Hansen of Copenhagen, Denmark has been the major publisher of Scandinavian music.
Founded in 1853 by Jens Wilhelm Hansen. Hansen's two sons Jonas (1850-1919) and Alfred (1854-1923) joined the firm in 1874, the year before acquisition of the Copenhagen publisher C. E. Horneman.
The period 1875-1914 saw vigorous growth: works by Danish composers like Niels Gade and J. P. E. Hartmann and the Norwegian Christian Sinding were added in this period, and there were several acquisitions: C.C. Lose (1872), Horneman & Erslev (1875), Carl Warmuth (Oslo, 1908) and Nordisk (1910). Notable Scandinavian composers added in the 20th century include Jean Sibelius, Carl Nielsen, Emil Hartmann, Wilhelm Stenhammar, and Selim Palmgren.
Hansen opened branches in Leipzig (1887-1940), New York (ca.1974) and subsidiaries included Norsk (Oslo, from 1908), Nordiska (Stockholm, from 1915), Wilhelmiana (Frankfurt, from 1951), and J. & W. Chester (London, from 1957). The Hansen group was absorbed by Music Sales in late 1980s, then in 2018 Music Sales sold its printed music division to Hal Leonard.
Hansen plates.
Plate |
Composer |
Work |
Year
|
01006 |
Lange-Müller |
5 Sange, Op.1 |
1874
|
03273 |
Neupert |
Studier, Op.26 |
|
08116 |
Gade |
A Folk Tale (pf solo red.) |
1885
|
08432 |
Grieg |
Mountain Thrall, Op.32 (piano red.) |
1883
|
09803 |
Sinding |
Piano Quintet, Op.5 |
1888
|
09903 |
Lincke |
8 Etudes for Violin (ed. Singer) |
1888
|
09991 |
Sinding |
Suite in E major, Op.3 |
1889
|
10000 |
Hartmann |
Violin Sonata No.3, Op.83 |
1888
|
10309 |
Hartmann, Emil |
Symphony No.3 in D major, Op.42 |
1889
|
10402 |
Malling |
Piano Trio, Op.36 (parts) |
1890
|
10730-35 |
Malling |
Musique de Ballet, Op.42 (piano 4-h version) |
1891
|
10767 |
Hartmann |
Dyveke, Op.45 (4th movement, Vn. I part) |
1891
|
10787 |
Strelezki |
8 Mazurkas, Op.130 (No.4) |
1891
|
10920-29 |
Sinding |
Digte af Sangenes Bog, Op.13 |
1892
|
11031 |
Fabricius |
Nocturne in B-flat major (sc&pt) |
1892
|
11053 |
Robert-Hansen |
Symphonische Suite, Op.6 (score) |
1892
|
11155 |
Hartmann |
Piano Concerto, Op.47 (2-pf red.) |
1894
|
11257 |
Malling |
String Octet, Op.50 |
1893
|
11267 |
Henriques |
Violin Sonata, Op.10 |
1893
|
11387 |
Sinding |
Piano Trio No.1, Op.23 (score & parts) |
1894
|
11402 |
Malling |
Der Tod und die Auferstehung Christi, Op.54 |
1894
|
11523 |
Bendix |
Symphony No.3, Op.25 |
1895
|
11564 |
Borch |
Lyrische Stückchen, Op.22 |
1895
|
11731 |
Hartmann |
Trauermarsch zu Thorwaldsens Beisetzung (arr. Svendsen) |
1896
|
11766 |
Matthison-Hansen |
Cantabile, Op.32 |
1896
|
11952 |
Malling |
Aus dem Leben Christi, Op.63 |
1897
|
12157 |
Gade |
Baldurs drøm (vocal score) |
1897
|
12177 |
Sinding |
Rondo infinito, Op.42 (score) |
1898
|
12527 |
Elling |
Duettino for Violin and Piano, Op.49 |
1900
|
12550 |
Bohlmann |
Andante religioso (score&parts) |
1901
|
12703 |
Meinig |
Sérénade, Op.12 |
1900
|
12765 |
Sinding |
Scènes de la vie, Op.51 |
1900
|
12918 |
Sinding |
4 Morceaux caractéristiques, Op.53 |
1902
|
12919 |
Sinding |
Mélodies mignonnes, Op.52 |
1902
|
12956–59 |
Sinding |
4 Morceaux de salon, Op.54 |
1902
|
13045-49 |
Sinding |
5 Etudes, Op.58 |
1903
|
13242 |
Glass |
Frühlingslied, Op.31 (score, parts) |
1903
|
13532 |
Malling |
Piano Concerto, Op.43 (full score) |
1906
|
13599 |
Wiklund |
Violin Sonata, Op.5 |
1905
|
