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Novello - Bicentenary of Publishing Activities
2011-08-23
We would like to inform you that British music publisher Novello and Co Ltd, exclusively represented in Poland by PWM, celebrates two hundred years of activity this year. This is a special anniversary because the role played by Novello Publishing on the British music market, its contribution to the shaping of the concert repertoire and enormous development of English choral singing cannot be overestimated. The founder of the publishing house - Vincent Novello (1781 - 1861), an outstanding conductor and composer, set himself a goal of broad dissemination of musical materials, whose main asset was to be economy. The first publications were collections of sacred choral music from the sixteenth century, to Masses by Haydn and Mozart that had not been performed in the UK. From 1819, Vincent’s activities were continued by his son, Alfred Novello. Alfred Novello promoted the music of both old masters (the company’s great success has proven to be an edition of Mendelssohn’s "Paulus" oratorio, "The Creation" by Haydn and Handel’s "Messiah" - the latter sold out 20 000 copies in 3 years!) and composers contemporary to himself with the same fervour as his father.In the future, promotion of young musicians resulted in the discovery of such notables as Hubert Parry, John Stainer, Charles Stanford, Arthur Sullivan, and finally Edward Elgar. In addition, Novello has been active in education (The School Music Review series), and also published music magazines - Musical World and The Musical Times. A multitude of manifestations of Novello's activity contributed to the publishing house’s success, its excellence today and - a beautiful anniversary, whose focal point will be a festive concert at London's Royal Festival Hall. During the concert fragments of works by Handel, Mendelssohn, Elgar, Arnold, and two specially composed fanfares for the anniversary will be heard.
Under these links you can find more information about the history of Novello publishers and a detailed repertoire of the jubilee concert.
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