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Founded by Serge Koussevitzky and his wife Natalia in 1909 for the purpose of promoting new Russian music. Any losses were absorbed by the owners, and profits were distributed to the composers represented by the firm. The company was established first in Berlin, with branch offices in Leipzig, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris, London and New York. The Russian branch offices were taken over by Muzgiz after the revolution, and the headquarters moved to Paris in 1920. The selection of works to be included in the catalogue was the responsibility of a committee made up of Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Ossovsky, Struve and Koussevitzky, who decided by majority vote. The committee's rejection of Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka in 1911 precipitated a crisis in which Koussevitzky threatened to withdraw, resulting in a reversal of the decision. Koussevitzky resolved any future conflicts of this nature by purchasing the Gutheil catalog in 1914, which operated under his personal control as an autonomous imprint of the company. Notable composers represented by Edition Russe or Gutheil besides those mentioned above include Arensky, Balakirev, Berezovsky, Catoire, Vernon Duke, Grechaninov, Konyus, Lopatnikov, Nabokov, Prokofiev, Siloti and Taneyev. The firm was sold to Boosey & Hawkes on March 1, 1947.

Editions

• Rimsky-Korsakov: Priciples of Orchestration
• Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprint

• Russischer Musikverlag
• Editions Russes de Musique
• Rossiyskoe muzykalnoye izdatelstvo (Российское музыкальное издательство)
• A. Gutheil (1914-1947)

Addresses

• Berlin (1909-1919)
• Paris (1920-1947)