14138 |
Barnekow |
Ballad, Op.27 |
1907
|
14262 |
Børresen |
Violin Concerto, Op.11 (arr. violin, piano) |
1908
|
14311 |
Sinding |
Piano Sonata in B minor, Op.91 |
1909
|
14329 |
Sjögren |
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op.49 |
1909
|
14449 |
Henriques |
Børne-Trio, Op.31 |
1909
|
14542 |
Friedman |
Various Piano Transcriptions |
1910
|
14665 |
Krygell |
Organ Concerto, Op.112 |
1910
|
14741 |
Amberg |
Fantasy Pieces, Op.12 |
1911
|
14756 |
Barnekow |
Idyllen, Op.29 (full score) |
1911
|
14872a |
Palmgren |
Finnish Rhythms, Op.31 (no.5 only) |
1911
|
14957 |
Nielsen |
Symphony No.2, Op.19 (piano 4-hands red.) |
1911
|
15197 |
Sjögren |
Cello Sonata, Op.58 (score & part) |
1912
|
15298 |
Henriques |
Valse-serenade and Valse-grazioso, Op.36 |
1913
|
15409 |
Bull |
La Mélancolie |
1913
|
16185 |
Melartin |
Preludes, Op.85 |
1916
|
16186 |
Melartin |
Noli me tangere, Op.87 |
1916
|
16254 |
Friedman |
Piano Transcriptions of Various Composers (Schubert) |
1917
|
16377 |
Stenhammar |
Sensommarnätter, Op.33 |
1916
|
16404, 54, 69 |
Palmgren |
3 Piano Pieces, Op.54 |
1916
|
16514 |
Friedman |
Piano Transcriptions of Various Composers (Kirnberger) |
1917
|
16566-71 |
Friedman |
Masques |
1916
|
16634 |
Melartin |
Piano Sonatina, Op.84 |
1919
|
16652-53 |
Friedman |
Strophes, Op.71 |
1917
|
16668 |
Friedman |
Piano Transcriptions of Various Composers (Mendelssohn) |
1918
|
16700 |
Friedman |
Piano Transcriptions of Various Composers (Bach) |
1917
|
17180 |
Palmgren |
6 Piano Pieces, Op.67b |
1920
|
17613 |
Glass |
Symphony No.5, Op.57 (score) |
1921
|
18204 |
Nielsen |
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (sc&pts) |
1923
|
19370 |
Langgaard |
Symphony No.7 in F |
1927
|
20262 |
Riisager |
Sonata for flute, clarinet, violin & cello (pts) |
1931
|
20889 |
Høffding |
String Quartet, Op.6 |
1930
|
21752 |
Nielsen |
Maskarade, FS 39 (overture score) |
1930
|
24328 |
Holmboe |
De danske tålte ikke tvang (text by J.V. Jensen), M.75 |
1935
|
26302 |
Holmboe |
Cantata No.5 'Århundredstjernen', M.152 (vocal score) |
1949
|
26342 |
Koppel, H. |
String Quartet No.3, Op.38 (sc) |
1952
|
26533 |
Badings |
Piano Sonata No.4 |
1949
|
27413 |
Seiber |
Wind Serenade (sc) |
1957
|
27631 |
Holmboe |
Concertino for 4 Recorders and Strings, M.197 |
1958
|
27803 |
Holmboe |
Kairos Part 2, Op.73b |
1958
|
27972 |
Holmboe |
3 Songs to texts by Levy, M.202 |
1960
|
28105 |
Holmboe |
Tropos (quintet), M.206/Op.75 (score) |
1970
|
29243 |
Holmboe |
Contrasti for Organ, Op.113 |
1977
|
29283 |
Holmboe |
Symphony No.10, Op.105 (fs) |
1976
|
29548 |
Nørgård |
Twilight (sc) (1979 rev.) |
1981
|
29715 |
Holmboe |
Guitar Sonata No.1, Op.141 |
1984
|
29722 |
Holmboe |
5 intermezzi for guitar, Op.149 |
1984
|
29934 |
Holmboe |
Tuba Sonata, Op.162 |
1988
|
30119 |
Holmboe |
Symphony No.12, Op.175 |
1990
|
30163 |
Nørgård |
Violin Concerto "Helle Nacht" (sc) |
1992
|
As with many publishers, Hansen more often provided scores with edition numbers than with plates in the 20th century (or at least both: so Henk Badings' 4th piano sonata has plate 26533 and is "Wilhelm Hansen edition, nr. 3816", the latter bit of information more often provided- in library catalogs anyway? - than the former...) Imprints use other plates (Nordiska Musikforlaget kept N M S even after purchase by Hansen, for example.)