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4 unusual facts about Universal Edition


Ernst Roth

Ernst Roth (1 June 1896 – 17 July 1971) was a music publisher for Universal Edition in Vienna and Boosey & Hawkes in London, and became the company's director in 1968.

Heinrich Schenker

The publisher Universal Edition's proximity (they were in Vienna where Schenker was living, while Cotta was in Stuttgart) made Schenker break with Cotta.

Universal Edition

The Internet Law professor Michael Geist wrote a column for the BBC which suggested UE's actions lacked reasonable legal ground.

Founded in 1901 in Vienna, and originally intended to provide the core classical works and educational works to the Austrian market (which had until then been dominated by Leipzig-based publishers).



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