Elkan-Vogel

History

This music publishing company was founded in 1926 by Henri Elkan (1897-1980), a Belgian conductor who immigrated to Philadelphia in 1920. Philadelphia Orchestra cellist Adolph Vogel (1893-1981) joined as a partner in 1928 changing the name to Elkan-Vogel. One year later, Bernhard Kohn came to the firm as an additional partner. When Elkan left the company in 1952, Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) was made new director of publications at Elkan-Vogel. Henri Elkan started a new company in 1956 under his own name, which continued to operate in some form until the 1990s. The Theodore Presser Company acquired Elkan-Vogel in 1972 and relocated it to Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Elkan-Vogel was very well-known as the United States agent for most French publishers starting in 1930. These agencies continued with Presser well into the 1980s and even early 1990s.

Editions

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprints

• 1926-28. Philadelphia: Henri Elkan Music Publishing Co.
• 1928-71. Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel Co., Inc.
• 1972-?. Bryn Mawr: Imprint of Theodore Presser

Agencies for USA

• 1930-72. Durand
• 1930-72. Hamelle
• 1930-72. Heugel
• 1930-72. Lemoine

Plate Numbers

IMSLP Entries

Sources Consulted

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

Authority control

• VIAF