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EDITIONS
HENRY LEMOINE
Established 1772 |
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Editions Henry LEMOINE is located in the 4th district of Paris,
near "Place de la Bastille". |
They have been carrying on their activity in publishing musical
materials for more than 230 years in a town where several composers
of genius were born, such as Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER, Camille SAINT-SAËNS
or even Georges BIZET.
In 1990, their distribution subsidiary, Hexamusic, has been established
in a warehouse, 50 km far from Paris, to benefit from a storage
of almost 10.000 m³.
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Company today |
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When Max Lemoine retired in 1987, it was the turn of his son,
Pierre, to carry on the tradition. |
Over 200 years have gone by since that day in 1772 .... 200 years
during which the works of famous composers have been published by
Editions Henry Lemoine : Chopin, Berlioz, Donizetti, Halevy, Franck,
Gounod, Messiaen and Piazzolla. 200 years of great success which
have established the reputation of the Lemoine company : Solfege
des Solfeges, Les Classiques favoris (favourite classics), Chant
Classique, Le Pantheon des pianistes, Danhauser's Theory, etc.
Editions Henry Lemoine joined the new media adventure by developping
for their best-sellers multimedia applications (CD audio and Cd-rom).
With this strong foundation in educational and instrumental fields,
Editions Henry Lemoine has also a significant place in the field
of music for concerts, where its action for contemporary music has
continuously spread since 1980.
Besides composers as prestigious and worldwide recognized as Hugues
Dufourt, Tristan Murail, Michaël Lévinas, Edith Canat
de Chizy, Ichiro Nodaïra, Jean-Marc Singier, Philippe Hurel,
Michael Jarrell and Gérard Pesson, Editions Henry Lemoine
back up young composers such as Brice Pauset, Régis Campo
or Bruno Mantovani.
To improve even further the promotion of its composers, Editions
Henry Lemoine starts in 2000 its own record company, AEon.
By widening its activities, Editions Henry Lemoine shows that, more
than ever, it listens at today's world with an open mind in order
to put its long-lasting print in tomorrow's music inheritage.
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Key Dates of the
Company's History |
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1772 |
In 1772, Antoine-Marcel Lemoine,
composer, violinist and music teacher, founded a musical publishing
house at 556, rue de l'Echelle-Honoré in Paris. From
the very beginning of the business, called "A l'Espérance"
(To Hope), success smiled on the young publisher, thanks to
his contacts within the musical world. In 1810, in particular,
he published the Messe Solennelle (Solemn Mass) with orchestra,
composed by Méhul for the coronation of Napoléon
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1816 |
It was his youngest son, Jean-Henry-Antoine
Lemoine, known as Henry Lemoine, who took over from him in
1816. Henry Lemoine was one of the most famous piano teachers
in Paris, since he was the first in France to organise group
music lessons with the aim of encouraging his pupils. Under
his management, the publishing house, already frequented by
well-known artists of the time, became one of the most important
in the capital. |
1844 |
Henry Lemoine published the
works of Chopin, and in 1844 added the famous Traite d'Orchestration
(Orchestration Treatise) by Berlioz to his catalogue. Henry
Lemoine also wrote , for his pupils, a piano method and studies,
still in use today. He then published, in co-operation with
Carulli, a music primer which would form the basis for the
famous Solfege des Solfeges, of which over 10 million copies
have now been printed. |
1850 |
In 1850, 3 years before his
death, Henry Lemoine, who had gone blind, went into partnership
with his son Achille, pianist and also a piano teacher. Spurred
on by the latter, 17 rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle in Paris saw
the installation of a printing workshop, where the new processes
of lithography were applied to music, a binding workshop and
a musical engraving workshop. |
1858 |
In 1858, Achille Lemoine revolutionised
musical publishing by offering the public, at very low prices,
clear, accurate publications, forming the collection "Le
Pantheon des pianistes". He continued the teaching tradition
established by his predecessors by publishing Danhauser's
famous Theorie de la Musique (Theory of Music), another great
success. |
1885 |
From 1885 onwards, Achille
Lemoine brought his four sons into the business as associates,
including Henry-Felicien and Leon Lemoine who, on the death
of Achille Lemoine in 1895, directed the Lemoine company,
now renamed : Henry Lemoine & Company.
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1920 |
In 1920, Henry-Felicien went
into partnership with his nephew, Henry-Jean, who had joined
the Lemoine company in 1907.
Left alone at the head of the company upon the death of Henry-Felicien
in 1924, Henry-Jean succeeded in giving it new drive, thanks
to extensive world-wide distribution of editions in foreign
languages : English, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek etc..., not
counting counterfeit versions in Chinese, Russian and Arabic.
In 1946 Henry-Jean shared directorship of the Lemoine company
with his cousin, Andre Lemoine.
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1956 |
In 1956 they were joined by
the son of Henry-Jean, Max Lemoine.
This period saw the renewal of the teaching catalogue, a renewal
which was associated with the rise of music academies and
schools in France. This included the publication of flute
methods by P.Y. Artaud, saxophone methods by J.M. Londeix,
the works of Noel-Gallon and F. Fontaine, later to be published
in foreign languages.
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