Join HARRASSOWITZ at the 2026 Researcher to Reader Conference

The 2026 Researcher to Reader Conference (R2R) will take place February 24-25, 2026, at the BMA House, Tavistock Square in London, UK.

Monika Schneider, Director of Publisher Relations - Director of Sales Europe, will be representing HARRASSOWITZ.

To schedule a meeting to discuss HARRASSOWITZ’s services, please contact service@harrassowitz.de .

Meeting of the Music Library Association

Join us at the hybrid 2026 MLA meeting from February 25-28, 2026

The 95th Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association will be held at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center in Salt Lake City, UT, as a hybrid in-person and virtual meeting.

Attending from HARRASSOWITZ will be:

Justin Clarke, Director of Sales & Marketing, North America
Michelle Millet, Regional Sales Manager
Bill Sherfey, Regional Sales Manager
Kasia Stasik, Regional Sales Manager

Exhibit hours are (all times MST):

Wednesday, February 25, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Thursday, February 26, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday, February 27, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday, February 28, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

HARRASSOWITZ supports libraries in the acquisition of music scores and monographs with services such as Approval Plans and New Title Announcements as well as subscriptions and standing orders.
To learn more about what HARRASSOWITZ has to offer please join us at our booth or make an appointment by contacting service@harrassowitz.de or your Regional Sales Manager.

New HARRASSOWITZ Customized Subject Tag

Composers who faced suppression under totalitarian regimes

We have added a new customized subject tag to the HARRASSOWITZ Composer Database for composers who suffered persecution under totalitarian regimes. In Nazi Germany and the communist regimes of Eastern Europe (as well as in other regions), many composers suffered political persecution. Their works were banned and excluded from musical life, their careers hindered or destroyed; they were imprisoned in jails, concentration camps, and the Gulag, and many were murdered. Some composers mangaged to escape and built new lives in exile.

Many of the composers fell into oblivion as a result of persecution, and their works were often ignored or rarely performed for decades. Since the 1980's there has been a steadily growing interest in the music of these composers. Many publishers are devoting themselves to suppressed music with great commitment; for example, Boosey & Hawkes and the Dutch publisher Donemus with its series Forbidden Music Regained.

In the HARRASSOWITZ database of 20th and 21st century composers, nearly 190 composers are currently tagged with the new customized subject tag “composers who faced suppression under totalitarian regimes.” We have also marked all sheet music editions that we have announced since 2000 with this label in our title database.

Users can search for these editions specifically in Fokus, where there are over 3,600 sheet music editions with this topic. Using additional filters, you can narrow down your search to specific composers, publishers, instrumentations, etc. You can also request back files or NOOLs (Not On Order List) on this topic.

We appreciate your interest and are happy to answer any further questions you may have.
If you do not yet have access to Fokus, the HARRASSOWITZ system for acquisition and management of scholarly resources, please write to service@harrassowitz.de.

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