Alphonse Leduc.
Founded 1841 in Paris by Alphonse Leduc. The French wind and conservatoire publisher. Messiaen's primary house. Dutilleux. Tomasi. Jolivet. Bozza. The conservatoire piece — every Paris Conservatoire annual contest commission — is a Leduc edition.
The French wind
repertoire.
From 1900 onwards the Paris Conservatoire commissioned an annual contest piece for each instrument — the morceau de concours. Leduc published almost every one. Five generations of French wind players grew up on this catalogue.
Messiaen's organ and piano works — including La Nativité du Seigneur and the Vingt regards — published by Leduc. Dutilleux's Sonatine for flute and Métaboles for orchestra — Leduc. Tomasi's wind concertos, Bozza's wind chamber music, Jolivet's wind sonatas — the Leduc imprint is the French wind canon.
The morceau de concours.Alphonse Leduc · since 1841
Wind, organ,
piano, orchestral.
Solo wind with piano (every brass, every woodwind); wind chamber music; organ (Messiaen, Dupré, Tournemire, Langlais); piano (Messiaen and the French keyboard line); orchestral concert.
Now part of the Music Sales group (acquired 2003) and through it the Hal Leonard distribution network.
