Julien Aimable Hamelle (6 September 1836 – 7 October 1917) was a French music publisher.

Life

Hamelle was born in Sains-Richaumont (

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) and died at

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. Hamelle took over the publisher Jacques Maho in 1877 and, well beyond the year 1914, signalled that he was the successor, with the mention "Ancienne maison J. Maho". Based in Paris at 25 rue du faubourg Saint-Honoré until 1882, the business then moved to 22 Boulevard Malesherbes. He published works by

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Édouard Lalo Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo (27 January 182322 April 1892) was a French composer, violist, violinist, and academic teacher. His most celebrated piece is the '' Symphonie Espagnole'', a five-movement concerto for violin and orchestra that re ...

, Vincent d'Indy,

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Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

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, Charles-Marie Widor,

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, and many others. Around 1890, in a printed note, he informed his clientele that the house "G. Flaxland & Fils, piano makers, has been sold to him by its director Eugène Grumbach and that he undertakes to continue 'as in the past, the manufacture, sale and rental of pianos'". When he died in 1917, the music collection he exploited was valued at one million francs. His two sons, Georges-Edgar and Louis-Gilbert are presented as music publishers on the succession deed.Declaration n°556 of 07.IV.1919 Only Georges-Edgar took over the management from 1921. Today,

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distributes the catalogue.

References

Sources

Les éditions Hamelle

External links

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