Founded on February 1st, 1838 by Eduard Bote and Gustav Bock (1813-1863) in Berlin with the purchase of the publisher C. W. Froehlich & Co. Expansion was rapid with the additional purchase of the Berlin firms Moritz Westphal (1840) and Thomas Brandenburg (1845). Eduard Bote withdrew from the business in 1847, and Bock's younger brother Emil (1816-1871) directed the company after its founder's death in 1863.
Gustav Bock's son Hugo (1848-1932) took over the reins next, acquiring the publisher Lauterbach & Kuhn in 1908. With the Lauterbach & Kuhn purchase came a substantial body of work from Max Reger. The company's headquarters in Berlin were completely destroyed in 1943.
The post-war period, under the leadership of Hugo Bock's son Gustav (1882-1953) and grandson Kurt Radecke (1901-1966), saw the establishment of a branch office in Wiesbaden (1948) and the reconstruction of the Berlin headquarters. From 1966 to 1995, the firm was a limited family partnership. It was sold to Boosey & Hawkes in 1995.
Plate numbers seem to be used in a chronological manner. Dates in italics are estimated dates.
| Plate |
Composer |
Work |
Year
|
| 00139 |
Ries |
Violin Concerto No.2, Op.16 (violin and piano arr.) |
1839
|
| 00474 |
Taubert |
Miniatures, Op.37 (Cah. 3) |
1840
|
| 00475 |
Taubert |
Miniatures, Op.37 (Cah. 4) |
1840
|
| 00585 |
Loewe |
Johann Huss, Op.82 (vocal score) |
1842
|
| 01319 |
Heller |
Fantasie-Sonate, Op.69 |
1848
|
| 01851 |
Taubert |
Symphony No.4, Op.80 (score) |
1851
|
| 02280 |
Taubert |
Piano Trio No.2, Op.96 (score and parts) |
1853
|
| 02959 |
Kontski |
La sentimentale, Op.10 |
1855
|
| 02961 |
Kontski |
Sur mer, Op.56 |
1854
|
| 03359 |
Chopin |
Mazurka in A minor, B.140 |
1855
|
| 03453 |
Ketterer |
L'Argentine, Op.21 |
1856
|
| 03583 |
Faust |
Defilir-Marsch |
1856
|
| 03665 |
Kontski |
Piano Sonata No.1, Op.156 |
|
| 03991 |
Wieniawski |
Chanson polonaise |
1858
|
| 04254 |
Kontski |
Final de 'Lucia di Lammermoor', Op.62 |
1859
|
| 04362 |
Kässmayer |
String Quintet, Op.8 (parts) |
1859
|
| 04600 |
Kontski |
La Violette, Op.172 |
1859
|
| 05437–5439 |
Kiel |
10 Pianoforte-Stücke, Op.18 |
|
| 05442 |
Richards |
Marie, Op.60 |
|
| 05609 |
Kiel |
Piano Trio No.3, Op.24 |
1862
|
| 05679 |
Meyerbeer |
Fest-Ouvertüre im Marschstyl (full score) |
1862
|
| 06883 |
Liszt |
Illustrations de l'opéra L'Africaine, S.415 (No.1) |
1866
|
| 06884 |
Liszt |
Illustrations de l'opéra L'Africaine, S.415 (No.2) |
1866
|
| 08040 |
Wüerst |
Variations, Op.50 (arrangement pf4h) |
1869
|
| 08083 |
Kéler |
Am schönen Rhein gedenk ich dein, Op.83 |
1869
|
| 08192 |
Conradi |
Offenbachiana, Op.111 (piano 4-hands) |
1869
|
08599
8602–8606 |
Romberg |
6 Morceaux élégants (sc,pt) |
1870
|
| 09322 |
