h rtel founded 1719 1719 in leipzig founder bernhard christoph breitkopf country of origin germany headquarters location wiesbaden publication types sheet music official website www.breitkopf.com gottfried christoph h rtel breitkopf & h rtel is the world s oldest music publishing house . 1 the firm was founded in 1719 in leipzig by bernhard christoph breitkopf . the catalogue currently contains over 1 000 composers 8 000 works and 15 000 music editions or books on music . the name h rtel was added when gottfried christoph h rtel took over the company in 1795 . in 1807 h rtel began to manufacture pianos an endeavour which lasted until 1870 . the breitkopf pianos were highly esteemed in the 19th century by pianists like franz liszt and clara schumann . in the 19th century the company was for many years the publisher of the allgemeine musikalische zeitung an influential music journal . 2 the company has consistently supported contemporary composers and had close editorial collaboration with beethoven haydn mendelssohn robert schumann chopin liszt wagner and brahms . they also published the first complete works editions for instance the bach gesellschaft edition with the works of johann sebastian bach the alte mozart ausgabe with mozart s works 3 and schubert s franz schubert s werke . this tradition continues today with prominent contemporary composers . the firm was on the board of directors of the h ndel gesellschaft in 1858 . archival materials of the publishing house form the fonds 21081 breitkopf & h rtel leipzig in the s chsisches staatsarchiv staatsarchiv leipzig see thekla kluttig nur briefe ber hmter komponisten archivgut von leipziger musikverlagen als quelle f r die musikwissenschaften in die musikforschung 66 2013 heft 4 s. 391 407 . references edit adelmann marianne 1974 . musical europe an illustrated guide to musical life in 18 european countries . paddington press . p. 252 . isbn 978 0 8467 0031 9 . rehding alexander 20 july 2009 . music and monumentality commemoration and wonderment in nineteenth century germany . oxford university press . p. 246 . isbn 978 0 19 988889 4 . g rner r diger ; mclaughlin carly 2007 . mozart a challenge for literature and thought . peter lang . p. 161 . isbn 978 3 03911 177 0 . external links edit media related to breitkopf & h rtel at wikimedia commons official website breitkopf und h rtel scores at the international music score library project bach gesellschaft ausgabe scores at the international music score library project breitkopf & h rtel grand piano leipzig ca. 1848 the piano in polish collections historical instruments namm oral history interview with head of sales annekathrin mascus may 1 2014 authority control worldcat identities viaf 121971320 gnd 2006075 0 sudoc 030677335 bnf cb148161690 data retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title breitkopf % 26 h rtel & oldid 743575816 categories companies established in 1719music publishing companies of germanysheet music publishing companiesopera publishing companiespiano manufacturing companies of germanycompanies based in wiesbadenpublishing companies established in the 1710smedia in leipzigmedia in wiesbaden1719 establishments in the holy roman empirehidden categories commons category with page title same as on wikidataarticles with international music score library project linkswikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifierswikipedia articles with bnf identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal e tinadeutschespa olesperanto fran aisgalegoitaliano nederlands norsk bokm lpolski suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 07 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view