The Lost Trailers - Why Me

FISCHER (Fischer) Karl (7 XII 1849, Butstedt, Thuringia - 14 II 1923, New York) - Amer. musespublisher. German by nationality. He lived in the USA from 1872, in 1873 he founded a company in New York specializing in the manufacture of muses. tools. With the participation of his 4 sons, F. expanded the business; it was later transformed into a publisher. the company that first published the catalogs of scores op. classics and composers con. 19 - beg. 20th centuries., Then Ch. arr. new op. for symph. and spirit. orchestras. In the beginning. 20 centuryF. published op. American composers of that time - A. Bucks, E. Bloch, L. Godowsky (lived in New York since 1914) and young Amers. musicians, as well as skr. transcriptions of L. Auer, J. Heifetz, F. Kreisler. F. opened branches of the company in Boston and Chicago. In 1907 he founded a monthly journal. Musical Observer. Successor P. - his son Walter F. (1882-1946), president of the company since 1923. He continued to publish the production. amer. composers 1st floor. 20 century He organized the release of the popular series “Masters of our day”, in which the fp. productionamer. composers of the 20th century - D. Taylor, H. Hanson, A. Schaeffer, D. Moore, J. Goossens, L. Saminsky, G. Cowell and others. In 1935, Walter F. opened a branch of the company in Los Angeles. S. Yu. Sigida.