Hessian Publishing Prize for Furore: Music publications from Kassel are unique
The Art and Culture Minister Angela Dorn today announced the jury’s decision for the Hessian Publishing Prize: The special prize will go to the Furore Verlag.
Music publications from Kassel are unique! The jury was impressed by the consistent line with which only works by women composers have been published for 35 years. “To this day, the publisher is unique in the world with its sheet music, books and CD publications. Over 2000 works by 170 female composers from almost all parts of the world have been published to date. The music of women, which was ignored or disregarded for centuries, made a sensation audible again in concert life, helped them to break through in the international concert business and thus made an important contribution to musical life not only in Germany. ”
Barbara Jost, Chairwoman of the State Association of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland of the Börsenverein: “I am particularly pleased that Corona was unable to slow down the Hessian Publishing Prize, as it puts the publisher’s services in the public eye. Furore Verlag, an extraordinary music publisher that …
