Historical Publication Info
Echos series cover (1850s)
History
The publishing house was founded in 1847 by Gustave-Alexandre Flaxland (1821-1895), shortly after his marriage to Fanny d'Eresby, by the purchase of a small Paris retail establishment located at 4 place de la Madeleine. The shop was very successful and Flaxland expanded the business into the publication, after 1850, of vocal music anthologies (Echos de France, Echos d'Italie, ...d'Allemagne,... de Pologne,... du monde religieux,....du temps passé,...). The company's growth was accelerated by the acquisition of the French publishing rights for much of Robert Schumann's music (all works for piano; trios Opp.63, 80, 88, 110, 132 ; quartets Opp.41,47). Flaxland was the first in France to publisher the Lieder with the German original text.
As a friend of Wagner, he secured the French publishing rights for some of his earlier operas - Rienzi (December 1859), Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, and Lohengrin.. He also directed the publication of the first compositions of the young Saint-Saëns and Liszt's Wagner transcriptions. On December 30, 1869 Flaxland sold his entire catalog of nearly 1400 titles to Durand, Schoenewerk et Cie..
He devoted his remaining years to composing and piano manufacturing.
Editions
Imprints, Addresses, Agencies
Paris:
4, place de la Madeleine
Plate Numbers
Flaxland plate numbers begin with the prefix G.F., sometimes with G.D. (he used also the pseudonym Gustave D'Eresby)
| Year- |
Plate Numbers |
- |
Year- |
Plate Numbers |
- |
Year- |
Plate Numbers |
|
| 1847 |
1-20 |
|
1855 |
141-191 |
|
1863 |
604-698* |
|
| 1848 |
|
|
1856 |
192-245 |
|
1864 |
702-778 |
|
| 1849 |
|
|
1857 |
233-254 |
|
1865 |
795-814 |
|
| 1850 |
31-34 |
|
1858 |
258-293 |
|
1866 |
818-857 |
|
| 1851 |
39-47 |
|
1859 |
294-339 |
|
1867 |
866-896 & 966 |
|
| 1852 |
48-82 |
|
1860 |
320-398 |
|
1868 |
895-1025 |
|
| 1853 |
73-104 |
|
1861 |
396-515 |
|
1869 |
1005-1175 |
|
| 1854 |
107-137 |
|
1862 |
502-613 |
|
1870 |
1176-1242 |
|
- *in 1863 were published with success the series Les Bonnes Traditions du Pianiste in 6 books.
| Plate |
Composer |
Work |
Year
|
| 0098 |
Tonel |
Perles et diamants, Op.2 |
1853
|
| 0105 |
Tonel |
Au déclin du jour, Op.3 |
1854
|
| 0107-137 |
Various Composers |
Echos d'Italie Vol.2 |
1854
|
| 0136 |
Delioux |
Mandoline, Op.28 |
1854
|
| 0141 |
Tonel |
Madrid, Op.8 |
1855
|
| 0142 |
Tonel |
Ronde de matelots, Op.9 |
1855
|
| 0165 |
Gordigiani |
La bianchira, Canzone toscana |
1855'
|
| 0189 |
Tonel |
À tes genoux, Op.10 |
1855
|
| 0191 |
Tonel |
Le Bosphore, Op.12 |
1855
|
| 0254 |
Delioux |
Sara la baigneuse, Op.47 |
1857
|
| 0340 |
Tonel |
Solo de concert, Op.21 |
1860
|
| 0399 |
Wagner |
Tannhäuser, WWV 70 (March, arr. military band by Sellenick) |
1861
|
| 0409 |
Saint-Saëns |
Scène d'Horace, Op.10 |
1861
|
| 0516-521 |
Saint-Saëns |
Transcription of the J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 29 (for piano) |
1862
|
| 0562 |
Troschel |
3 Hymnes polonais arrangés pour piano |
1862
|
| 0602 |
Heller |
Nocturne, Op.103 |
1862
|
| 0723 |
Champigny |
Le tonnerre à la voile |
1864
|
| 0749 |
Alary |
La beauté du diable (vocal score) |
1861
|
| 0772 |
Schumann |
Quintette pour piano et cordes, Op.44 |
1864
|
| 0835 |
Cournand |
Valse |
1866
|
| 0863 |
Abdank |
Impromptu, Op.19 |
1865
|
| 0887 |
Ivry |
Les amants de Vérone |
1867
|
| 0937 |
Blount |
Il m'aimait tant |
1868
|
| 0962 |
Blount |
Souvenir du mois de mai |
1868
|
| 0965 |
Schumann |
Gedichte aus 'Liebesfrühling', Op.37 |
1868
|
| 0966 |
Corvaïa |
Marine |
1867
|
| 0981 |
Coriolis |
La milanaise |
1868
|
| 1005 |
Durand |
Regrets, Op.60 |
1869
|
| 1006 |
Durand |
Le refrain du pays, Op.61 |
1868
|
| 1007 |
Durand |
Chaconne, Op.62 |
1868
|
| 1008 |
King of Sweden |
Plus d'amour, plus de roses |
1869
|
| 1015 |
Schumann |
Piano Trio No.3, Op.110 (sc&pts) |
1869
|
| 1028 |
Volkmann |
Wanderskizzen, Op.23 |
1869
|
| 1031 |
Bordèse |
Ballade corse |
1868
|
| 1077 |
Mendelssohn |
12 Duos |
1869
|
| 1084 |
Peruzzi |
Dis-moi pourquoi |
1868
|
| 1091 |
Duparc |
Feuilles volantes, Op.1 |
1869
|
| 1126–28 |
Battmann |
3 Piano Sonatines, Op.300 |
1869
|
| 1151 |
Thomé |
La perle de Castille |
1869
|
| 1152 |
Maton |
La Willis |
1869
|
| 1163 |
Durand |
Pater |
1869
|
| 1164 |
Van der Mersch |
Hâtez-vous |
1869
|
| 1171 |
Krüger |
Plus d'amour, plus de roses, Op.161 |
1869
|
| 1173 |
Mattiozzi |
Valse poétique |
1870
|
| 1176 |
Schumann |
Szenen aus Goethes Faust, WoO 3 (Vocal score) |
1870
|
| 1177 |
Vilbac |
Caprice styrien |
1870
|
Sources Consulted
- 1. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. New York and London: Macmillan Publications, 1980.
- 2. DEVRIES Anik & LESURE François : Dictionnaire des éditeurs de musique français - Vol.3 "De 1820 à 1914", Genève: Minkoff, 1979-1988.
Authority control
- VIAF (Flaxland, Gustave 1821-1895)
