In 1823, Heinrich Albert Probst (1791-1846) founded his Leipzig publishing firm, and achieved substantial success relatively early. However, he soon (1836) sold the firm to Carl Friedrich Kistner (1797-1844), whereupon its renaming. Probst later became Breitkopf's Paris agent, purchasing the rights for works of Chopin and others for them1. Kistner expanded the firm substantially, adding works by contemporary German composers like Schumann, Mendelssohn, Moscheles, Gade, Joachim and Hiller.
In the decades following Kistner's death, the emphasis on German and Central European composers continued, with first editions by Liszt, Reinecke, Smetana, Franz and Bruch. The Kistner firm was sold in 1919 to brothers Carl and Richard Linnemann, proprietors of the rival Leipzig publisher C.F.W. Siegel since 1869. At this point Siegel, 80 years old, had a stock of 16891 editons, while Kistner, 100 years old, had 10924 editions. The name was changed to Kistner & Siegel in 1923.
Though devasted the by allied bombing of Leipzig in 1944-45, the firm re-opened after the war in West Germany in 1948.
Many of the editions of Probst were reissued by Kistner with the same plates but new title pages.
Dates in italics are estimated.
| Plate |
Composer |
Work |
Year
|
| 00027a |
Carulli |
Duos Nocturnes, Op.189 (score) |
1823
|
| 00069 |
Kalkbrenner |
Fantasia No.10 'Sur un air irlandais', Op.50 |
1824
|
| 00077 |
Mayer |
2nd Rondeau (E minor) |
1824
|
| 00100 |
Czerny |
Piano Sonata No.4, Op.65 |
1824
|
| 00134b |
Lindpaintner |
3 Grands trios, Op.52 (No.2) |
1823
|
| 00169 |
Pixis |
Piano Trio No.1, Op.75 (pts) |
1825
|
| 00181 |
Liszt |
Allegro di bravura, S.151 |
1825
|
| 00188 |
Czerny |
Toccata ou exercice, Op.92 |
1823/4?
|
| 00198 |
Pixis |
Piano Concertino, Op.68 (pts) |
1824
|
| 00318 |
Moscheles |
24 Etudes, Op.70 |
1827
|
| 00360 |
Beethoven |
Symphony No.9, Op.125 (piano 4 hands arr. Czerny) |
1829
|
| 00381 |
Czerny |
Piano Sonata No.9, Op.145 |
1828
|
| 00427 |
Kalkbrenner |
Sonata for Piano Four-Hands, Op.3 |
1828
|
| 00491 |
Reissiger |
Piano Trio No.4, Op.56 (1st Ed.) |
1829
|
| 00699 |
Lindpaintner |
3 Grands trios, Op.52 (No.3) |
1829
|
| 00895 |
Onslow |
String Quintet No.15, Op.38 (parts) |
1830
|
| 00910-11 |
Moscheles |
Souvenirs de Danemarc, Op.83 |
1830
|
| 00982 |
Kalkbrenner |
Variations brillantes, Op.112 (piano quintet vers.) |
1832
|
| 01070 |
Moscheles |
Grand Septuor, Op.88 (parts) |
1835
|
| 01076 |
Moscheles |
Grand Septuor, Op.88 (piano score) |
1835
|
| 01078 |
Onslow |
String Quintet No.15, Op.38 (score) |
1835
|
| 01119 |
Onslow |
String Quintet No.22, Op.57 |
1836
|
| 01154–1155 |
Bennett |
Piano Concerto No.3, Op.9 (orch. parts) |
1837
|
| 01156 |
Bennett |
Piano Concerto No.3, Op.9 - piano solo part |
1837
|
| 01164 |
Bennett |
3 Romances, Op.14 |
1837
|
| 01166 |
Bennett |
The Naiades, Op.15 |
1837
|
| 01244 |
Kalkbrenner |
25 Grandes Etudes, Op.143 |
1839
|
| 01303 |
Hiller |
Die Zerstörung Jerusalems, Op.24 (full score) |
1842
|
| 01339 |
Moscheles |
Hommage à Weber, Op.102 |
1842
|
| 01380 |
Bennett |
The Naiades, Op.15 (full score) |
1843
|
| 01388 |
Thalberg |
Grandes Valses brillantes, Op.47 |
1843
|
| 01399 |
Gade |
Symphony No.1, Op.5 (arr. pf4-h by Ferd.Schubert) |
1844
|
| 01412 |
Ries |
Piano Concerto No.4, Op.115 (reduction) |
1823 (Probst score?)
