Jakob Melchior Rieter-Biedermann (1811-1876) was born in Winterthur, Switzerland (Zurich canton). When he was 22, he went to Paris to study engineering; there he became acquainted with Berlioz and Rossini. Returning home in 1835, Rieter-Biedermann served as the librarian for the Winterthur Musikkollegium. In 1849, he founded the music publishing firm whose catalog grew to more than 900 works by the time of his death.
Works issued included those of Berlioz, Schumann, and Brahms. His son-in-law Edmund Astor (1845-1918) directed the Leipzig branch from its founding in 1862, and subsequently Leipzig became the headquarters on the Winterthur office's closing in 1884. In 1917, the company was purchased by C.F. Peters.
| Plate |
Composer |
Work |
Year
|
| 0013 |
Kirchner |
Scherzo No.1, Op.8 |
1857
|
| 0024 |
Schumann |
Spanische Liebeslieder, Op.138 (arr. for voice and piano 4 hands) |
1857
|
| 0047 |
Wüllner |
6 Lieder, Op.5 |
1858
|
| 0057 |
Wüllner |
Piano Sonata, Op.6 |
1858
|
| 0081 |
Bargiel |
Suite for Violin and Piano, Op.17 |
1859
|
| 0082 |
Krause |
12 Etuden in gebrochenen Accorden, Op.9 |
1860
|
| 0132 |
Grädener |
String Quartet No.1, Op.12 (parts) |
1861
|
| 0133 |
Grädener |
String Quartet No.2, Op.17 (parts) |
1861
|
| 0134 |
Grädener |
String Quartet No.3, Op.29 (parts) |
1861
|
| 0165 |
Brahms |
Ave Maria, Op.12 |
1861
|
| 0166 |
Brahms |
Ave Maria, Op.12 (vocal score) |
1861
|
| 0170 |
Brahms |
Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15 (piano and string parts) |
1861
|
| 0175 |
Naumann |
3 Fantasiestücke, Op.5 |
1861
|
| 0222 |
Terschak |
Konzertstück, Op.51 (flute, pf version) |
1862
|
| 0225 |
Naumann |
String Quintet No.1, Op.6 (parts) |
1862
|
| 0229 |
Raff |
Am Giessbach, Op.88 |
1862
|
| 0253 |
Gernsheim |
Piano Sonata, Op.1 |
1863
|
| 0269 |
Bach |
Six Fragments from Cantatas and Violin Sonatas (arr. Saint-Saëns) |
(1863)
|
| 0277 |
Merkel |
Adagio im freien Styl, Op.35 |
1863
|
| 0332 |
Hiller |
Der 93ste Psalm, Op.112 (vocal score) |
1864
|
| 0409 |
Merkel |
Organ Sonata No.2, Op.42 |
1866
|
| 0418 |
Raff |
Piano Trio No.2, Op.112 |
1866
|
| 0435 |
Brahms |
Piano Quintet, Op.34 |
1865
|
| 0470 |
Brahms |
16 Waltzes, Op.39 (first edition) |
1866
|
| 0499, 509 |
Gernsheim |
Salamis, Op.10 |
1867
|
| 0524 |
Brahms |
16 Waltzes, Op.39 (arr.pf solo) |
1867
|
| 0570 |
Grimm |
Violin Sonata, Op.14 |
1869
|
| 0592 |
Brahms |
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45 |
1868
|
| 0620 |
Bach |
6 Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 (arr. for piano by Raff) |
1869
|
| 0678 |
Brahms |
Sonata for 2 Pianos, Op.34b |
1871
|
| 0733 |
Schulz-Beuthen |
Walzer, Op.3 |
1873
|
| 0780 |
Grimm |
Symphony in D minor, Op.19 (full sc.) |
1875
|
| 0801 |
Bach |
Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (arr. for piano by Raff) |
1875
|
| 0802 |
Bach |
Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068 (arr. for piano by Raff) |
1875
|
| 0861 |
Grieg |
In Autumn, Op.11 (arr. for piano 4 hands) |
1875
|
| 0917 |
Rauchenecker |
Orientalische Phantasie |
1877
|
| 0924 |
Huber |
Walzer, Op.27 (complete score for vn, vc, pf4h) |
1878
|
| 0992 |
Rauchenecker |
String Quartet No.2 in D major |
1878
|
| 1009 |
Huber |
Piano Sonata, Op.47 |
1879
|
| 1037 |
