Archival records of music publishers in the State Archives in Leipzig – Introduction
Channel: Sächsisches Staatsarchiv
Date: 2021-06-17

Correspondence with composers, musicians and musicologists, conservatories and music theatres both at home and abroad, publishing contracts, sheet music in every stage of production (from autograph editions to engravers’ copies, proofs and prints), business documents concerning production, sales, rental and licensing fees – all of these were accrued by music publishing houses in the course of their business. The most significant collection, both in quantity and quality, of these kinds of records from the 19th and 20th century in the German-speaking world can be found in the Sächsisches Staatsarchiv, Staatsarchiv Leipzig. Here you can find a short introduction. If you need further information: poststelle-l@sta.smi.sachsen.de