Plate Numbers

1-3	Medtner	3 Nocturnes, Op.16	(1909)
4-5	Medtner	3 Novellettes, Op.17 (1-2)
6-7	Scriabin	3 Pieces, Op.52 (1-2)
8-9	Gedike	Symphony No.2, Op.16 (full score/parts)	1909
10	Scriabin	3 Pieces, Op.52 (3)
11-21	Taneyev	10 Poems, Op.26 (1-3/3 low?/4-10)	1909
22-25	Catoire	4 Preludes, Op.17
26-27	Catoire	String Quintet, Op.16 (4-hand red./score)
28	Gedike	Symphony No.2, Op.16 (4-hand red.)	(1909)
29	Catoire	String Quintet, Op.16 (parts)
30	Catoire	Violin Sonata No.2, Op.20	1910
31	Scriabin	Piano Sonata No.5, Op.53	(1909)
32	Gedike	Piano Sonata, Op.18	(1919)
33-34	Gedike	Two Preludes, Op.19	(1909)
35	Medtner	3 Novellettes, Op.17 (3)
36-37	Konyus	La forêt bruisse, Op.30 (score/parts)	1909
38-40	Catoire	Three Poems, Op.19	1909
41-43	Catoire	Three Poems, Op.18	1910
44-47	Byutsov	Four Poems, Op.6	1909
48-53	Medtner	6 Poems after Goethe, Op.18	1910
54-57	Taneyev	12 Choruses, Op.27 (Vol. I: 1-4)	1910
58-60	Medtner	3 Poems after Nietzsche, Op.19	(1910)
61-62	Medtner	2 Tales, Op.20	(1910)
63	Gedike	Prelude, Op.20	(1910)
64 ?	Krein	Poem of Shelley/Balmont	1910
65	Konyus	La forêt bruisse, Op.30 (4-hand red.)	1910
66-70	Taneyev	Concert Suite, Op.28 (violin + piano red.)	(1910)
71-74	Taneyev	12 Choruses, Op.27 (Vol. II: 5-8)	1910
75-77	Rudolph	String Quartet, Op.1 (score/parts/4-hand red.)	1910
78-79	Taneyev	Concert Suite, Op.28 (score/parts)	1910
80 ?	Chesnokov	"Dämmrige Alleen," for mixed voices a cappella	1910
81-83	Byutsov	3 Poems, Op.9	1910
84	Medtner	Violin Sonata No.1, Op.21	(1910)
85-86	Scriabin	Symphony No.5, Op.60 (score/parts)	(1911)
87	???
88-91	Taneyev	12 Choruses, Op.27 (Vol. III: 9-12)	1911
92	Medtner	Piano Sonata, Op.22	(1910)
93	Myaskovsky	Sonnet of Michelangelo/Tyutchev, Op.8b	1910
94-99		Nouvelle collection de musique, 1er cahier:	(1910)
94	Gedike	Feuillet d'album
95	Catoire	Chants du crépuscule, Op.24 (No. 1)
96	Medtner	4 Lyrical Fragments, Op.23 (No. 1)
97	Rachmaninoff	Polka de W.R.
98	Scriabin	Feuillet d'album, Op.58
99	Taneyev	Prelude and Fugue, Op.29
100	Gedike	Piano Quintet, Op.21	1911
101-103	Streicher	3 Poems, Op.1	1911
104-113	Tolstoy	10 Scottish Songs, Op.3	1911
114	Medtner	2 Cadenzas to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4	1911
115	Taneyev	Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.30
116-117	Taneyev	String Trio in E-flat major, Op.31 (score/parts)
118-119	Casadesus	Concerto in D major (falsely attributed to C.P.E. Bach) (score/parts)
120–121	Rimsky-Korsakov	String Sextet in A major (score/parts)
122-125	Taneyev	4 Poems, Op.32	1911
126	Medtner	Piano Sonata, Op.25/1	1911
127-128?	Stravinsky	Petrushka (score/parts?)	1912
129	Rimsky-Korsakov	String Sextet in A major (4-hand red.)	1912
130-131	Stravinsky	2 Poems by Konstantin Balmont
132-139	Medtner	8 Poems, Op.24	(1912)
140	Catoire	Piano Concerto, Op.21 (2 piano red.)	1912
141-148	Dobrowen	8 Preludes, Op.1	1912
149	Dobrowen	Ballade, Op.2
150	Stravinsky	Petrushka (4-hand red.)
151	Catoire	Piano Concerto, Op.21 (score)	1912
152-153	Bach	Chaconne, orch. Steinberg (score/parts)	1912
154	Medtner	Piano Sonata, Op.25/2	1912
155-156	Medtner	2 Poems after Nietzsche, Op.19a	1912
157-159?	Stravinsky	Le rossignol (plate numbers assigned but unpublished?)	1914?
160–164	Taneyev	5 Poems, Op.33	1912
165–171	Taneyev	7 Poems, Op.34	1912
172-174	Myaskovsky	3 Sketches after texts of Ivanov, Op.8	1913
175	Scriabin	Piano Sonata No.6, Op.62
176	Scriabin	Poème-Nocturne, Op.61
177-178	Scriabin	2 Pieces, Op.59
179-180	Scriabin	2 Poèmes, Op.63
181-183	Achron	3 Poems, Op.25	1912
184	Scriabin	Piano Sonata No.7, Op.64
185-190	Catoire	6 Poems, Op.22	1913
191-192	Rimsky-Korsakov	Principles of Orchestration (book)	1913
193-195	Myaskovsky	From Z. Gippius, Op.5	1913
196-198	Stravinsky	The Rite of Spring (4-hand red./score/parts?)	1913
199-201	Stravinsky	3 Japanese Lyrics (voice & piano red./score/parts?)	1913
202-203	Sats	The Blue Bird, suite, arr. Glière (score/parts)	1913
204-205	Sats	Dance of the Goat-Legged Nymph, arr. Glière (score/parts?)	1913
206-207	Sats	At the Chancery Gates (score/parts?)	1913
208-210	Medtner	4 Lyrical Fragments, Op.23 (2-4)	1913
211-214	Medtner	4 Tales, Op.26	1913
215	Medtner	Sonata-Ballade, Op.27	1913
216-217	Vivaldi	Concerto for 2 Violins and Cello in D minor, RV 565, arr. Siloti (score/parts)	1913
218-224?	Tolstoy	Seven Scottish Songs, Op.4	1913
225-227	Catoire	String Quartet, Op.23 (score/parts/4-hand red.?)
228-231?	Taneyev	16 Choruses on Poems of Balmont, Op.35 (Vol. I: 1-4)	1914
232-233	Rimsky-Korsakov	Principles of Orchestration (book, French translation by Calvocoressi)	1914
234-236	Stravinsky	3 Petites chansons	1914
237-239	Catoire	Chants du crépuscule, Op.24 (2-4)	1914
240	Scriabin	Symphony No.5, Op.60 (2-piano red. by Sabaneyev)	1913
241	Stravinsky	Le rossignol (voice & piano red.)	1914
242-245?	Taneyev	16 Choruses on Poems of Balmont, Op.35 (Vol. II: 5-8, never published?)
246-249?	Taneyev	16 Choruses on Poems of Balmont, Op.35 (Vol. III: 9-12)	1914
250-253?	Taneyev	16 Choruses on Poems of Balmont, Op.35 (Vol. IV: 13-16, never published?)
254	Taneyev	Prelude and Fugue, Op.29 (arr. for 2 pianos)	1914
255-261	Medtner	7 Poems after Pushkin, Op.29	1914
262?	Catoire	Elegie for Piano and Violin, Op.26? (see also plate 310)
263	Stravinsky	Le rossignol (French libretto)	1914
264	???
265-271	Medtner	7 Poems, Op.28
272-274	Medtner	3 Morceaux, Op.31	1916
275-289 (East)	Rachmaninoff	Vespers, Op.37	1915
275-278 (West)	Medtner	4 Tales, Op.34	(1922)
279-282 (West)	Medtner	4 Tales, Op.35	(1922)
290-299	???
300	Stravinsky	Le rossignol (Russian libretto)	1915
301-304	???
305-309?	Siloti	Transcriptions for the Young (+simplified version of No. 3?)	1916
310	Catoire	Elegie for Piano and Violin, Op.26	1916
311	???
312	Catoire	Valse, Op.30	1916
313-318	Medtner	6 Poems, Op.32	1916
319	Catoire	7 Poems, Op.29	1916
326	Medtner	Piano Sonata, Op.30	1917
327-332	Rachmaninoff	6 Romances, Op.38	1916 (1922)
333-341	Rachmaninoff	Etudes-tableaux, Op.39	1917 (1920)

Sources Consulted

• 1. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. New York and London: Macmillan Publications, 1980.