Heugel

See: Heugel/Dating

cover 1860

cover 1968

History

Heugel's genesis dates from January 1st, 1839, when Jacques Léopold Heugel (1815-1883) became a partner of the Paris music publisher Jean Antoine Meissonnier (1783-1857), whose business was located at 2 bis Rue Vivienne. The name was changed to Heugel following Meissonier's retirement on April 20th, 1842.

The firm published not only scores, but also a famous magazine: 1839 marked the acquisition of the weekly music journal Le Menestrel, which had been started six years earlier by Jules Lovy. Le Menestrel (See here for BNF searchable page of all 107 years and 5113 numbers) continued to be issued regularly, apart from brief disruptions in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 and in the First World War (1914-1918), until 1940 - a span of some 107 years.

As for musical works, building on the Meissonnier catalog of light works, Jacques Léopold rapidly expanded the firm's offerings into pedagogical and operatic repertoire, represented by composers like Jacques Offenbach, Ambroise Thomas and Léo Delibes.

The family continued to run the business during the heyday of music publishing in the Belle époque (1870-1914) issuing many works by Fauré, Massenet, Dubois and others. Jacques Léopold Heugel's son Henri Georges (1844-16) became a full partner in 1876 and took the reins after his father's death. Henri continued to add to the catalogue through the acquisition of other Parisian publishers such as E. Gérard et Cie., Georges Hartmann (1891), H. Tellier (1898), and a portion of Pérégally & Parvy (1904). Henri's nephew Paul Emile Chevalier (1861-1931) became a full partner in 1891 thanks to his funding of the Hartmann purchase, and took over the firm's direction from 1916-1919, while Henri's son Jacques Paul (1890-1979) served in the Great War.

Heugel continued to be a major force in publishing in the 20th century, led by Jacques Paul Heugel from 1919 until 1979. Works by important French composers such as Jolivet, Poulenc, Milhaud and Canteloube appeared in the mid-century. Finally, Jacques Paul's two sons Francois Henri and Philippe Gerard led the merger with Alphonse Leduc in 1980.

Editions

• Harpsichord works (1855-1860), edited by Amedée Méreaux
• La maîtrise (1857-18??) - sacred organ, choral works edited by d'Ortigue and Niedermeyer
• Le pupitre (1972-present) - over 80 volumes, mainly of early music, with some 19thc (Onslow, Alkan, Lalo, Chabrier); François Lesure, general editor

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprints

• Meissonnier et Heugel (1839-1842)
• Heugel et Cie.
• Heugel et Fils (1876-?)
• Henri Heugel
• Heugel, S.A. (1944-1980)

Catalogues acquired by Heugel

• J.A. Meissonnier (1842)
• Edmond Gérard (1882, 1887, 1890)
• Georges Hartmann (1891)
• H. Tellier (1898)
• Pérégally & Parvy (1904)

Addresses

• Au Ménestrel, 2bis Rue Vivienne (1842-1974)
• Palais Royal, Galerie de Montpensier (1974-1980)

Plate Numbers

Heugel plate numbers begin with the prefix H. (1839-1891, 1920-present), or H. et Cie./H. & Cie. (1891-1920). Some early plates from the 'Meissonnier et Heugel' period begin with the prefix M.H.

• Heugel's plate numbers are not chronological, please refer to Heugel/Dating before adding scores to the table below.
• If the year of publication is not printed on the score itself or discernible from the tables at Heugel/Dating, and a reasonable estimation can be made based on other factors, place those publication years in italics (in the table below) using two single-quotes per wiki-text; otherwise, leave the year column blank.
• Scores relating to operas and other stage works appear to have often been printed at the time of composition, then held until the premiere of the work; use special care when adding these scores to the table.
• Bibliographie de la France may also be helpful as a reference to verify publication dates.
• Relatively frequently, the same plate number appears on two different scores, often separated in publication year by up to a decade. Rarely, a plate number is used twice in the same year. Such plate numbers appear in italics in the table below.