ÃÂditions Durand () are a music publishing company of French origin, among the most important in the field of classical music, which includes three previously independent publishers:
The ÃÂditions Durand, a family business from 1869 to 1982, had as successive directors from its foundation on December 30, 1869, to 2000:
The historic headquarters of ÃÂditions Durand was located at 4 Place de la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. Since 1980, it has moved several times: first, to 21 rue Vernet in the 8th arrondissement as of June 1, 1980, then 215 Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré in the 8th arrondissement, and then 4-6 Place de la Bourse in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. In addition, the firm had a warehouse at 1 avenue de la Marne in Asnières-sur-Seine, where the archives of the publishing house were kept.
During its history, ÃÂditions Durand acquired various publishers, including:
In 1987, the company acquired the publishers Max Eschig and Amphion. In the early 1990s, it acquired the classical music catalogue of Rideau Rouge. In 2000, the company was bought by BMG and merged with Salabert to be known as Durand-Salabert-Eschig, and since 2007 the company is a part of Universal Music Publishing Group.
The catalogue of ÃÂditions Durand includes works of the composers Louis Aubert, Alfred Bachelet, Ermend Bonnal, Henri Büsser, André Caplet, Claude Debussy, Claude Delvincourt, Paul Dukas, Maurice Duruflé, Gabriel Fauré, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Jacques Ibert, Vincent d'Indy, André Jolivet, Victorin de Joncières, ÃÂdouard Lalo, Jules Massenet, Olivier Messiaen, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Jean Roger-Ducasse, Joseph-Guy Ropartz, Albert Roussel, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gustave Samazeuilh, Florent Schmitt, , Charles-Marie Widor.
Since the 1980s, Gilbert Amy, Nicolas Bacri, Claude Ballif, ÃÂdith Canat de Chizy, Renaud Gagneux, Philippe Hersant, François-Bernard Mâche, Philippe Manoury, , Laurent Petitgirard have been among the composers included in the catalogue.
In addition to the publication of contemporary composers, ÃÂditions Durand undertook an edition of the complete works of Jean-Philippe Rameau under the initial direction of Camille Saint-Saëns (edition interrupted in 1918).
In 1914, ÃÂditions Durand launched the important collection "ÃÂdition classique Durand & Fils", with editions of 19th century works by famous composers: piano sonatas and sonatas for violin and piano by Beethoven revised by Paul Dukas, piano works by Frederic Chopin revised by Claude Debussy, violin sonatas by Haydn revised by Florent Schmitt, piano works by Felix Mendelssohn revised by Maurice Ravel, chamber music by Felix Mendelssohn revised by Albert Roussel, piano works by Robert Schumann revised by Gabriel Fauré.
In addition to music publishing, the firm published a collection of theoretical works, written by Jacques Durand and others: (ÃÂléments dâÂÂharmonie), Ernest Guiraud (Traité pratique d'instrumentation), Vincent d'Indy (Cours de composition musicale) written in collaboration with Auguste Sérieyx, and Léon Roques' (Principes théoriques et pratiques de la transposition).
ÃÂditions Durand also published, under the title "Littérature musicale", a collection of monographs on composers (Louis Aubert by Louis Vuillemin, Claude Debussy by Daniel Chennevière, Paul Dukas by Gustave Samazeuilh, Gabriel Fauré by Louis Vuillemin, Vincent d'Indy by Louis Borgex, Maurice Ravel by Roland-Manuel, Roger-Ducasse by Laurent Ceillier, Albert Roussel by Louis Vuillemin, Camille Saint-Saëns by , etc.) or about particular compositions (for example Ascanio, Fervaal and Tannhäuser), and also the memoirs of publisher Jacques Durand.
In addition, under the direction of Jacques Durand, ÃÂditions Durand organized on several occasions chamber music concerts, and sometimes even orchestral music concerts, to promote the authors in its catalogue : in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. and, later, 1927.