| LC control no. | n 2010067622 |
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| Corporate name heading | J. Rieter-Biedermann (Firm) |
| Found in | J. Rieter-Biedermann (Firm). Verzeichnis der Kompositionen von Johannes Brahms und ihrer Bearbeitungen aus dem Verlage von J. Rieter-Biedermann in Leipzig, 1909: t.p. (J. Rieter-Biedermann) IMSLP WWW site, Oct. 8, 2010 (J. Rieter-Biedermann. Jakob Melchior Rieter-Biedermann (1811-1876) was born in Winterthur, Switzerland (Zurich canton). When he was 22, he went to Paris to study engineering; there he made acquaintances of Berlioz and Rossini. Returning home in 1835, Rieter-Biedermann served as the librarian for the Winterthur Musikkollegium. In 1849, he founded the music publishing firm which grew to more than 900 works by the time of his death. Works issued included those of Berlioz, Schumann, and Brahms. His son-in-law Edmund Astor (1845-1918) directed the Leipzig branch from its founding in 1862, which became he headquarters with the Winterthur office's closing in 1884. In 1917, the company was purchased by C.F. Peters.) |
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