Gebethner and Wolff

Early cover 1858

Gall's hit song 1892

The imposing head office building in Warsaw, 1907

Serious work cover 1912

Late cover 1928

History

In 1857 Polish-born Gustav Gebethner (1831-1901) and Robert Wolff (1832-1910) started their Warsaw bookselling and music publishing company, which flourished in the peaceful and increasingly prosperous Eastern Europe of the second half of the 19th century. They specialized in contemporary Polish composers such as Moniuszko, in addition to the first Polish complete Chopin edition. There was a prodigious output, about 7000 works in all.

In the 1890s they opened a branch in Cracow, in the south of Poland. The reason for this was to take advantage of the better copyright protection in Austro-Hungary. Unlike the Russian Empire, in which Warsaw was located, Austro-Hungary, of which Galicia, stretching across the Northern Carpathian foothills from Cracow, (Krakau, now Krakow) in the west to Lvov (Lemberg, now Lviv in the Ukraine) in the East, was a province, had signed the Berne convention (1886) on intellectual rights.

Finally the company was nationalized after the second world war, becoming part of Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.

Editions

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprints

• Gebethner & Co. (1857–1860s?)
• Gebethner and Wolff (1860s–?)
• Gustawa Gebethnera I Spółki

Addresses

Warsaw

Plate Numbers

Gebethner and Wolff's plate numbers were issued in a fairly regular chronological fashion. Plate numbers are in the format of G.&C. ### (G.C. ###, or G. ### C.) for early publications and G. ##### W. for latter ones. Estimated dates appear in italics.

G.&C. ###, G.C. ###, or G. ### C.

Plate	Composer	Work	Year
6b	Modzelewski	Valse, Op.10 (score and part)	1858
7	Moniuszko	Śpiewnik domowy No.3
8-30	Moniuszko	Halka (Polish/Italian vocal score)	1858
39	Krzyżanowski	Polonaise, Op.20	1858
47	Dobrzyński	Moja piosnka, Op.9	1859
73	Łodwigowski	Bouquet de mélodies de l’opéra 'Halka', Op.50 (Cahier I)	1860
74	Łodwigowski	Bouquet de mélodies de l’opéra 'Halka', Op.50 (Cahier II)	1860
78	Nowakowski	Fantaisie sur l'opéra 'Halka', Op.51	1860
80	Stanisław Moniuszko	Prząśniczka and Słowiczek (Ej latał), arr. for piano by Monczyński	1860/1861
100	Nowakowski	Romance de l'opéra 'Halka', Op.52

