Elkan-Vogel

History

This music publishing company was founded in 1926 by Henri Elkan (1897-1980), a Belgian conductor who immigrated to Philadelphia in 1920. Philadelphia Orchestra cellist Adolph Vogel (1893-1981) joined as a partner in 1928 changing the name to Elkan-Vogel. One year later, Bernhard Kohn came to the firm as an additional partner. When Elkan left the company in 1952, Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) was made new director of publications at Elkan-Vogel. Henri Elkan started a new company in 1956 under his own name, which continued to operate in some form until the 1990s. The Theodore Presser Company acquired Elkan-Vogel in 1972 and relocated it to Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Elkan-Vogel was very well-known the United States agent for a number of French publishers starting in 1930. These agencies continued well into the 1970s and even early 1980s.

Editions

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprints

• 1926-28. Philadelphia: Henri Elkan Music Publishing Co.
• 1928-71. Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel Co., Inc.
• 1972-?. Bryn Mawr: Imprint of Theodore Presser

Agencies for USA

• 1930-72. Durand
• 1930-72. Hamelle
• 1930-72. Heugel
• 1930-72. Lemoine

Plate Numbers

IMSLP Entries

Sources Consulted

• 1. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. New York and London: Macmillan Publications, 1980.

Authority control

• VIAF