Conradi |
Kriegsraketen, Op.119 |
1870
|
| 09325 |
Tchaikovsky |
Romeo and Juliet, overture-fantasia, full score (2nd version) |
1871
|
| 09492 |
Raff |
Humoreske in Walzerform, Op.159 |
1871
|
| 09501–9503 |
Krzyżanowski |
3 Chants sans paroles,Op.32 |
|
| 10261 |
Kudelski |
String Trio, Op.32 |
1873
|
| 10297 |
Tchaikovsky |
Romeo and Juliet, overture-fantasia (orch. parts, 2nd version) |
1874
|
| 10960 |
Kiel |
Piano Trio No.6, Op.65 No.1 |
1876
|
| 11018 |
Taubert |
Cesario, Op.188 (vocal score) |
1875
|
| 11064 |
Kiel |
Piano Trio No.7, Op.65 No.2 |
1876
|
| 11352 |
Damrosch |
Violin Concerto (violin/piano arr.) |
1877
|
| 11545 |
Tchaikovsky |
Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia) (piano, arr. C. Bial) |
1881
|
| 11936–37 |
Kiel |
10 vierhändige Klavierstücke für die Jugend, Op.74 |
1878
|
| 12016 |
Draeseke |
Fata Morgana, Op.13 |
1879
|
| 12048 |
Desormes |
Mandolinen-Polka (piano vers.) |
1878
|
| 12065 |
Dvořák |
Dumka, Op.35 |
1879
|
| 12067–68 |
Dvořák |
Furiants, Op.42 |
1879
|
| 12182 |
Dvořák |
Piano Trio No.2, Op.26 |
1879
|
| 12250 |
Godard |
Violin Sonata No.4, Op.12 |
1880
|
| 12261–63 |
Chopin |
Oeuvres complètes (ed. Karl Klindworth) |
1880
|
| 12370 |
Sauret |
Scherzo Fantastico, Op.9 |
1880
|
| 12402–23 |
Kiel |
New Waltzes for String Quartet, Op.78 (score and parts) |
1881
|
| 12454-55 |
Dvořák |
6 Mazurkas, Op.56 |
1880
|
| 12468 |
Zarzycki |
Grande valse |
1883
|
| 12529 |
Stanford |
The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan (vocal score) |
1881
|
| 12530 |
Kiel |
Requiem, Op.80 (full score) |
1881
|
| 12562 |
Stanford |
Piano Quartet, Op.15 (score and parts) |
1881
|
| 12638 |
Kauffmann |
Variations for String Quartet, Op.8 |
1882
|
| 12716 |
Rudorff |
Symphony No.1, Op.31 (score) |
1883
|
| 12809 |
Bruhns |
Praeludio in G major (ed.Rheinberger) |
1883
|
| 12817 |
Albert |
Suite in 5 Movements, Op.1 |
1883
|
| 12839 |
Dvořák |
Nocturne in B major, Op.40 |
1883
|
| 12879 |
Klughardt |
String Quartet No.1, Op.42 (parts) |
1883
|
| 12966 |
Klughardt |
Concert Ouverture, Op.45 (f.s.) |
1884
|
| 13040 |
Klughardt |
Piano Trio, Op.47 (score and parts) |
1886
|
| 13061 |
Hauptner |
150 Deutsche Kriegs- und Soldatenlieder |
1887
|
| 13268–70 |
Paderewski |
6 Humoresques de Concert, Op.14 (Nos.1–3) |
1887
|
| 13283–85 |
Paderewski |
6 Humoresques de Concert, Op.14 (Nos.4–6) |
1887
|
| 13343 |
Albert |
Waltzes for Piano Four-Hands, Op.6 |
1888
|
| 13399 |
Hofmann |
Suite for Piano |
1892
|
| 13410 |
Joachim |
Violin Concerto No.3 (piano reduction) |
1889
|
| 13582–88 |
Schütt |
Silhouettes-Portraits, Op.34 |
1891
|
| 13754 |
Mascagni |
I Rantzau |
1893
|
| 13758 |
Albert |
Piano Concerto No.2, Op.12 (full score) |
1893
|
| 13962 |
Leschetizky |
