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This firm was founded 1872 by Carl Fischer, possibly a relative of the publisher A.E. Fischer of Bremen. It started as a musical instrument repair shop in the East Village (East 4th St.) neighborhood of New York City. Fischer supplied musicians with sheet music and instruments from Europe, while working as a violinist in several orchestras and bands. He soon published arrangements for the many odd-sized orchestras and bands that existed at the time.
By 1900 it was the leading publisher of concert band music, representing composers like Percy Grainger and John Philip Sousa and the arrangers Eric Leidzen and Mayhew Lake. Fischer’s son Walter S. Fischer joined the firm in the 1890s. From 1926 the headquarters was in Cooper Square, Manhattan.
From 1945 to 1980 works by Howard Hanson, Norman Dello Joio, Lukas Foss, Peter Mennin, Douglas Moore, and Anton Webern were added to the catalog. Carl Fischer Music represented Oxford University Press, Paterson’s of London, Henle Verlag of Germany, and Cundy-Bettoney, and acquired the Eastman School of Music catalog (containing music by then-director Howard Hanson), the Fillmore Music catalog (containing Henry Fillmore’s marches), and the Charles Foley catalog (containing the compositions of Fritz Kreisler).
In 2004 it merged with Theodore Presser of Philadelphia, but each firm retained its imprint.
Agencies: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles
Plate | Composer | Work | Year |
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120 | Resch | Skizzen | 1877 |
131–133 | Popp | 3 Tonbilder, Op.282 | 1877 |
2076-13 | Zarzycki | Mazurka, Op.26 (vn/piano arr.) | |
2879-2 | Wagner | Bridal Chorus | 1891 |
4008-11 | Sarasate | Zigeunerweisen, Op.20 (theatre orch. arrangement- solo part) | 1895 |
5428-7 | Sarasate | Les Adieux, Op.9 (violin part) | 1899 |
6430-8 | Rubinstein | Kamenniy-Ostrov, Op.10/22 | 1907 |
6600-20 | Wieniawski | Polonaise Brillante No.2, Op.21 (ed. Pollitzer) | 1901 |
6772-8 | Elgar | Salut d'amour, Op.12 | 1901 |
6884_6 | Leschetizky | 2 Pieces for Piano, Op.2 (no.1, ed. J. Gahm) | 1919 |
7195-6 | Durand | Chaconne, Op.62 | 1906 |
7424-147 | Mendelssohn | Songs Without Words, Opp.19, 30, 38, 53, 62, 67, 85, 102 | 1903 |
8110-4 | Tchaikovsky | The Seasons, Op.37a/4: April | 1903 |
8208-6 | Liszt | Dreams of Love (Liebestraume) Notturno III | 1903 |
8288-8 | Godard | Au Matin, Op.83 (arr. Hegner, ed. Buechner) | 1907 |
8544-6 | Tchaikovsky | November: Troika Ride, Op.37a/11 | 1908 |
9273-9 | Liszt | Widmung, Liebeslied, S.566 | 1905 |
9822-23 | Bohm | La Fontaine, Op.221 | 1905 |
10241-28 | Grieg | Sonata, Op.7 | 1906 |
11918-10 | Dorn, Edouard | Faust, Op.39 No.24 | 1916 |
11998-10 | Dorn, Edouard | The Bohemian Girl, Op.39/46 | 1916 |
12223-2 | Yost | 3 Compositions for Violin, Op.1 (No.2) | 1908 |
12948-18 | Kriens | La Nymphe Bocagère | 1909 |
13592-6 | Yost | American Rhapsody, Op.3 (score&part) | 1910 |
14311 | Glazunov | Meditation, Op.32 (ed.Saenger) | 1911 |
14568-4 | Baumfelder | Chant du Berger, Op.405 (ed. Gould) | 1911 |
18450-2 | Wagner | Schwanenlied | 1915 |
18454-8 | Wagner | Walther's Preislied | 1915 |
19712-58 | Beethoven | Egmont Overture, Op.84 | 1917 |
19802 | Goldmark | The Call of the Plains | 1916 |
20283-32 | Zeckwer | The Mischianza, Op.34 (vocal sc.) | 1917 |
20837-4 | Tchaikovsky | Humoresque, Op.10/2 | 1919 |
21176-4 | White | Bandanna Sketches, Op.12 (No.1) | 1918 |
21188-2 | Hofmann | The Star-Spangled Banner | 1918 |
