Josef Weinberger Music Publishing Center Vienna

The Weinberger Musikverlagszentrum is an internationally active music publisher in Vienna , in which a number of other publishers have merged.

In 1885 Josef Weinberger (1855–1928) founded his music publishing company in Vienna, which within a few years developed into one of the leading companies in the branch. Josef Weinberger also played a decisive role in founding the Austrian collecting society AKM in 1897 .

Friends of Emmerich Kálmán , among others , Josef Weinberger made a name for himself early on as a publisher of operetta composers, and the publisher later included Franz Lehár in its program, as he took over the Glockenverlag.

There is also a collaboration with the publishers of the same name in London and Frankfurt a. M. The following publishers are represented in the Weinberger consortium:

• Glockenverlag (since 1968)
• Arends Music
• Highway
• Papageno - also publisher of the compositions by Friedrich Gulda and of educational literature (since 1963)
• Vienna Melody (since 1965 and 1968)
• Viennese music production (1971)
• Euro-Music (1979)
• fortissimo
• Viennese Arion - zither music . Viennese songs , folk music and school works (1980)

Today Weinberger is primarily active in the field of operettas and musicals , but also offers material on concert music.

literature

• Johann Michel u. Richard Toeman: 100 years of Josef Weinberger stage and music publisher 1885-1985 The history of Josef Weinberger stage and music publisher on the occasion of its centenary . Vienna, 1985. 75 pages of illustrations.

Web links

• Homepage of the publisher
• Josef Weinberger in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna