Lengnick

typical cover 1905
typical cover 1927
pictorial cover 1930
popular piano series 1930s

Contents

History

The English firm Lengnick was founded in 1893 by Alfred Lengnick, but later joined Schott shortly after the latter's demise (1904) while retaining its name.
Lengnick promoted the Simrock catalogue (Brahms Dvorak etc) in the UK . At the same time it published contemporary British composers such as Arnold, Rubbra, Ernest Markham Lee (1874—1956), Reizenstein (1911-1968) and Wordsworth (1908-88). The firm was acquired in 1991 by Complete Music Ltd. as its classical division.

Editions

Imprints, Agencies, Addresses

Imprints

  • Alfred Lengnick & Co. (an imprint name of Schott in England from 1904 on)

Agencies

Addresses

  • 58 Berners St. W1 (1900)
  • 14 Berners St. W1 (1927)
  • In South Croydon, Surrey, Greater London
  • Many of its imprints just have London: Lengnick (at least in card catalogs. How about on covers/title pages? This information will help with date ranges, which is why one includes locations/addresses here - when did the ocmpany move, to where, etc.) In the late 20th century (or even 1948) one sees South Croydon again (in card catalogs; again- title pages?)

Plate Numbers

Prefix is often A.L. & Co. or A.L. & Co.Ltd.

