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Decorative cover (Medtner) ca.1910
Decorative cover (Goedicke) ca.1910

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History

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 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 Russian branch offices were taken over by Muzgiz after the revolution, and the headquarters moved to Paris in 1920. The firm was sold to Boosey & Hawkes on March 1, 1947.

Editions

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprint

  • Russischer Musikverlag
  • Editions Russes de Musique (note: Worldcat apparently does not use this)
  • Édition russe de musique
  • Rossiyskoe muzykalnoye izdatelstvo (Российское музыкальное издательство)
  • A. Gutheil (1914-1947)

Addresses

  • Berlin (1909-1919)
  • Buenos Aires (ca.1920-1947)
  • Paris (1920-1947)
  • London (1920-1947)
  • New York (1922-1947)

Plate Numbers

Plate Composer Work Year
001-3 Medtner 3 Nocturnes, Op.16 1909
004-5 Medtner 3 Novellettes, Op.17 (1-2)
006-7 Scriabin 3 Pieces, Op.52 (1-2)
008-9 Gedike Symphony No.2, Op.16 (full score/parts) 1909
0010 Scriabin 3 Pieces, Op.52 (3)
011-21 Taneyev 10 Poems, Op.26 (1-3/3 low?/4-10) 1909
022-25 Catoire 4 Preludes, Op.17
026 Catoire String Quintet, Op.16 (4-hand red.)
027 Catoire String Quintet, Op.16 (score)
028 Gedike Symphony No.2, Op.16 (4-hand red.) 1909
029 Catoire String Quintet, Op.16 (parts)
030 Catoire Violin Sonata No.2, Op.20 1910
031 Scriabin Piano Sonata No.5, Op.53 1909
032 Gedike Piano Sonata, Op.18 1909
033-34 Gedike 2 Preludes, Op.19 1909
035 Medtner 3 Novellettes, Op.17 (3)
036-37 Konyus La forêt bruisse, Op.30 (score/parts) 1909
038-40 Catoire Three Poems, Op.19 1909
041-43 Catoire Three Poems, Op.18 1910
044-47 Bützow Four Poems, Op.6 1909
048-53 Medtner 6 Poems after Goethe, Op.18 1910
054-57 Taneyev 12 Choruses a capella, Op.27 (Vol. I: 1-4) 1910
058-60 Medtner 3 Poems after Nietzsche, Op.19 1910
061-62 Medtner 2 Tales, Op.20 1910
063 Gedike Prelude, Op.20 1910
064 ? A. Krein Poem of Shelley/Balmont 1910
065 Konyus La forêt bruisse, Op.30 (4-hand red.) 1910
066-70 Taneyev Concert Suite, Op.28 (violin + piano red.) 1910
071-74 Taneyev 12 Choruses, Op.27 (Vol. II: 5-8) 1910
075-77 Rudolph String Quartet, Op.1 (score/parts/4-hand red.) 1910
078-79 Taneyev Concert Suite, Op.28 (score/parts) 1910
080 ? Chesnokov "Dämmrige Alleen," for mixed voices a cappella 1910
081-83 Bützow 3 Poems, Op.9 1910
084 Medtner Violin Sonata No.1, Op.21 1910
085-86 Scriabin Symphony No.5, Op.60 (score/parts) 1911
087  ???
088-91 Taneyev 12 Choruses, Op.27 (Vol. III: 9-12) 1911
092 Medtner Piano Sonata, Op.22 1910
093 Myaskovsky Sonnet of Michelangelo/Tyutchev, Op.8b 1910
094-99 Nouvelle collection de musique, 1er cahier: 1910
094 Gedike Feuillet d'Album
095 Catoire Chants du crépuscule, Op.24 (No. 1)
096 Medtner 4 Lyrical Fragments, Op.23 (No. 1)
097 Rachmaninoff Polka de W.R.
098 Scriabin Feuillet d'album, Op.58
099 Taneyev Prelude and Fugue, Op.29
100 Gedike Piano Quintet, Op.21 1911
101-103 Streicher 3 Poems, Op.1 1911
104-113 Tolstoy, S. L. 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 1911
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 Ballad No.1, Op.2
150 Stravinsky Petrushka (4-hand red.)
151 Catoire Piano Concerto, Op.21 (score) 1912
152-153 Bach Chaconne, orch. Maksimilian 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 (vocal score) 1914
160–164 Taneyev 5 Poems, Op.33 1912
165–171 Taneyev 7 Poems, Op.34 1912
172-174 Myaskovsky 3 Sketches, Op.8 after texts of Vyacheslav Ivanov 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 3 Songs "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? S. L. Tolstoy Seven Scottish Songs, Op.4 1913
225-227 Catoire String Quartet, Op.23 (score/parts/4-hand red.?)
228-231? Taneyev 16 Choruses for male chorus 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
333-341 Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableaux, Op.39 1917–1920
342 Stravinsky 3 Petites chansons (with French text, cf. 234-236) 1921
