Works) Vol. 18 (Instrumental works) | 1966 |
| 3534 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.58 | 1967 |
| 3651 | Tchaikovsky | Manfred Symphony | 1966 |
| 3818 | Brahms | Clarinet Trio, Op.114 | 1966 |
| 4692 | Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 2, Op.16 (2 piano red.) | 1968 |
| 4992 | Beethoven | Quintet for Piano and Winds Op.16 | 1968 |
| 5766 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.38 | 1968 |
| 5853 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.6 | 1969 |
| 6172 | Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No.1, Op.10 (2 piano red.) | 1969 |
| 6557 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.59 | 1970 |
| 6634 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.60 | 1971 |
| 6708 | Beethoven | Notturno for Viola, Op.42 | 1971 |
| 8079 | Glazunov | Sochineniia dlia Pianoforte (Piano Works) | 1974 |
| 8293 | Prokofiev | Violin Concerto No.2, Op.63 | 1974 |
| 8539 | Rachmaninoff | Polnoe Sobrannie Sochinenii dlia Pianoforte (Complete Piano Works) | 1948 |
| 8968 | Glazunov | Violin Concerto, Op.82 (full score) | 1976 |
| 9985 | Tchaikovsky | Grand Sonata, Op.37 | 1978 |
| 10861 | Sibelius | Songs | 1977 |
| 11215 | Delibes | Coppelia | 1981 |
| 11282 | Scriabin | 2 Mazurkas Op.40 | (1980) |
| 11442 | Vivaldi | Concerto RV 522 | |
| 11709 | Prokofiev | Piano Works in Five Volumes: 1. Sonatas | 1982 |
| 12008 | Medtner | Piano Concerto No.1, Op.33 (2 pno red.) | 1983 |
| 12203 | Webern | Variations for Piano, Op.27 | (1983) |
| 12475 | Prokofiev | Piano Works in Five Volumes: 3. Transcriptions | 1984 |
| 12509 | Strauss | Violin Concerto, Op.8 | 1984 |
| 12518 | Tchaikovsky | Manfred Symphony (arr. Pavchinsky) | 1984 |
| 12711 | Debussy | Pour le Piano | 1984 |
| 13215 | Prokofiev | Piano Works in Five Volumes: 5. Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4, 5, arr. for 2 pianos | 1986 |
| 13565 | Glinka | Sochinennii'a | 1987 |
| 13680 | Tchaikovsky | Manfred Symphony | 1986 |
| 13901 | Borodin et al. | Russkaia fortepiannaia muzyka Vol. 4 | 1988 |
| 14059 | Myaskovsky | Symphony No.6, Op.23 (arr. pno. 4-hands, Kabalevsky) | 1964 |
| 14447 | Tchaikovsky | Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii (Complete Works) Vol.63 | 1990 |
Sovietski Kompozitor
In the form of C. ##### K. (number only listed here)
| Plate | Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1814 | Prokofiev | Ballade, Op.15 | 1960 |
