Arthur P. Schmidt (music publisher)

Arthur Paul Schmidt (April 1, 1846 – May 5, 1921) was a music publisher in the United States.[1] The Library of Congress has a collection of his company's archives.[2]

Arthur P. Schmidt
Gelatin silver print photograph of American composer Edward MacDowell from the A.P. Schmidt Company Archives at the Library of Congress
Born
Arthur Paul Schmidt

(1846-04-01)April 1, 1846
DiedMay 5, 1921(1921-05-05) (aged 75)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationMusic publisher

He was born in Altona, then part of the Duchy of Holstein and under Danish control. He arrived in the United States in 1866 and worked for the G. D. Russell publishing house in Boston before opening his own retail and foreign music importing business in 1876, A.P. Schmidt Company. It had offices in New York City and Leipzig, Germany and was successful publishing works by American composers. Schmidt published work by George Whitefield Chadwick (Symphony no.2, op.21, the first orchestral score that was both written by an American composer and issued an American publisher), Amy Beach, Arthur Bird, Arthur Foote, Henry Kimball Hadley, Edward McDowell[3] Horatio Parker, Emily Bruce Roelofson, Harriet P. Sawyer, and Anice Potter Terhune.

After his death, the firm was acquired by Summy-Birchard Company of Evanston, Illinois in 1960.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Why don't we talk about Arthur P. Schmidt?". October 24, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "A.P. Schmidt Company archives". Library of Congress.
  3. ^ Cipolla, Wilma Reid (2001). "Schmidt, Arthur P(aul)". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24937. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.