343-344 Stravinsky Le Chant du rossignol (score?/parts?) (343b = miniature score) 1921
345  ???
346 Stravinsky Marche chinoise from Le Rossignol, arr. Szántó for piano 1922
347 Scriabin Symphony No.5, Op.60 (miniature score, cf. 85) 1922
348 Stravinsky Petrushka (miniature score, cf. 127) 1912
349-350 Stravinsky 2 Poems by Konstantin Balmont (with English text, cf. 130-131)
351-352 Rimsky-Korsakov Principles of Orchestration (book, English translation by Agate) 1923
353-355 Stravinsky 3 Petites chansons (with English text, cf. 342/234-236)
356 Stravinsky 3 Japanese Lyrics (with English text, cf. 199)
357-364 Medtner 8 Poems, Op.24 (with English text, cf. 132-139)
365-372 Medtner 8 Poems, Op.24 (with French text, cf. 132-139) 1917
373-379 Medtner 7 Poems after Pushkin, Op.29 (with English text, cf. 255-261)
380-389 Taneyev 10 Poems, Op.26 (with English text, cf. 11-13, 15-21)
390-398  ??? [selections from Taneyev Op.26 with French text exist, are probably around here...]
399 Stravinsky Petrushka (suite, arr. Szántó) for piano 1922
400 Stravinsky Petrushka (Trois mouvements de Petrouchka, for piano) 1922
401-402 Stravinsky 3 Pieces for String Quartet (score/parts) 1922
403  ???
404 Grigoriev Six Pieces for piano, Op.6
405  ???
406 Myaskovsky Eccentricities, Op.25 1923
407-408 Rimsky-Korsakov Principles of Orchestration (book, German translation by Elukhen) 1923
409 Stravinsky Pulcinella (suite, full score) (409a = miniature score) 1924
410? Stravinsky Pulcinella (full score, never issued?) 1924
411 Stravinsky Mavra (vocal score) (411a = Overture; 411b = Air de la mère) 1925
412-414 Stravinsky Piano Concerto (score/parts?/2 piano red.) 1924
415-416 Stravinsky Octet (score/parts) 1924
417 Stravinsky Sonata for piano 1925
418 Prokofiev 5 Mélodies, Op.35 (arr. for violin and piano, Op.35bis) 1925
419 Prokofiev Symphony No.1, Op.25 (score/parts) 1927
421 Stravinsky Octet (arr. Lourié for piano) 1926
422 Stravinsky Le Chant du rossignol (piano red.) 1927
423 Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments (arr. Lourié for piano) 1926
424 Dukelsky Zephyr and Flora (piano red.) 1926
425-427  ???
428 Stravinsky Pulcinella (Suite for violin and piano) 1926
429 Stravinsky Oedipus Rex (vocal score, withdrawn and plate number reassigned) 1927
429 Stravinsky Serenade in A 1926
430 Feodorov Sonata for piano 1928
431 Stravinsky Oedipus Rex (vocal score, second edition, cf. 429) 1927
432(-434?) Dukelsky Three Poems of Ippolit Bogdanovitch 1925
435-437  ???
438 Lopatnikoff Sonatina, Op.7 1928
439 Fédorov Deux Tableaux 1928
440  ???
441-442 Stravinsky Apollon Musagète (piano red./score) 1928
443 Stravinsky Apollon Musagète (parts?) 1928
444 Prokofiev The Steel Step, Op.41 (piano red.) 1929?
445-446? Prokofiev Symphony No.2, Op.40 (score/parts?)
447-448? Prokofiev The Steel Step, Op.41 (score/parts?)
449-450? Lopatnikoff Introduction and Scherzo, Op.10 (score/parts?) 1933
451 Lopatnikoff Cello Sonata, Op.11 1929
452 Lopatnikoff Violin/Cello Duo, Op.8 1928
453 Lopatnikoff Sonata for Violin, Piano, and Snare Drum, Op.9 1928
454  ???
455 Stravinsky Le baiser de la fée (piano red.) 1928
456 Dukelsky Sonata for piano 1928
457 Vogel Etude-Toccata 1929
458 Stravinsky Parasha's Aria from Mavra (v/small orch.) (score)
459-460  ??? [possibly Prokofiev: Prodigal Son (score/parts)?]
461 Prokofiev The Prodigal Son, Op.46 (piano red.) 1930
462 Lopatnikoff Deux danses ironiques, Op.13 1929
463 Prokofiev The Gambler, Op.24 (vocal score) 1930
464 Prokofiev Symphony No.3, Op.44 (score) 1931
465-466? Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, orch. Ravel (score/parts?) 1929
467 Stravinsky Parasha's Aria from Mavra (vocal score) 1925
468 Stravinsky Serenade in A (variant issue, cf. 429) 1926
469  ???
470 Stravinsky Capriccio for piano and orchestra (2 piano red.) 1929
471-473 Nabokov Three Dances for piano 1930
474 Dukelsky Dushenka (La Mignonne) (vocal score) 1927
475-479 Dukelsky Five Poems of Pushkin
480-483 Nabokov Four Poems of Pushkin 1929
484-485 Prokofiev Things in Themselves, Op.45
486  ???
