Zimmermann (publisher)

Formed in 1876 in Saint Petersburg it also published Russian composers, including works by Nicolai Medtner, Mily Balakirev, Sergei Lyapunov, Alexander Taneyev, Alexander Gretchaninov and foreign musicians such as Leonardo De Lorenzo and Riccardo Drigo.

With subsidiaries in Moscow, Riga, Leipzig and London, the company was one of the largest music dealers in Europe.

Julius Heinrich Zimmermann also developed new designs for flutes[3] and was one of the first German saxophone manufacturers.

From 1905 until 1919, Julius Heinrich Zimmermann was deputy of the German Reichstag and opened a distribution of his company in Berlin.

August Zimmermann (1877-1952), son of the founder and general manager in the Saint Petersburg branch, left the country.

His younger brother Wilhelm Zimmermann (1891-1946) was imprisoned and fled for his life to Germany some years later.

Being of part-Jewish ancestry, he was officially prohibited from operating his business from 1933, but still managed his company during the whole Nazi regime.