|
| 01423–24 |
Rietz |
Cello Concerto, Op.16 (parts) |
1844
|
| 01431 |
Mendelssohn |
6 Duets, Op.63 |
1844
|
| 01438 |
Bennett |
Piano Trio, Op.26 |
1845
|
| 01443 |
Gade |
Im Hochland, Op.7 (pf4h red.) |
1845
|
| 01458 |
Onslow |
String Quintet No.27, Op.68 (parts) |
1846
|
| 01495 |
Macfarren |
String Quartet No.2, Op.54 (parts) |
1846
|
| 01652 |
Liszt |
Glanes de Woronince, S.249 |
1849
|
| 01656 |
Liszt |
O du mein holder Abendstern, S.444 |
1849
|
| 01730 |
Kontski |
Le Rêve d'une jeune Châtelaine, Op.6 (pf arr.) |
1850
|
| 01767 |
Gade |
Symphony No.4, Op.20 (score) |
1851
|
| 01783 |
Onslow |
String Quintet No.32, Op.78 |
1851
|
| 01784 |
David |
Bunte Reihe, Op.30 (arr. by Liszt) |
1851
|
| 01801 |
Liszt |
Marche de Rákóczy, S.244c |
1851
|
| 01815 |
Moscheles |
Cello Sonata, Op.121 (Cello part) |
1851
|
| 01835 |
Moscheles |
Cello Sonata, Op.121 (piano score) |
1851
|
| 01842 |
Onslow |
String Quintet No.33, Op.80 (parts) |
1852
|
| 01963 |
Moscheles |
Cello Sonata, Op.121 (arr. piano 4-hands) |
1853
|
| 02061 |
Wieniawski |
Allegro de Sonate, Op.2 |
1854
|
| 02079 |
Rietz |
Concert-Ouverture, Op.7 (full score) |
1855
|
| 02181 |
Rubinstein |
6 Lieder von Heine, Op.32 (No.6) |
1856
|
| 02198 |
Hiller |
Serenade, Op.64 |
1856
|
| 02258 |
Kullak |
2 Valse-Caprices, Op.99 (No.2) |
1857
|
| 02299 |
Hermann |
Grand Duo Brillant for Violin and Cello, Op.12 |
1858
|
| 02450 |
Lang |
6 Lieder, Op.25 |
1860
|
| 02492 |
Vogt |
Piano Trio, Op.25 (score & parts) |
1861
|
| 02501 |
Bennett |
The May Queen, Op.39 (v.s.) |
1861
|
| 02538 |
Wieniawski |
Legende, Op.17 (vn, pf arr.) |
1861
|
| 02563 |
Jadassohn |
3 Morceaux de salon, Op.25 |
1861
|
| 02586 |
Gade |
4 Fantasiestykker, Op.41 |
1862
|
| 02615 |
Kontski |
Tristesse et gaîté, Op.15 |
1862
|
| 02637 |
Wieniawski |
Etudes-Caprices, Op.18 |
1864
|
| 02714 |
Wieniawski |
Impromptu No.1, Op.19 |
1863
|
| 02715-2716 |
Wieniawski |
8 Mazurkas, Op.23 |
1863
|
| 02805 |
Burgmüller |
Symphony No.2, Op.11 (full score) |
1864
|
| 02813 |
Jensen |
Jagdscene, Op.15 |
1864
|
| 02814 |
Jensen |
Präludium und Romanze, Op.19 |
1864
|
| 02898 |
Gade |
String Sextet, Op.44 |
1865
|
| 02953 |
Mayseder |
String Quintet No.4, Op.65 (parts) |
1865
|
| 02973 |
Raff |
Fest-Ouvertüre, Op.117 |
1865
|
| 03027-8 |
Jensen |
Lieder und Tänze, Op.33 |
1866
|
| 03083 |
Azanchevsky |
Piano Trio, Op.10 |
1866
|
| 03488 |
Bruch |
2 Cantatas, Op.31 |
1870
|
| 03556 |
Davydov |
4 Pieces, Op.20 |
1870
|
| 03568 |
Raff |
Symphony No.3, Op.153 |
1871
|
| 03768 |
Bargiel |
3 Nocturnes, Op.3 |
1872
|
| 03844 |
Lachner |
Octet for Winds, Op.156 (parts) |
1872
|
| 03887 |
David |
Festmarsch, Op.42 (score) |
1873
|
| 03897 |
Chopin |
Nocturnes, Op.9 (no.2 arr.Wilhelmj, vn/pf) |
1873
|
| 04045 |
Mendelssohn |
