ABSTRACT
The piano works represent the main corpus of Mendelssohn's works published by Schlesinger, sometimes as supplementary scores to the Revue et Gazette musicale de Paris. In the footsteps of Schlesinger and Richault, the publication of Mendelssohn's works in France was taken over by Brandus and Schonenberger Other French publishers of lesser importance occasionally published Mendelssohn's works. The periods of time that Mendelssohn spent in France have been well documented in the Mendelssohn literature. Peter Bloom has investigated this issue in relation to Berlioz, and Peter Ward Jones in relation to Mendelssohn. Peter Ward Jones has discussed similar issues for Mendelssohn in Britain, noting that 'as similar laws applied in other countries, simultaneous publication became the normal way of protecting copyright in a work with international sales potential'. Between 1846 and 1860 Brandus published mainly piano and chamber music; similarly Schonenberger, between 1838 and 1860, also restricted most of his catalogue to Mendelssoh's piano music.
