Bote & Bock is a German publishing house founded in Berlin in 1838 by Eduard Bote and Gustav Bock (1813-1863). [1]
The first Gustav Bock was a musically gifted publisher with an eye for opera. [2] Eduard Bote withdrew from the business in 1847, after the firm was run by Gustav Bock alone till his death in 1863. Bock's brother Emil Bock (1816-1871) then picked up the firm till his own death seven years later. [3] Gustav's son Hugo Bock (1848-1932) had only been 15 when his father died, and upon the death of his uncle he found himself running the company at the age of 23. [4] It was Hugo Bock who built the company's international reputation, [5] to whom a son Gustav Bock was also born in 1882. [6] Following Hugo Bock's death in 1932, the business was taken over by Robert Lienau in 1935 but the name Bote & Bock retained. [7]
Boosey & Hawkes acquired the company in 1996. [8]
Isang Yun, or Yun I-sang, was a Korean-born composer who made his later career in West Germany.
Emil Steinberger, commonly known as Emil, is a Swiss comedian, writer, director and actor. He is predominantly known as a comedian and actor in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. He has lived in New York City from 1993 to 1999, which inspired him for his book Emil via New York.
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Die Weihe der Nacht, Op. 119, is a choral composition for alto, men's choir and orchestra by Max Reger, setting a poem by Friedrich Hebbel. He composed it in Leipzig in 1911 and dedicated it to Gertrud Fischer-Maretzki, the soloist in the first performance. It was published by Ed. Bote & G. Bock in Berlin the same year.
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