Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
G. Ricordi & Co.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1808-1994
History
Casa Ricordi was founded in 1808 by the violinist Giovanni Ricordi. In 1825, they purchased the complete musical archives of the La Scala opera house and in 1839 the copyright interest in Giuseppe Verdi's music. During the 1840s, they became the largest music publisher in southern Europe. One of the firm's owners, Giulio Ricordi, wored closely with the composer Giacomo Puccini. The family-run company converted to a limited corporation in 1952 and then to a publicly-traded company in 1956. They were acquired by BMG's Music Publishing division in 1994 and were sold as part of this business in 2007 to the Universal Music Publishing Group.