Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
N. Simrock
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Description area
Dates of existence
1793-1929
History
N. Simrock is a publishing firm named after its founder, Nicolaus Simrock (1751-1832). The firm was founded in Bonn, Germany, and a Paris branch was opened by Nicolaus' brother Heinrich in 1802. Nicolaus' son opened a third branch in Cologne and took over the company upon his father's death and the firm stayed in the family until it was sold to Anton J. Benjamin in 1929. Benjamin continued to use Simrock as an imprint until 1938, when the firm's dissolution was forced by the Nazi government. After the war, the firm was restored to the heirs of the Schauer family, who had owned the Anton J. Benjamin company. Simrock continued as an imprint of Benjamin until it was sold to Boosey & Hawkes in 2002. Boosey & Hawkes then created the series Simrock Original-Edition.