Publisher: Gaveaux (frères) or Frères Gaveaux?

Moderator: kcleung

Post Reply
kosboot
forum adept
Posts: 84
Joined: Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:18 am
notabot: 42
notabot2: Human

Publisher: Gaveaux (frères) or Frères Gaveaux?

Post by kosboot »

I'm one of those who likes to keep the list of music publishers up up-to-date: https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Music_Publishers

I've come across the situation of Pierre Gaveaux (a composer represented on IMSLP) who with his brother Simon, began publishing music in 1793 under the imprint "A la Nouveauté, chez les frères Gaveaux."

My question is: Should it go under F (for Frères) or under G (for Gaveaux)? In VIAF, I see both the French & German national libraries file it under F, although I see IMSLP seems to have a preference for filing under the surname.
Eric
active poster
Posts: 844
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:04 pm
notabot: 42
notabot2: Human
Location: Ithaca, NY
Contact:

Re: Publisher: Gaveaux (frères) or Frères Gaveaux?

Post by Eric »

I'd suggest sorting under Gaveaux as less generic, just as we use Hug rather than Gebrüder Hug, but!
Post Reply