Corporate body

Augener & Co.

1855-1962

Augener & Co. was a music-publishing business, founded in London, in 1855. It was established by George Augener (1830–1915), a German.

In the late 19th century, Augener & Co.'s catalogue contained about 6,000 works, of which nearly 1,000 were cheap volumes; among these was a comprehensive collection of pianoforte classics edited by Ernst Pauer, as well as an important series of educational works edited by him, by John Farmer, and other well-known musicians. They also published The Monthly Musical Record (circulation about 6000), a journal publishing articles in English musical literature by prominent contributors.

In 1910, after Augener’s retirement, Schott and Co. Ltd. acquired the company, but was expropriated at the outbreak of World War I (1914). However, Schott retained the copyright to the editions they had previously acquired. In 1960–1961, the firm acquired the catalogues of UK publishers Joseph Weekes and Joseph Williams. In 1962, Augener & Co. was sold to Galaxy Music of New York and became a division of Galaxy's UK subsidiary, Galliard Ltd.