A. O'Kelly

Contents

History

Music publishing firm operated by Auguste O'Kelly in Paris between 1872 and 1888. He belonged to a family of French musicians of Irish origin which included the composers Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885) and George O'Kelly (1831–1914) and as such has one sentence devoted to him in Joseph's biography in the 1881 supplement to Fétis' Biographie universelle des musiciens: "Un frère de cet artiste, M. A. O'Kelly, est éditeur de musique à Paris."

The Irish artist Aloysius O'Kelly who was studying in Paris in the early 1870s is NOT related to this family.

Auguste O'Kelly's firm operated under the brand name "Au Magasin de Musique du Conservatoire", a company founded in 1794 and originally an imprint for the Paris Conservatory. His predecessors included Célèste Cendrier ("Mme. Cendrier"), Edme Saint-Hilaire and Émile Cellerin. When he gave up in late 1888 his business and most of his catalogue were taken over by Mackar & Noël, later Albert Noël only (until 1910). He also had short-time partnerships with Ikelmer (1874 only), Rouget in Toulouse (1874–84), Lissarrague in Versailles (1877 only) and J. Naus in Paris (1880-1).

Auguste O'Kelly was born on 13 July 1829 in Boulogne-sur-mer and died in Paris on 16 February 1900. For further information see O'Kelly's article at Wikipedia.

Composers in the catalogue included Albert Lavignac (1846–1916), Antoine Marmontel (1816–1898), Henri Duvernoy (1820–1906), Georges Mathias (1826–1910), Georges Pfeiffer (1835–1908), Alphonse Hasselmans (1845–1912), Théodore Lack (1846–1921) and Marie Jaëll (1846–1925). O'Kelly also published several series: École du Piano: Choix de Concertos des Maîtres. Premiers Solos, edited by Émile Decombes (50 volumes, 1875-1888), works for trombone and piano, edited by Paul Delisse (12 works, 1877), and Les Maîtres classiques du violon, edited by Jean Delphin Alard (56 works, 1863-1884).

Editions

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprints

  • Au Magasin de Musique du Conservatoire, A. O'Kelly

Addresses

  • Paris, 11 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière

Plate Numbers

O'Kelly's plate numbers were issued in a regular chronological fashion. Plate numbers are in the format of A.O.K. or A.O'K. #### although some scores were published with no plate numbers and others using initials of the composers. In these cases the composers financed the print. A full overview of O'Kelly plate numbers is here.

Plate Composer Work Year
093 Lamothe Un désir 1873
099 Arban Valse sur 'La veuve Malbrough' (arr. piano) 1873
099bis Arban Valse sur 'Les pommes d'or' 1873
0205 Chabeaux Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op.20 1875
0206 Schwartz Hommage à Mulhouse 1875
0210 Perry 20 Mélodies 1875
0212 Chabeaux Raggio di luna, Op.12 1875
0234 Vilbac Mazurka de salon 1875
0263 O'Kelly Au bal, Op.51 1875
0265 Bax Exercices journaliers 1875
0316 O'Kelly En 1795, Op.52 1876
0326 Boulanger Bonjour mon cœur 1876
0327 Boulanger Souvenez vous de moi 1876
0328 Vincent Chanson de ma mie, Op.30 1876
0329 Vincent Sevillana, Op.31 1876
0345 Lack Nocturne, Op.25 1877
0346 Lack Les étoiles filantes, Op.26 1877
0347 Lack Boléro, Op.27 1877
0399 O'Kelly Air irlandais, Op.58 1877
0400 O'Kelly Gavotte, Op.59 1877
0405 Pfeiffer 6 Études, Op.60 1878
0590 O'Kelly 25 Études récréatives, Op.50 1878
0638 Talexy Les mouches 1878
0698 Delaborde Cadence pour l'allegro du concerto en sol de Beethoven 1878
0722 Lack Danse-Caprice, Op.28 1878
0724 Lack 12 Études elégantes, Op.30 1878
0734 Beethoven Symphony No.1, Op.21 (Andante arr. 2 pianos/8 hands by Pfeiffer 1878
0756 Talexy Les patineuses (arr. voice/piano) 1879
0782 Lack 2 Pièces de clavecin 1879
0783 Lack Valse espagnole, Op.32 1879
0785 Valenti Embrassons-nous Folleville (vocal score) 1879
0786 Cohen Romance sans paroles 1879
0789 Nicolò-Isouard Scherzo, Op.16 1879
0800 Talexy Machine à coudre 1880
0801 Talexy La tapageuse 1880
0803 Artaud Chasse 1880
0804 Artaud Mascarade 1880
0811 Clairville L'éducation mutuelle (vocal score) 1880
0814 Lack Études de bravoure, Op.43 1880
0837 Cohen 2 Airs roumains 1880
0868 Valenti Le triomphe des Hellènes 1880
0887 Pfeiffer Piano Sonata, Op.76 1881
0955 Collignon Marche tchèque 1882
1024 Gottschalk El Cocoyé, Op.80 1882
1082 Collignon Menuet dans le vieux style 1882
1104 Deffès Hosanna! 1883
1122 Bonnamy Chanson d'aïeux, Op.30 1884
1123 Bonnamy Pierrots et Pierrettes, Op.54 1884
1145 Semet Ave Maria 1884
1147 Courras Scherzetto 1884
1152 Orliac La Retraite du 130me, piano 1884
1159 O'Kelly La barbière improvisée (vocal score) 1884
1163 David de Sanson Rêverie 1884
1164 David de Sanson Habanera 1884
1189 Hasselmans Valse de concert, Op.4 1885
1193 Rougnon Perruque poudrée, Op.88 1885
1195 Delaborde Exercices de lecture, Op.14 1887
1251 Decombes Transcription fantastique sur 'Freyschutz' 1885
1255 Rubinstein 6 Etudes, Op.23 1885
1259 Bonnamy 12 Pièces enfantines, Op.61 1885
1266 Ménil Tarentelle 1885
1320 Lenepveu Jeanne d'Arc (vocal score) 1886
1332 Lenepveu Iphigénie (vocal score) 1887
1396 Verginy, de Tzigane, Op.19 1887
1397 Verginy, de Promenade matinale, Op.18 1887
1412 Ménil Polonaise brillante 1888
1417 Stupuy, P. Papillons roses, caprice 1888

Sources

  1. Biographie universelle des musiciens (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1881)
  2. Anik Devriès & François Lesure: Dictionnaire des éditeurs de musique français, vol. 2: De 1820 à 1914 (Geneva: Minkoff, 1988)
  3. axelklein.de
  4. Bibliographie de la France
  5. Axel Klein: O'Kelly. An Irish Musical Family in Nineteenth-Century France (Norderstedt: BoD, 2014), pp. 215–234.

Authority control

  • VIAF (O'Kelly Editeur de musique)