Paul Decourcelle

Travel poster ca.1900

Color cover, 1895 with Decourcelle's pseudonym Heinrich Tellam

Typical cover, 1906

Gillet work cover

Serious work cover

History

This firm was founded in Nice ca.1881 by the composer Paul Decourcelle (1854-1940), and was very active in the publication of light pieces for piano, violin, and salon orchestra, in the first instance supplying works for the many cafe and hotel orchestras of the Cote d'Azur or French Riviera. The French national library catalog lists 635 works, mainly between 1881 and 1950.

The main composers were Alfredo D'Ambrosio (violin, 1874-1914) Ernest Gillet (1856—1940), Paul Decourcelle using his own name or the pseudonym Heinrich Tellam, Gabriel Bonincontro (1878-1963), Edouard Mathé (1863-1936), Charles Coda (d. 1924), and Georges Picquet (1865-1940).

Around 1918 Decourcelle acquired the Parisian publisher S. Bornemann.

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprints

• Paul Decourcelle

Addresses

• Nice
• Paris (ca.1918- )

Plate Numbers

Paul Decourcelle's plate numbers are of the format of P.D. ####. Dates in italics are estimated.

Sources Consulted

• Hofmeister XIX
• Cecil Hopkinson, A Dictionary of Parisian Music Publishers, 1700-1950 (London, 1954). Reprinted (New York: Da Capo Press, 1979).

Links

• Category:Scores published by Paul Decourcelle