The company experienced early success with victories in the German song contest in 1931 and 1932.
Edition Meisel & Co. published works by artists such as Walter Kollo, Fred Raymond and Gerhard Winkler.
[1] Will Meisel continued to grow the business by actively promoting the publisher's titles with dance orchestra musicians at all major venues, and involving the company in pop festivals and the theater community.
[4] In 1985, after a decline in sales both domestically and internationally, Hansa Records was purchased by Bertelsmann Music Group, who merged them with several other labels like Ariola-Eurodisc to form BMG Berlin Musik GmbH/BMG-Ariola.
[5] The Meisel Music group later established the Monopol label, through which works by Helga Hahnemann, Max Raabe and the Palastorchester and the Schöneberg Boys' Choir have been published.