2 Piano Pieces, Op.42 |
1894
|
| 13982 |
Paderewski |
6 Songs, Op.18 |
1894
|
| 14130 |
Paderewski |
Polish Fantasy, Op.19 (full score) |
1895
|
| 14220 |
Moszkowski |
Laurin, Op.53 (arr. for piano solo) |
1895
|
| 14299 |
Lyapunov |
Impromptu, Op.5 |
1896
|
| 14607 |
Lyapunov |
Ballade, Op.2 (arr. for 2pf) |
1899
|
| 14917 |
Berger |
String Quintet, Op.75 (parts) |
1899
|
| 15226 |
Forni, O. |
Valse des chasseurs (for strings. parts) |
1901
|
| 15434 |
Koessler |
String Quartet No.2 (score&parts) |
1902
|
| 15455 |
Laszlo |
Ungarische Weisen, Op.5 |
1902
|
| 15516 |
Offenbach |
La vie parisienne (German vocal score, arr. Bernhard Wolff) |
1903
|
| 15613 |
Strauss |
Sinfonia Domestica, Op.53 (full sc.) |
1904
|
| 15729 |
Levy |
String Quartet in D minor (parts) |
1905
|
| 15825 |
Albert |
5 Bagatelles, Op.29 (no.5) |
1905
|
| 16788–90 |
Leschetizky |
3 Piano Pieces, Op.48 |
1909
|
| 17059 |
Reger |
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Beethoven, Op.86
(reprint of L&K 1904 ed.) |
1908
|
| 17216 |
Reger |
Präludien und Fugen für Violine solo, Op.117 |
1909-10
|
| 17228 |
Reger |
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Hiller, Op.100
(duet arrangement by Singer II) |
1909
|
| 17323 |
Chopin |
Oeuvres complètes (ed. Karl Klindworth. This plate is for vols. 2 & 3) |
1910
|
| 17338 |
Reger |
Piano Concerto, Op.114 (2 piano arr.) |
1910
|
| 17620 |
Reger |
String Sextet, Op.118 |
1911
|
| 17648 |
Kahn |
Cello Sonata, Op.56 |
1911
|
| 17948 |
Wolf |
Italian Serenade (Junk arr. for piano solo) |
1912
|
| 18126 |
Reger |
Introduktion, Passacaglia und Fuge, Op.127 |
1913
|
| 18236 |
Kahn |
String Quartet, Op.60 (parts) |
1914
|
| 18831 |
Dvořák |
6 Mazurkas, Op.56 , No.2 (violin and piano by Issay Barmas) |
1920
|
| 19156 |
Stolz (Robert) |
Das alte, das neue Wien, Op.250 |
1922
|
| 19618 (22) |
Grünfeld |
Frühlingsstimmen Walzer, Op.57 (Günther/Teichmüller editions) |
1926
|
| 19634 (628) |
Respighi |
Concerto in modo misolidio (2-piano arr.) |
1926
|
| 19743 (31) |
Grünfeld |
Soirée de Vienne, Op.56 (Teichmüller edition) |
1926
|
| 20584 ( ) |
Furtwängler |
Violin Sonata (No.2) in D (score) (ed. Kulenkampff) |
1941
|
| 21260 (539) |
Blacher |
Viola Concerto, Op.48 (fs) |
1956
|
| 21263 (1838) |
Einem, v. |
Piano Concerto (fs) |
1956
|
| 21342 (585) |
Weiss |
Guitar Sonata No.1 in D minor |
1957
|
| 23217 (1606) |
Yun, I-sang |
Intermezzo for Cello and Accordeon (or Pf or Org.) (sc&pts) |
1989
|
In issues after 1923 or so, the plate often appears as "Plate-number (Edition no.)", as above. In recent issues (ca. mid-1990s to present? - after the sale to Boosey & Hawkes?) one often has "bb ((4-digit) edition number) Bote & Bock" and no separate 5-digit plate number.