G. #### W.

Plate	Composer	Work	Year
0175	Łodwigowski	Bouquet des mélodies sur l’opéra 'Hrabina', Op.51	1861
0196	Kurpiński	Polonaise 'Witaj Królu'
0223	Łodwigowski	Skarbiec melodyj polskich, Op.53 (book 1)	1862
0278	Moniuszko	Halka (arr. for solo piano)	1864
0309	Łodwigowski	Skarbiec melodyj polskich, Op.53 (book 4)	1864
0473	Studziński	Róże
0503	Moniuszko	Polish Mass in E minor
0513	Moniuszko	Zwiastowanie
0520	Moniuszko	Polish Mass in A minor
0556	Kontski	Souvenir de Carlsbad, Op.151
0557	Kontski	Ne m'oubliez pas, Op.152
0665	Kontski	Ave Maria
0717	Moniuszko	Modlitwa Pańska
0755	Kania	Ιllustrations sur 'Le château mystérieux', Op.35	1870
0763	Kania	Choeur des brahmines de 'Paria', Op.36	1870
0778	Kania	Fantaisie sur l'opera 'Paria', Op.37	1870
0810	Kania	Pieśń mojego życia
0822	Moniuszko	Pieśń pokutna No.2
0849	Kurpiński	Polonaise 'Witaj Królu' (arr. for piano 4-hands by Łodwigowski)	1875
0872	Łodwigowski	Fleurs de Varsovie, Op.57	1877
0878	Moniuszko	Pieśń Wieczorna (arr. for solo piano by Maurice Dietrich)
1185	Godard	Suite de danses anciennes et modernes, Op.103 (No.4)	1889
1220	Münchheimer	Czarny krzyżyk	1889
1227	Duvernoy	Les Castagnettes. Bolero, Op.271 No.6	1889
1247	Gall	5 Lieder, Op.1 (No.3)	1892?
1284	Niedzielski	Krakowiak, Op.22 No.2	1890
1294	Niedzielski	Maryś, Op.22 No.1	1890
1295	Niedzielski	Śpij Lili, Op.29 No.2	1890
1296	Niedzielski	Na jeziorze, Op.31	1890
1297-98	Niedzielski	2 Dumki, Op.32	1890
1378	Ślaski	Trzy piosenki ludowe	1892
1532	Niedzielski	Rybacy na Wiśle, Op.15	1893
1587	Michel Orda	Valse No.1, Op.2
1589	Orda	3 Pièces, Op.6	1894
1640	Gregh	Je pense à vous, Op.42	1895
1741	Krasuski	Mój skarb, Op.45
1790	Moniuszko	Dwie zorze (arr. for piano solo by Wolff)	1896
1836-41	Karłowicz	6 Songs, Op.1
1881	Navrátil	3 Ballades, Op.14 (No.3)	1897
1895	Krasuski	La Reine du coeur, Op.41	1897
1907	Mikulski	Figlarka pieszczotka	1897
1913	Żeleński	25 Preludes, Op.38	1897
1920	Navrátil	3 Ballades, Op.14 (No.2)	1897
1922	Chopin	Preludes, Op.28 (No.7 arr. for violin/cello and piano)	1897
1929	Chopin	Mazurkas, Op.7 (No.2 arr. for violin/cello and piano)	1897
1932	Goltermann	2 Pièces de Salon, Op.13 (No.1)
1943	Hauser	Mes adieux a Varsovie, Op.5
1960	Moniuszko	Prząśniczka	1897
1981	Chopin	Piano Sonata No.2, Op.35 (Marche funèbre arr. for violin/cello and piano)	1897
2006	Moniuszko	Dalibóg!	1897
2009	Moniuszko	Kukułka No.1	1897
2011	Moniuszko	Dziad i baba	1897
2090	Schytte	6 Instruktive Vortrags-Studien, Op.90 (Nos.1 & 2)	1898
2119	Wolff	L'Ami Musical (Book 1)	1898
2121	Wolff	L'Ami Musical (Book 3)	1898
2164	Moniuszko	3 Krakowiaki (No.3 arr. for piano solo by A. Cramer)	1898
2185	Wolff	L'Ami Musical (Book 2)	1898
2250	Wroński	Obertas, Op.92
2295	Noskowski	Livia Quintilla, opera (vocal score)	1898
2346	Labadie	Vive Varsovie, Op.114
2521	Moniuszko	Pieśń Wieczorna (arr. for solo piano)	1901
2529	Noskowski	Step, Op.66 (full score)	1901
2658	Gurlitt	Feuilles volantes, Op.112 (selections)
2658-2659	Gurlitt	Kleine Blumen, Op.205 (selections)
2659	Gurlitt	Album pour la jeunesse, Op.140 (No.20)
2759	Moniuszko	4 Piosnki (No.4 arr. for solo piano by Wolff)	1903
2760	Moniuszko	4 Piosnki (Nos.1-2 arr. for solo piano by Wolff)	1903
2775	Berlioz	La damnation de Faust, H 111 (Ballet des Sylphes arr. for solo piano)	1903
2791	Rosen	Gammes et exercises journaliers	1903
2862	Löw	Douces vacances, Op.433 No.3	1904
2962	Martini	Plaisir d'amour (arr. for solo piano)	1904
2991	Jadassohn	3 Morceaux de salon, Op.25 (No.3)	1904
3093	Kania	Dziewczę i gołąb
3421	Grieg	Lyric Pieces, Op.12 (No.7 arr. for violin/cello and piano)	1905
3761	Schytte	Jugendfreuden, Op.97 (No.1)	1905
3941	Kania	Célèbre hymne polonais
4484	Moniuszko	Milda (full score)	1909
4492	Moniuszko	String Quartet No.1 (parts)	1909?
4671-4695	Stanisław Moniuszko	Śpiewnik domowy No.10	1909
4717	Wertheim	4 Préludes, Op.2	1910
4766	Moniuszko	Dwie zorze
4863	Melcer-Szczawiński	Valse à la Chopin	1911
4889	Karłowicz	Stanisław i Anna Oświecimowie, Op.12 (full score)	1912
5010	Melcer-Szczawiński	3 Pensées musicales (No.2)	1911
5018	Melcer-Szczawiński	3 Pensées musicales (No.3)	1911
5019	Melcer-Szczawiński	3 Pensées musicales (No.1)	1911
5048	Wertheim	2 Préludes, Op.5	1911
5049	Wertheim	Variations sur un thème original, Op.4	1911
5059	Chopin	Impromptu No.1, Op.29 (arr. by Michalowski)	1912
5079	Karłowicz	Smutna opowieść (Preludia do wieczności), Op.13 (full score)	1912
5082	Szymanowski	Violin Sonata, Op.9	1911
5217	Karłowicz	Praeludium and Double Fugue, Op.5	1912
5326	Chopin	Polonaises, Op.40 (No.2 arr. for violin,cello, and piano)	1912
5334	Karłowicz	Violin Concerto, Op.8 (for violin and piano)	1912
5358	Wieniawski	Rondeau, Op.15 (rev. ed.)	1913
6131	Chojecki	Niech żyje niepodległa zjednoczona Polska	1918
6156	Chopin	Waltzes, Op.69 (No.2 arr. for violin and piano)	1920
6531	Szymanowski	6 Songs, Op.20	1925
6534	Melcer-Szczawiński	Stary Kapral	1925
6544	Szymanowski	3 Fragments, Op.5 (No.3)	1928
6832	Karłowicz	Epizod na maskaradzie, Op.14	1930

Other

Plate	Composer	Work	Year
(43)	Moniuszko	Ojcze nasz in E minor

Sources Consulted

1. Grove 6th ed
2. Wikipedia (Polish).

• Music in the Culture of Polish Galicia, 1772-1914. Pekacz, J.T. Rochester Studies in Central Europe. Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, 2002

Authority control

• Gebethner i Wolff

Links

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