Hinrichsen Edition

This London firm was founded in 1938 by Max Hinrichsen (1901-1965), one of three sons of Henri Hinrichsen (1868-1942), the manager of Edition Peters Leipzig from 1900-1938. His brothers also worked in the music publishing business. Henri (1909-1940) stayed in Germany while Walter (1901-1969) emigrated to New York and founded C.F. Peters New York. After his death the firm was managed by his widow Irene from 1965-75, but then renamed as Edition Peters London. Hinrichsen published organ music, brass band music and contemporary composers. It was involved in a famous lawsuit (1950-51) with Novello and Co. over the copyright of Christian Sinding's "Rustle of Spring". (from http://imslp.org/wiki/Hinrichsen) The original Peters firm in Leipzig, nationalized by the Communist regime in 1949, remained a torchbearer for quality music publishing. Employing a highly skilled team and working with renowned editors such as Bach expert Hans-Joachim Schulze, it continued to issue highly regarded Urtext editions of repertoire ranging from Vivaldi to Scriabin, and also published many important works by leading East German composers, including Paul Dessau, Hanns Eisler, Georg Katzer, Rudolf Wagner-Régeny, and Ruth Zechlin. The Hinrichsen Foundation is a charity mainly devoted to the promotion of new music. It was founded in 1976 by Mrs Carla Eddy Hinrichsen to ensure the continuation of the tradition of supporting contemporary music established by the Hinrichsen family as the proprietors of Edition Peters the music publishers, established more than 200 years ago in the German city of Leipzig. Until 2010 the Hinrichsen Foundation was the beneficial shareholder of Peters Edition Limited, London. Since the amalgamation of the post-war branches of Edition Peters in 2011, the Hinrichsen Foundation has been a major shareholder in the company, and its income derives from the company’s profits.