Ruy Blas Overture, Op.95 (arr.Leo Grill) |
1874
|
| 04228 |
Hiller |
Die Zerstörung Jerusalems, Op.24 (vocal score) |
1874
|
| 04368 |
Norman |
Viola Sonata, Op.32 |
1875
|
| 04521 |
Goetz |
Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung |
1875
|
| 04525 |
Fuchs |
11 Capriccietti, Op.12 |
1875
|
| 04604 |
Davydov |
Romance sans Paroles, Op.23 (piano score) |
1875
|
| 04619 |
Wieniawski |
Fantaisie et Fugue, Op.25 |
1876
|
| 04620 |
Wieniawski |
Etude de concert No.1, Op.33 |
1876
|
| 04621 |
Wieniawski |
Tarantelle No.2, Op.35 |
1876
|
| 04707 |
Hohlfeld |
String Quintet, Op.1 |
1876
|
| 04708 |
Huber |
Serenade, Op.19 |
1876
|
| 04710 |
Fuchs |
Piano Quartet No.1, Op.15 |
1876
|
| 04726 |
Rubinstein |
6 Lieder von Heine, Op.32 (No.6) |
1876
|
| 04729 |
Jadassohn |
Symphony No.3, Op.50 (full score) |
1876
|
| 04787 |
Vogt |
Jugend-Album, Op.133 |
1877
|
| 04811 |
Rosenhain |
Valse brillante, Op.89 |
1877
|
| 04886 |
Goetz |
Frühlings-Ouvertüre, Op.15 (pf4h arrangement) |
1880
|
| 05003 |
Goetz |
Francesca da Rimini (vocal score) |
1878
|
| 05061 |
Huber |
Aus Goethe's west-östlichem Divan, Op.41 |
1878
|
| 05068 |
Schröder |
Concert Stück, Op.38 (score and part) |
1878
|
| 05070 |
Ries |
String Quintet, Op.28 (parts) |
1878
|
| 05079 |
Graben-Hoffmann |
Zwanzig Ausgewählte Lieder |
1878
|
| 05096 |
Wieniawski |
Etude de concert No.2, Op.36 |
1878
|
| 05109 |
Hiller |
Serenade No.2, Op.186 |
1879
|
| 05150 |
Fuchs |
Piano Trio No.1, Op.22 |
1879
|
| 05163 |
Rheinberger |
Piano Trio No.2, Op.112 |
1879
|
| 05199 |
Rheinberger |
Piano Quintet, Op.114 |
1879
|
| 05251 |
Chopin |
Nocturne, Op.48, No.2 (ed. Carl Mikuli) |
1879
|
| 05271 |
Chopin |
Etude, Op.10, No.2 (ed. Carl Mikuli) |
1879
|
| 05461 |
Hartmann |
Cello Concerto, Op.26 (full score) |
1880
|
| 05616 |
Mikuli |
12 Harmonic variations on C major scale, Op.23 |
1880
|
| 05654 |
Fuchs |
Waltzes, Op.25 |
1880
|
| 05757 |
Reinhold |
Violin Sonata, Op.24 |
1881
|
| 05758 |
Kleinmichel |
Symphony, Op.52 |
1881
|
| 05878–79 |
Heller |
20 Preludes, Op.150 |
1882
|
| 05946 |
Kretschmer |
Dramatisches Tongedicht, Op.32 (score) |
1882
|
| 06117 |
Gouvy |
Octet No.1, Op.71 (arr. for strings by L. Horn) |
1882
|
| 06157 |
Żeleński |
String Quartet No.1, Op.28 (parts) |
1883
|
| 06263 |
Fuchs |
Violin Sonata No.2, Op.33 (sc&pt) |
1883
|
| 06266 |
Bach |
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 |
1883
|
| 06291 |
Schütt |
2 Pieces, Op.16 |
1883
|
| 06339 |
Martucci |
Cello Sonata, Op.52 |
1884
|
| 06477 |
Jadassohn |
Piano Quartet, Op.77 |
1885
|
| 06580 |
Sauret |
Rapsodie russe, Op.32 |
1885
|
| 06613 |
Davydov |
Romance sans Paroles, Op.23 (arr. for viola and piano by Ritter) |
1885
|
| 06858 |
Kullak |
2 Polonaises caractéristiques, Op.101 |
1885
|
| 07100 |
Sitt |
Tonleiterstudien |
1898 (?)