21794-11 | Wyman | Woodland Echoes, Op.34 (arr. Saenger for pf.trio) | 1920 |
22247-5 | Albéniz | España, Op.165 (Tango, arr. pf. by Godowsky) | 1921 |
22281-11 | Monti | Csárdás (ed. R. Czerwonky) | 1922 |
22305-6 | Meyerbeer | "Ah! My Son" from "The Prophet" | 1922 |
22558-5 | Wagner | Elisabeth's Prayer from "Tannhauser" | 1922 |
22385-100 | Godowsky | Contrapuntal Paraphrase on 'Invitation to the Dance' | 1922 |
22786-13 | Liszt | Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude, S.173/3 | 1923 |
22912-20 | Bach | 6 Violin Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001-1006 (Chaconne from 2nd partita, arr.Busoni,ed.Siloti) | 1924 |
22914-6 | Schubert | Rosamunde, D.797 (Ballet music (9), arr. Leopold Godowsky) | 1923 |
22936-33 | Bach | Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (arr. piano, Godowsky) | 1924 |
22950 | Bach | Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (arr. piano, Godowsky) | 1924 |
23078 | Bach | Cello Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (arr. piano, Godowsky) | 1924 |
23083-7 | Bach | Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 535 (piano solo arr. by Siloti) | 1924 |
23351 | Saint-Saëns | Le carnaval des animaux (No. XIII: Le Cygne - The Swan, arr. piano, Siloti) | 1924 |
23422 | Godowsky | Java Suite | 1925 |
23446-19 | Rosenthal | Carnaval de Vienne | 1925 |
23730-15 | Kreisler, Fritz | Liebesfreud' (transcribed by Sergei Rachmaninoff) | 1926 |
23854 | Gluck | Orfeo ed Euridice (Dance arr. Piano by Siloti) | 1926 |
23870 | Chopin | Waltzes | 1913 |
23929-4 | Poldini | Etude Japonaise, Op.27/2 | 1926 |
24121 | Rimsky-Korsakov | Sadko Song of India - arr. Siloti | 1927 |
24313-7 | Siloti | Brandenburg Concerto No.2: andante 2 pno. transcr. | 1927 |
24487-7 | Saint-Saëns | La Carnaval des Animaux No. XIII: Le Cygne - The Swan (arr. piano, Godowsky) |
1927 |
24518-41 | Godowsky | Passacaglia | 1928 |
24623 | Hummel | Variations on a theme from Armide by Gluck, Op.57 | 1928 |
25005 | Godowsky | Waltz Poem No.2 | 1929 |
25007 | Godowsky | Waltz Poem No.1 | 1929 |
25015 | Godowsky | Triakontameron | 1929 |
25309-139 | Wilson, Don | The Lucky Jade: a Music Comedy in Two Acts | 1929 |
25400-3 | Godowsky | 6 Waltz-Poems for the Left Hand alone | 1930 |
25806-40 | Siloti | Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 2 pno. transcr. | 1930 |
25863 | Van Hoesen, Karl D. | Violin Class Method | |
26084 | Godowsky | Triakontameron | 1932 |
26114-7 | Bach | 6 Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 (Suite No.4 trans. Piano by Siloti) | 1931 |
26253-7 | Rimsky-Korsakov | The Tale of Tsar Saltan Interlude: Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. vn / piano, J. Heifetz) |
1932 |
26270 | Rimsky-Korsakov | The Tale of Tsar Saltan Interlude: Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. strings, F. Sevitzky) |
1932 |
26496-15 | Rimsky-Korsakov | The Tale of Tsar Saltan Interlude: Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. ww solo / piano, G. Iasilli) |
1933 |
26562-41 | Rimsky-Korsakov | The Tale of Tsar Saltan Interlude: Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. band, G. Iasilli) |
1933 |
29439-6 | Liszt | Liebesträume | 1943 |
29542-16 | Albéniz | Iberia (Godowsky piano trans. of Triana) | 1938 |
30456-5 | Duke, John | Richard Cory | 1948 |
30685-4 | Bergsma, William | Lullee, Lullay | 1950 |
30710-73 | Duke, John | Pilgrim psalms | 1951 |
30762-6 | Helfer, Walter | Spiritual Ode | 1950 |