Plate Composer Work Year
Alwyn Symphony No.5 "Hydriotaphia" (facsimile score) 1973
0139 Wolstenholme Concert Overture in F major 1900
0163 Grieg 2 Symphonic Pieces, Op.14 (No.1 arr. organ by Archer) 1900
0382b Lie Soft-Footed Snow (Sne?) (trans. by R. Sickert; vers.2) 1904
0930 Dunhill A Garden of Melodies: 7 Easy Pieces, Op.31 1910
1790 Sartorio First tunes and rhymes for the pianoforte, Op.393 1917
2392 Chopin Polonaises, Op.40 (no.1, ed. Thomas Dunhill) 1916
2775 Byng Harlequinade, Op.61 1919
2776 Byng In the meadows, Op.64 1920
2980 Lee 3 Sketches (for vn/pf. Plate for vn.pt.) 1925
3001 Dvořák 8 Humoresques, Op.101 , No.1 (violin and piano by Alfred Moffat) 1922
3111a Dvořák Gypsy Songs, Op.55 (ed. Percy Pinkerton) 1912
3429 Jacobson Prelude to a Play 1939
3458 Proctor, Chs. Violin Sonata in A minor (sc&pt?) 1945
3472 Wordsworth, W.B. Violin Sonata in B minor (score & part) 1946
3473 Wordsworth, W.B. Cello Sonata, Op.9 (score & part) 1946
3484 Rubbra Missa cantuariensis, Op.59 (score) 1946
3492 Lutyens Solo Viola Sonata, Op.5 No.4 1946
3508 Rubbra Lyric Movement, Op.24 (sc&pts) 1947
3525 Wordsworth, W.B. String Quartet No.2 (Op.20) (score & parts) 1948
3547 Reizenstein Violin Sonata, Op.20 "in G sharp" 1947
3549 Rubbra Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.60 (sc&pt) 1947
3551 Rubbra String Quartet No.1, Op.35 (revised. score) 1947
3556 Stevens, B. Ricercar for Strings (score) 1948
3560 Reizenstein Piano Sonata (No.1) 1948
3563 Reizenstein Impromptu for piano 1947
3567 Reizenstein Elegy for Cello & Piano (sc & pt) 1948
3571 Jacobson Humoreske (viola, piano) 1948
3579 Wordsworth, W.B. String Quartet No.1 in D, Op.16 (score) 1949
3599 Rubbra Festival overture, Op.62 (score) 1948
3601 Dohnányi Suite en valse, Op.39a 1948
3605 Lutyens Viola Concerto, Op.15 (va/pf) 1948
3627 Stevens, B. Sinfonietta (score) 1948
3641 Reizenstein Cello Sonata (sc&pt) 1949
3650 Wallbank It was a lover and his lass, Op.8 No.1 1948
3672 Reizenstein Piano Quintet, Op.23 (score & parts, ed.Keller) 1951
3674 Wellesz String Quartet No.6, Op.64 (sc) 1949
3686 Wordsworth, W.B. Piano Quartet, Op.36 (score & parts) 1950
3689 Rubbra Meditazioni, Op.67 (sc&pt) 1949
3694 Rubbra Symphony No.5, Op.63 (min.score) 1949
3709 Reizenstein Legend for Piano 1952
3721 Rubbra Symphony No.3, Op.49 (min.score) 1950
3727 Rubbra Symphony No.1, Op.44 (m.sc.- repr. 1937 UEd sc.) 1949
3733 Alwyn Sonata all toccata 1951
3734 Bate, St. Piano Concerto No.2, Op.28 (2pf red.) 1952
3735 Bate, St. String Quartet, Op.41, No.2 (sc.) 1951
3736 Bate, St. Violin Sonata No.1, Op.47 1951
3746 Maconchy String Quartet No.6 (score) 1951
3751 Wordsworth, W.B. Piano Trio in A, Op.43 (score & parts) 1952
3761 Arnold, M. Symphony No.1, Op.22 (score) 1952
3777 Rubbra String Quartet No.2, Op.73 (score) 1952
3809 Wordsworth, W.B. Symphony No.3 in C, Op.48 (score) 1954
3810 Rubbra Viola Concerto in A, Op.75 (m.score) 1953
3813 Simpson, R. String Quartet No.1 (score & parts) 1954
3831 Reizenstein 12 Preludes & Fugues, Op.32 1955
3867 Simpson, R. String Quartet No.2 (score & parts) 1956
3869 Rubbra Fantasia on a theme of Machaut, Op.86 (score & parts) 1956
3872 Rubbra Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra, Op.89 (fs) 1956
3890 Rubbra Piano Concerto in G, Op.85 (m.score) 1959
3893 Wordsworth, W.B. Symphony No.2 in D, Op.34 (score) 1956
3896 Simpson, R. String Quartet No.3 (score & parts) 1957
3923 Reizenstein Fantasia concertante (sc & pt) 1957
3962 Reizenstein Genesis (oratorio, vocal score) 1958
3967 Rubbra Autumn, Op.99 1958
4043 Dohnányi String Quartet No.2, Op.15 (parts) 1954
4098 Rubbra Cantata di camera, Op.111 (score) 1961
4108 Reizenstein Piano Concerto No.2 in F (arr. 2 pianos) 1962
4132 Rubbra Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici, Op.66 (arr.) 1963
4144 Rubbra Passacaglia sopra Plusieurs regrets, Op.113 (sc & pt) 1964
4189 Dinn 4 Marches for Recorders 1966
4200 Rubbra Recorder Sonatina, Op.128 (score & part) 1965
4211 Rubbra 8 Preludes, Op.131 1967
4266 Rubbra Advent cantata: Natum Maria virgine, Op.136 (vocal score) 1968
4353 Alwyn Mirages 1974
4366 Rubbra Fanfare for Europe on the notes E-E-C, Op.142 (score) 1973
4451 Alwyn Sinfonietta for Strings (score) 1974
4453 Rubbra Fly envious time, Op.148 1975
4500 Simpson, R. String Quartet No.5 (score) 1977
4504 Rubbra String Quartet No.4, Op.150 (score) 1977
4525 Rubbra Agnus Dei, Op.143 (score) 1978
4580 Rubbra Symphony 11, Op.153 (score) 1980
4587 Rubbra Duo for cor anglais & piano, Op.156 (sc&pt) 1981
4592 Rubbra Mass in honour of St. Teresa of Avila, Op.157 1981
4649 Alwyn A Leave-taking 1984
4678 Alwyn Invocations 1986
4684 Rubbra Canzona for St. Cecilia's Day, Op.158 (score and parts) 1985
4802 Reizenstein Solo Violin Sonata, Op.46 (ed. E. Gruenberg) 1988
4813 Camilleri Sonatina modale for piano 1989

Authority control

VIAF (Lengnick Alfred -1904)

Links