Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1846, Apr. 1 | Born, Altona (a suburb of Hamburg), Germany |
| 1866 | Emigrated to Boston |
| 1866-1876 | Worked for George D. Russell & Company (music store), Boston, Mass. |
| 1868, Dec. 24 | Married Helene Philippine Suck |
| 1876, Oct. 2 | Established A. P. Schmidt Company, Boston, Mass. |
| 1876 | Agent of the well-known European Litolff edition Published the company's first music catalog, consisting primarily of piano studies and sonatas by Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart and Schumann, and orchestral scores of Beethoven's symphonies |
| 1877, Mar. 26 | Published first copyrighted work Deus Misereatur, a sacred choral work (mixed voices) by Boston organist S. B. Whitney |
| 1880 | Published first major symphonic work, John Knowles Paine's Symphony No. 2, opus 34, A major (by subscription) |
| 1881 | Published first major catalog, primarily containing works by European composers Published works of George W. Chadwick Published second edition of A. P.Schmidt Co. catalog |
| 1882 | Published a catalog of music for strings: Catalogue of Instrumental-Music Carefully Selected for the Use of Teachers, Students, and Amateurs |
| 1885 Feb. | Published Mrs. H. H. A. Beach's first song (under her maiden name, Amy Marcy Cheney): With Violets, opus 1, no. 1 |
| 1888 | Published a major 61-page supplement to The Teacher's Guide, issued earlier in 1881 |
| 1889 | Established office in Leipzig, Germany Issued Catalogue of Music Published by Arthur P. Schmidt listing chamber and orchestral works by American composers |
| 1890 | Catalog originating from Leipzig branch, Verzeichniss des musikalien-Verlags von Arthur P. Schmidt indicated ten of the 50 works listed were by American composers |
| 1891 | Leipzig branch issued Edward MacDowell's Suite für grosses Orchester, op. 42 as full score, parts, and piano duet |
| 1894 | Issued a 16-page Nachtrag (supplement) to 1890 Leipzig music catalog |
| circa 1896 | Issued a special catalog titled Favorite Songs by American Composers, containing 45 works |
| 1899 | Purchased the catalog of P. L. Jung, manager of the New York office of Breitkopf und Härtel; two Jung catalogs were devoted largely to American composers |
| circa 1901 | Issued a special catalog titled Woman's Work in Music, containing 17 works by American composers |
| circa 1904-1908 | Issued Trade List of Music Books, containing several hundred titles, among them scores and parts for 12 works for orchestra |
| 1908 | Last three large works published: Paine's Oedipus Tyrannus, for tenor, male chorus and orchestra, op. 35; MacDowell's symphonic poem Lamia, op. 29; and Stojowski's Violin Concerto in G, op. 22 |
| 1914 | Issued a seven-volume set of catalogs, containing the names of over 1000 individual composers; approximately 250 were American |
| 1916, Jan. 1 | Arthur P. Schmidt Company was formed Schmidt transferred the business to Henry Richter Austin, Harry B. Crosby, and Florence J. Emery Schmidt retired from the music publishing business |
| Post-1920 | A. P. Schmidt Company issued A Complete Catalogue of Octavo Music, containing orchestral parts for 17 large cantatas, with all but three by American composers |
| 1921, May 5 | Died, Boston, Massachuetts |
| 1945, Aug. 3 | Harry B. Crosby died |
| 1946, Jan. 21 | Florence J. Emery died |
| 1949, Dec. 31 | Arthur P. Schmidt Company, Inc. was incorporated with Henry R. Austin, F.R.S.A. president |
| 1959 | A. P. Schmidt Publishing Company bought out by the Summy-Birchard Company, Inc., Evanston, Illinois |
| 1961, May 13 | Henry Richter Austin died |