|
| 07118-20 |
Martucci |
3 Stücke, Op.67 (sc&pts) |
1887
|
| 07131 |
Martucci |
Piano Trio No.2, Op.62 |
1888
|
| 07165 |
Draeseke |
Osterszene aus Goethe's 'Faust', Op.39 (vocal score) |
1888
|
| 07173 |
Jadassohn |
Piano Sextet, Op.100 (parts) |
1888
|
| 07306 |
Reinhold |
5 Toskanische Lieder, Op.49 |
1889
|
| 07355 |
Gade |
Børnenes Jul, Op.36 (arr. str orch. by Hofmann) |
1890
|
| 08019 |
Rückauf |
Piano Quintet, Op.13 |
1891
|
| 08152 |
Horn |
Deutsches Kaiserlied, Op.65 |
1891
|
| 08289 |
Grädener |
Piano Trio No.2, Op.25 |
1893
|
| 08326 |
Martucci |
Piano Quintet, Op.45 |
1893
|
| 08708 |
Huber |
Piano Quintet No.1, Op.111 |
1896
|
| 08782 |
Huber |
Violin Sonata No.5, Op.112 |
1897
|
| 08810 |
Krug |
Preis-Sextett, Op.68 |
1897
|
| 09096 |
Rauchenecker |
Gotenzug, Op.137 |
1899
|
| 09103 |
Rauchenecker |
Gotentreue, Op.138 |
1899
|
| 09104 |
Wilm |
Piano Trio, Op.165 |
1899
|
| 09315 |
Fink |
String Quartet, Op.20 (parts) |
1900
|
| 09388 |
Thuille |
Piano Quintet No.2, Op.20 |
1901
|
| 09757 |
Malling |
Piano Quartet, Op.80 |
1904
|
| 09979 |
Draeseke |
Osterszene aus Goethe's 'Faust', Op.39 (full score) |
1906
|
| 10222 |
Bleyle |
Flagellantenzug, Op.9 (full score) |
1908
|
| 10274 |
Gilse |
Eine Lebensmesse |
1909
|
| 10324 |
Haas |
Divertimento, Op.22 (parts) |
1909
|
| 10626 |
Bortkiewicz |
Piano Concerto No.1, Op.16 (2-pf arr.) |
1913
|
| 10703–704 |
Bortkiewicz |
Lamentations and Consolations, Op.17 (nos.1-8) |
1914
|
| 10794 |
Fuchs |
Improvisations, Op.11 (Beilschmidt ed.) |
1918
|
| 10857 |
Wetz |
Symphony No.2, Op.47 (fs) |
1921
|
| 27860 |
Emborg |
String Quartet No.5, Op.53 (sc) |
1924
|
| 28218–219 |
Bortkiewicz |
Ein Roman, Op.35 |
1928
|
| 28600 |
Leifs, Jón |
Organ Concerto, Op.7 (sc) |
1933
|
| 28962–28964 |
Woyrsch |
3 Eight-Part Motets, Op.69 |
1936
|
| 29817 |
Trapp, Max |
Kleine Spielmusik, Op.41 (sc) |
1943
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