Onno van Rijen's FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Updated 20 June 2003

Where to find scores of works by 20th century Soviet Composers?

It can be very difficult to find scores.
I advise you to contact following publishers (all in Europe) (however I am not sure they can help you):

Musikverlag Hans Sikorski
Johnsallee 23
D-20148 HAMBURG
Deutschland

Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.
295 Regent Street
London W1R 8JH
England

G. Ricordi
Via Berchet 2
20121 Milano
Italia

Universal Edition AG
Postfach 3
A-1015 Wien
Austria

Here is a list of websites:

Publisher	Country	Composers (A few are listed only)
Universal Edition	Austria	Part, Schnittke, Shostakovich
Edition Peters	Germany	Vustin
Hans Sikorski	Germany	Denisov, Khachaturian, Schnittke, Shchedrin, Shostakovich & many other Soviet Composers
Schott Verlag	Germany	Vasks, Shchedrin
Casa Ricordi	Italy	Firsova, Gubaidulina, Kancheli, Vasks, Vustin
Boosey & Hawkes (London)	United Kingdom	Firsova, Gubaidulina, Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Schnittke, Shostakovich
Boosey & Hawkes	USA	Prokofiev
G. Schirmer	USA	Gubaidulina, Kancheli, Schnittke
Breitkopf	Germany	Denisov

Where to find CDs with works by 20th century composers?

Richard Greenough published a list with addresses where you can search for and order CDs.

Which companies are releasing CDs with works by 20th century composers?

Here is an (incomplete) list with WWW-addresses:

Accent Records	Albany Records	Arabesque Records	Arte Nova Classics
ASV	Biddulph	BIS Records	Boheme International
Cala Records	CBC Records	Centaur Records	Chandos
Channel Classics	Classics for Pleasure	Claves	Col Legno
CPO	Crystal Records	Cypres Records	Dabringhaus und Grimm
Danacord	Decca	Delos	Deutsche Grammophon
Dorian	Dutton Labs	Dynamic	ECM New Series
EMI	Erato	Finlandia	Hanssler Classic
Harmonia Mundi	HMV Records	Hyperion	Koch International Classics
Koch Schwann	Kontrapunkt	Linn Records	Marco Polo
Music & Arts	Naxos	New World Records	Nimbus
Nonesuch	Northern Flowers	Olympia	Ondine
Panton	Pearl Records	Philips Classics	Priory
RCA	Sony Classical	Supraphon	Tahra
Telarc	Teldec	Testament	Virgin Classics
Vox

Which composers will be added in future?

In future following WWW-pages will be added:

Boiko
Falik

Existing pages will be updated. I would be very pleased to receive additional information from you. If you miss your favourite 20th century Soviet composer then please send me a message.

What is the name of the National Anthem of the former Soviet Union and who composed the anthem?

The name of the national anthem of the Soviet Union is "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" by Aleksandr Alexsandrov with words by Sergei Mikhalkov and El-Registan (anthem from 1 January 1944).

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