487-488 Dukelsky Two Pieces for piano 1931
489 Prokofiev Divertissement, Op.43 (arr. for piano) 1930
490  ???
491 J. Krein Berceuse, for violin and piano 1928
492 J. Krein Canzona and Etude, for violin and piano 1928
493-497 J. Krein Five Preludes, for piano 1930
498-499 Prokofiev Divertissement, Op.43 (score/parts) 1931
500-501  ???
502-503? Stravinsky Capriccio for piano and orchestra (score/parts?)
504 Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms (vocal score) 1930
505  ???
506 Vinogradova Four Episodes on a Theme, Op.18 1930
507-508  ???
509 J. Krein Suite for cello and piano, Op.20
510 J. Krein Tango for piano 1931
511 Gorchakov Lettres à moi-même, Op.18 1931
512-516  ???
517 Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms (full score)
518 Stravinsky 3 Petites chansons (v/small orch., full score) 1934
519  ???
520 Prokofiev On the Dnieper, Op.51 (piano red.) 1932
521 Prokofiev Two Russian Songs (later incorporated into Op.104) 1931
522 Prokofiev Sinfonietta, Op.5/48 (piano red.) 1932
523  ???
524-525? Prokofiev Sinfonietta, Op.5/48 (score/parts?)
526 Fleischer "Strawinsky" (book in German) 1931
527-528? Rachmaninoff Five Etudes-Tableaux, orch. Respighi (score/parts?) 1931
529-534 Prokofiev 6 Pieces for Piano, Op.52 1931
535?-536 Prokofiev String Quartet No.1, Op.50 (score?/parts) 1932
537-538 Berezowsky String Quartet No.1, Op.16 (score/parts) 1931
539-540  ???
541-542 Prokofiev 2 Sonatinas, Op.54 1932
543-544  ???
545 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.5, Op.55 (score) 1933
546 Dukelsky Printemps 1931 1933
547 Dukelsky Trio: tema con variazioni 1932
548-549? Prokofiev Four Portraits from The Gambler, Op.49 (score/parts?) 1933
550 Nabokov Le cœur de Don Quichotte
551-555 Stravinsky Suite italienne (cello and piano) 1934
556 Lourié Intermezzo 1933
557 Lourié Nocturne 1933
558 Vogel Variétude (Chaconne)
559 Nabokov Collectionneur d’échos (vocal score) 1933
560 Gorchakov Sonata, Op.25 No. 3
561 Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms (miniature score) 1931
562 Stravinsky Credo 1933
563  ???
564 Stravinsky Duo concertant 1933
565 Stravinsky Danse russe (arr. for violin and piano) 1933
566 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.5, Op.55 (2 piano red.) 1933
567-569  ???
570-571 Prokofiev Sonata for 2 Violins, Op.56 (pts) 1932
572 Prokofiev Seven They Are, Op.30 (vocal score) 1933
573-574  ???
575 Berezowsky Thème et variations fantastiques, Op.7 1934
576-578  ???
579 J. Krein Cello Concerto, Op.25 (cello and piano red.)
580  ???
581 Stravinsky Perséphone (vocal score) 1934
582 Stravinsky Ave Maria 1934
583-584 Stravinsky Airs du rossignol & Marche chinoise (arr. for violin and piano) 1934
585-590 Stravinsky Suite italienne (violin and piano) 1934
591 Berezowsky Concerto lirico, for cello and orchestra, Op.19 1935
592-593 Stravinsky Divertimento (arr. for violin and piano) (Mvts. 1-2) 1934
594 Stravinsky Ballad from Le baiser de la fée (arr. for violin and piano) 1934
595-596 Stravinsky Divertimento (arr. for violin and piano) (Mvts. 3-4) 1934
597-599  ???
600-601? Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op.34 (arr. for orchestra) (score/parts?) 1935
602-604 Prokofiev 3 Pieces for Piano, Op.59 1935
605 Magaloff Toccata
606  ???
607 Stravinsky Piano Concerto (full score) (2nd ed., cf. 412) 1936
608-610 Prokofiev Pensées, Op.62
611 Berezowsky Suite for wind quintet, Op.11 (parts) 1936
612  ???
613 Berezowsky Suite for wind quintet, Op.11 (miniature score) 1936
615-616  ???
617-628 Prokofiev Music for Children, Op.65 1935
629 Nabokov Contrastes et developpements 1936
630 Magaloff Sonatina for violin and piano, Op.4 1936
631 Lourié Procession 1935
632  ???
633-634 Prokofiev Two songs from Lieutenant Kijé (suite), Op.60 (arr. for voice and piano)
635-637 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2, Op.63 (violin and piano red./score/parts) 1937
638-641  ???
642 Stravinsky Divertimento (full score) 1938

Sources Consulted

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

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