Gernsheim |
Piano Trio No.2 in B major, Op.37 (sc&pts) |
1879
|
| 1051 |
Herzogenberg |
2 String Trios, Op.27 (No.1, score and parts) |
1879
|
| 1052 |
Herzogenberg |
2 String Trios, Op.27 (No.2, score and parts) |
1879
|
| 1097 |
Noskowski |
6 Cracoviennes, Op.7 |
1880
|
| 1106 |
Merkel |
Organ Sonata No.7, Op.140 |
1880
|
| 1181 |
Petzold, E. |
Am blauen See, Op.43 |
1882
|
| 1195 |
Herzogenberg |
Violin Sonata No.1, Op.32 (sc&pt) |
1882
|
| 1232 |
Barth |
Cello Sonata, Op.7 (sc&pt) |
1883
|
| 1248 |
Bödecker |
Trio-Phantasie, Op.18 |
1883
|
| 1277 |
Gernsheim |
Piano Quartet No.3, Op.47 (sc&pts) |
1883
|
| 1310 |
Brahms |
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45 (arr. for organ solo) |
1884
|
| 1344 |
Herzogenberg |
Gesänge und Balladen, Op.44 |
1885
|
| 1351 |
Brahms |
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45 (arr. for piano solo) |
1885
|
| 1375 |
Merkel |
Organ Sonata No.8, Op.178 |
1885
|
| 1435 |
Merkel |
Organ Sonata No.9, Op.183 |
1886
|
| 1440 |
Hiller |
String Trio, Op.207 |
1886
|
| 1452 |
Gernsheim |
String Quartet No.3, Op.51 |
1886
|
| 1472 |
Herzogenberg |
Waltzes for Piano 4-Hands, Op.53 |
1887
|
| 1530 |
Perger |
String Trio, Op.12 |
1888
|
| 1630 |
Perger |
Piano Quartet, Op.14 |
1889
|
| 1634 |
Perger |
Serenade, Op.17 |
1889
|
| 1662-3 |
Perger |
3 Songs, Op.18 (nos.1, 2) |
1890
|
| 1674 |
Herzogenberg |
Legenden, Op.62 |
1890
|
| 1699 |
Wilm |
Violin Sonata No.2, Op.92 (sc & pt) |
1890
|
| 1703 |
Thieriot |
Kantate der Klage und des Trostes, Op.50 (v.s.) |
1890
|
| 1794 |
Thieriot |
Sonate im leichtern Styl, Op.56 (sc&pt) |
1892
|
| 1819 |
Herzogenberg |
Piano Quartet No.1, Op.75 |
1892
|
| 1821 |
Herzogenberg |
String Quintet, Op.77 (parts) |
1892
|
| 2018-21 |
Miguez |
Scènes intimes, Op.24 |
1893 or 1895
|
| 2038 |
Degner |
Overture for Organ and Orchestra |
1895
|
| 02118 |
Bossi |
Piano Trio, Op.107 (score & parts) |
1896
|
| 2130 |
Thieriot |
Violin Concerto, Op.68 (vn. part) |
1897
|
| 2143 |
Herzogenberg |
Piano Quartet No.2, Op.95 |
1897
|
| 2189 |
Sponer |
Piano Quintet, Op.5 (sc&pts) |
1898
|
| 2395 |
Bossi |
Trio Sinfonico, Op.123 |
1901
|
| 2402 |
Lange Jr. |
String Quartet No.4, Op.81 (score & pts.) |
1901
|
| 2407 |
Klengel, Paul |
Pastorale, Op.17 |
1902
|
| 2471–72 |
Thieriot |
2 Concertstücke, Op.76 (cello/piano red.) |
1903
|
| 2480 |
Boslet |
3 Tonstücke, Op.25 |
1903
|
| 2485 |
Lange Jr. |
Piano Trio No.2, Op.89 (sc&pts) |
1904
|
| 2490 |
Bossi |
Suite for Orchestra, Op.126 |
1904
|
| 2530 |
Thieriot |
String Quartet No.1, Op.83 (parts) |
1905
|
| 2592 |
Zerlett |
Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, Op.254 (piano reduction) |
1906
|
| 2613 |
Bossi |
Pièce héroïque, Op.128 |
1907
|
| 2614 |
Bossi |
Missa pro defunctis (Requiem), Op.83 (parts) |
1907
|
| 2616 |
Bossi |
Missa pro sponso et sponsa, Op.110 (with harmonium or piano ad-lib.) |
1907
|
| 2673 |
Thieriot |
Concerto for 3 Violins and Orchestra, Op.88 (3vn/pf red.) |
1908
|
| 2718 |
Brahms |
Piano Quintet, Op.34 (arr. for piano solo by Singer) |
1909
|
| 2774 |
Brzeziński |
Violin Sonata, Op.6 |
1910
|
| 2864 |
Gade |
4 Idyllen, Op.34 |
1912
|
| 2947 |
Thieriot |
Cello Concerto, Op.97 (piano red.) |
1915
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