Merseburger Publishing

The Merseburger Verlag is the oldest church music publisher in Germany. Edit HistoryQual

The Merseburger Verlag was founded in 1837 by Friedrich Meusel in Weißenfels. In 1849 he was taken over by Carl Wilhelms Merseburger and moved to Leipzig. In the Second World War, the publishing house and publishing archives were destroyed. Under the umbrella of the Evangelischen Verlagsanstalt in Berlin the publishing house after the Second World War as "Edition Merseburger" created a new start. From 1955 to 1972 the publisher Adolf Strube directed the publishing house. In 1972, the seat was moved to Kassel, and Wolfgang Matthei took over the publishing management. Since 2005, Renate Matthei has been the managing director of the publishing company. Edit the source code

The catalog contains works by Georg Philipp Telemann, Orlando di Lasso, Dietrich Buxtehude and Georg Friedrich Händel in various degrees of difficulty. Furthermore, the publisher publishes spiritual music for church music practice.

New publications include the ten-volume series of choral preludes and intonations by organist Sigmar Schickel, covering the entire church year. In addition to church music, Merseburger Verlag also publishes secular works. Thus, the first editions of works by the violin virtuoso and composer Louis Spohr were performed. Contemporary authors include Rudolf Mauersberger, Hans Chemin-Petit, Ludwig Prautzsch and Neithard Bethke.

The publishing program is supplemented by books on musical history and science, instrument making, pedagogy and musical practice as well as scientific book series. Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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