D. Rahter

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History

Founded 1879 in Hamburg by Daniel Rahter (1828-1891), then manager of the St. Petersburg publisher A. Büttner. Rahter was an admirer of Tchaikovsky's music and acquired the German agency for a number of the composer's works from his principal publisher, P. Jurgenson. The firm continued in operation under Rahter's children after his death but was ultimately sold to the rival Hamburg music publisher Anton J. Benjamin in 1917. Benjamin, whose operation moved to Leipzig in 1920, continued to employ the Rahter name as an imprint well into the 20th century.

• Rahter biographical sketch at Tchaikovsky Research

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprint

• D. Rahter

Addresses

Russia

• St. Petersburg (1879-1890)

Germany (Main Offices)

• Hamburg (1879-1891)
• Leipzig (1891-1917)

Plate Numbers

Dates in parentheses are estimated dates.

Plate	Composer	Work	Year
367	Tchaikovsky	Symphony No.4, Op.36	(1880)
415 and 416-20	Schütt	Poésies d'Automne, Op.36	1893
853	Longo	Tema con variazioni, Op.30	1897
1027	Navrátil	String Quartet No.2, Op.21 (parts)	1898
1674	Tchaikovsky	Symphony No.4, Op.36	(1900)
1708-9	Sinigaglia	2 Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op.16	1902
1864	Wolf-Ferrari	Violin Sonata No.1, Op.1	1902
1869	Laurischkus	Waltz-Caprices, Op.14	1903
1873	Wolf-Ferrari	Violin Sonata No.2, Op.10	1902
1914	Wolf-Ferrari	Kammersymphonie, Op.8	1903
2857	Ertel	Balsazar, Op.12 (score)	1905
3576	Haas	Violin Sonata, Op.21	1908
3577	Schelling	Suite Fantastique, Op.7 (score)	1908
3779	Seitz	Piano Quartet, Op.35	1909
3914	Stock	String Quartet, Op.6 (score)	1910
3961	Koch	Die Sundflüt, Op.32 (vocal score)	1910
4072–73	Bortkiewicz	10 Etudes, Op.15	1911
4163	Sekles	Kleine Suite, Op.21 (score)	1912
4387	Bortkiewicz	3 Valses, Op.27	1924
4388–89	Bortkiewicz	12 Etudes Nouvelles, Op.29	1924
4412	Bortkiewicz	Aus Andersens Märchen, Op.30	1925
4418	Bortkiewicz	Russische Weisen und Tänze, Op.31	1926
4425	Bortkiewicz	10 Preludes, Op.33	1926
4426	Respighi	6 Little Pieces	1926
4429	Röntgen	Holländisches Volksleben, Op.81	1927
4447	Bortkiewicz	A Thousand and One Nights, Op.37	1928

The principal publisher of these titles was A. Büttner of St. Petersburg, whose plate number was used. Rahter was the German co-publisher.

Plate	Composer	Work	Year
2054	Davydov	String Sextet, Op.35	1880
2265	Nápravník	Fantasia on Russian Themes, Op.39 (2-pf arr.)	(1882)
2284	Schütt	Piano Quartet, Op.12	1882
2289–90	Nápravník	Fantasia on Russian Themes, Op.39 (score)	(1886)
2317	Wilm	String Sextet, Op.27	1882
2441	Huber	Cello Sonata No.2, Op.84	1885
2477	Nápravník	Piano Quartet, Op.42	1883
2497	Borodin	String Quartet No.1	1884
2576	Cui	Marche solennelle, Op.18	1881
2774	Schütt	Piano Trio No.1, Op.27	1888
2800	Popper	Cello Concerto No.3, Op.59 (piano reduction)	1888
2843	Riemann	Piano Trio, Op.47	1888
2950	Aloiz	Berceuse, Op.18	1889
2951	Aloiz	Tarantelle, Op.20	1889

Catalogs

• D.Rahter's Catalog for 1906