A. O'Kelly

Typical cover

History

Music publishing firm operated by Auguste O'Kelly in Paris between 1872 and 1888. He belonged to a family of French musicians of Irish origin which included the composers Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885) and George O'Kelly (1831–1914) and as such has one sentence devoted to him in Joseph's biography in the 1881 supplement to Fétis' Biographie universelle des musiciens: "Un frère de cet artiste, M. A. O'Kelly, est éditeur de musique à Paris."

The Irish artist Aloysius O'Kelly who was studying in Paris in the early 1870s is NOT related to this family.

Auguste O'Kelly's firm operated under the brand name "Au Magasin de Musique du Conservatoire", a company founded in 1794 and originally an imprint for the Paris Conservatory. His predecessors included Célèste Cendrier ("Mme. Cendrier"), Edme Saint-Hilaire and Émile Cellerin. When he gave up in late 1888 his business and most of his catalogue were taken over by Mackar & Noël, later Albert Noël only (until 1910). He also had short-time partnerships with Ikelmer (1874 only), Rouget in Toulouse (1874–84), Lissarrague in Versailles (1877 only) and J. Naus in Paris (1880-1).

Auguste O'Kelly was born on 13 July 1829 in Boulogne-sur-mer and died in Paris on 16 February 1900. For further information see O'Kelly's article at Wikipedia.

Composers in the catalogue included Albert Lavignac (1846–1916), Antoine Marmontel (1816–1898), Henri Duvernoy (1820–1906), Georges Mathias (1826–1910), Georges Pfeiffer (1835–1908), Alphonse Hasselmans (1845–1912), Théodore Lack (1846–1921) and Marie Jaëll (1846–1925). O'Kelly also published several series: École du Piano: Choix de Concertos des Maîtres. Premiers Solos, edited by Émile Decombes (50 volumes, 1875-1888), works for trombone and piano, edited by Paul Delisse (12 works, 1877), and Les Maîtres classiques du violon, edited by Jean Delphin Alard (56 works, 1863-1884).

Editions

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprints

• Au Magasin de Musique du Conservatoire, A. O'Kelly

Addresses

• Paris, 11 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière

Plate Numbers

O'Kelly's plate numbers were issued in a regular chronological fashion. Plate numbers are in the format of A.O.K. or A.O'K. #### although some scores were published with no plate numbers and others using initials of the composers. In these cases the composers financed the print. A full overview of O'Kelly plate numbers is here.

Plate	Composer	Work	Year
093	Lamothe	Un désir	1873
099	Arban	Valse sur 'La veuve Malbrough' (arr. piano)	1873
099bis	Arban	Valse sur 'Les pommes d'or'	1873
0205	Chabeaux	Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op.20	1875
0206	Schwartz	Hommage à Mulhouse	1875
0210	Perry	20 Mélodies	1875
0212	Chabeaux	Raggio di luna, Op.12	1875
0234	Vilbac	Mazurka de salon	1875
0263	O'Kelly	Au bal, Op.51	1875
0265	Bax	Exercices journaliers	1875
0316	O'Kelly	En 1795, Op.52	1876
0326	Boulanger	Bonjour mon cœur	1876
0327	Boulanger	Souvenez vous de moi	1876
0328	Vincent	Chanson de ma mie, Op.30	1876
0329	Vincent	Sevillana, Op.31	1876
0345	Lack	Nocturne, Op.25	1877
0346	Lack	Les étoiles filantes, Op.26	1877
0347	Lack	Boléro, Op.27	1877
0399	O'Kelly	Air irlandais, Op.58	1877
0400	O'Kelly	Gavotte, Op.59	1877
0405	Pfeiffer	6 Études, Op.60	1878
0590	O'Kelly	25 Études récréatives, Op.50	1878
0638	Talexy	Les mouches	1878
0698	Delaborde	Cadence pour l'allegro du concerto en sol de Beethoven	1878
0722	Lack	Danse-Caprice, Op.28	1878
0724	Lack	12 Études elégantes, Op.30	1878
0734	Beethoven	Symphony No.1, Op.21 (Andante arr. 2 pianos/8 hands by Pfeiffer	1878
0756	Talexy	Les patineuses (arr. voice/piano)	1879
0782	Lack	2 Pièces de clavecin	1879
0783	Lack	Valse espagnole, Op.32	1879
0785	Valenti	Embrassons-nous Folleville (vocal score)	1879
0786	Cohen	Romance sans paroles	1879
0789	Nicolò-Isouard	Scherzo, Op.16	1879
0800	Talexy	Machine à coudre	1880
0801	Talexy	La tapageuse	1880
0803	Artaud	Chasse	1880
0804	Artaud	Mascarade	1880
0811	Clairville	L'éducation mutuelle (vocal score)	1880
0814	Lack	Études de bravoure, Op.43	1880
0837	Cohen	2 Airs roumains	1880
0868	Valenti	Le triomphe des Hellènes	1880
0887	Pfeiffer	Piano Sonata, Op.76	1881
0955	Collignon	Marche tchèque	1882
1024	Gottschalk	El Cocoyé, Op.80	1882
1082	Collignon	Menuet dans le vieux style	1882
1104	Deffès	Hosanna!	1883
1122	Bonnamy	Chanson d'aïeux, Op.30	1884
1123	Bonnamy	Pierrots et Pierrettes, Op.54	1884
1145	Semet	Ave Maria	1884
1147	Courras	Scherzetto	1884
1152	Orliac	La Retraite du 130me, piano	1884
1159	O'Kelly	La barbière improvisée (vocal score)	1884
1163	David de Sanson	Rêverie	1884
1164	David de Sanson	Habanera	1884
1189	Hasselmans	Valse de concert, Op.4	1885
1193	Rougnon	Perruque poudrée, Op.88	1885
1195	Delaborde	Exercices de lecture, Op.14	1887
1251	Decombes	Transcription fantastique sur 'Freyschutz'	1885
1255	Rubinstein	6 Etudes, Op.23	1885
1259	Bonnamy	12 Pièces enfantines, Op.61	1885
1266	Ménil	Tarentelle	1885
1320	Lenepveu	Jeanne d'Arc (vocal score)	1886
1332	Lenepveu	Iphigénie (vocal score)	1887
1396	Verginy, de	Tzigane, Op.19	1887
1397	Verginy, de	Promenade matinale, Op.18	1887
1412	Ménil	Polonaise brillante	1888
1417	Stupuy, P.	Papillons roses, caprice	1888

Sources

1. Biographie universelle des musiciens (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1881)
2. Anik Devriès & François Lesure: Dictionnaire des éditeurs de musique français, vol. 2: De 1820 à 1914 (Geneva: Minkoff, 1988)
3. axelklein.de
4. Bibliographie de la France
5. Axel Klein: O'Kelly. An Irish Musical Family in Nineteenth-Century France (Norderstedt: BoD, 2014), pp. 215–234.

Authority control

• VIAF (O'Kelly Editeur de musique)