Bärenreiter
Sign in to saveBärenreiter (Bärenreiter-Verlag) is a German classical music publishing house based in Kassel. The firm was founded by Karl Vötterle (1903–1975) in Augsburg in 1923, and moved to Kassel in 1927, where it still has its headquarters; it also has offices in Basel, London, New York and Prague. The company is currently managed by , and .
Key facts
- Publisher.name
- Bärenreiter
- Publisher.founded
- 1923
- Publisher.founder
- Karl Vötterle
- Publisher.country
- Germany
- Publisher.headquarters
- Kassel
- Publisher.publications
- Sheet music
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Wikidata facts
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Kassel
- Employees
- 140
- Legal form
- GmbH & Co. KG
- Genre
- classical music
- Official website
- www.baerenreiter.com
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- inception
- 1924-04-12
- location of formation
- Augsburg
- product or material produced
- sheet music
- social media followers
- 21022
- Commons category
- Bärenreiter-Verlag
- number of viewers/listeners
- 332415
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Amateur theater
- History
- 1923 to 1940
- 1940 to 1960
- 1960 to 1980
- 1980 to 2000
- 2000 to 2009
- 2010 to 2019
- 2020-2023
- References
- External links
Bärenreiter (Bärenreiter-Verlag) is a German classical music publishing house based in Kassel. The firm was founded by Karl Vötterle (1903–1975) in Augsburg in 1923, and moved to Kassel in 1927, where it still has its headquarters; it also has offices in Basel, London, New York and Prague. The company is currently managed by , and .
Since 1951, Bärenreiter has expanded its production through acquisitions and the creation of subsidiaries. From this time, the company's focus has been on the New Complete Editions series for various composers. These are urtext editions, and cover the entire work of the selected composer. Series include: J. S. Bach (the Neue Bach-Ausgabe, a joint project with the Deutscher Verlag für Musik), Berlioz, Fauré, Gluck, Handel, Janáček, Mozart (Neue Mozart-Ausgabe), Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Schubert (New Schubert Edition), Telemann and others.
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