COMBRE EDITIONS

• 1919 The Philippo musical editions are founded with a variety repertoire. The first artistic director, Mr CHAPELIER, director of SACEM, begins a classic repertoire.

• 1927 Creation of the Berger musical counter - Philippo editions

• 1958 Purchase of Gallet editions

• 1962 Resumption of editions by Madame Combre

• 1962 Merger of the Musical Consortium with the Philippo editions

• 1973 The company becomes a SA under the name of Musical Consortium - Combre editions

• 2000 The company separates from its trading activity (Musical Consortium) to become COMBRE editions and devote itself to their editorial activity.

• 2010 Editions COMBRE are taken over by Pierre Lemoine, who already runs Editions Henry Lemoine, Paul Beuscher, Delrieu, Van de Velde and Jobert.

If COMBRE editions are today among the major French musical editions, their origins date back only a little over a quarter of a century. The acquisition of many funds such as Philippo, Dupuy, Marchetti, Roudanez, Lemarié, Hérelle (works for Organ and Church music), Gallet, Malezieux, Massau, Noël, Thibaux ... mean that its history could have more 'a century of existence.

Today, publishing is more particularly oriented towards music education (methods, musical training), collections of instrumental pieces, ensemble music for all levels.

The edition also has series of graduated collections of classical works adapted for different instruments: "The classical guitar", "The new classical saxophone", "The classical clarinet", "The new classical violin", "The classical trombone" , "The classic double bass", etc ... and recently published: "The classic horn", "The classic bassoon", "The classic tuba".

The collections :

"Pléiade" and "Horizon", directed by Michel MERIOT

"Meetings" directed by Pierre BIGOT

"Percussions" conducted by Gérard BERLIOZ

"Commented works" for the guitar conducted by Jean-Maurice MOURAT

"Jazz notes" entrusted to Jacques DEVOGEL then to Marc VIC and Lourival SILVESTRE

"The flute from Baroque to Contemporary" by Benoît FROMANGER

"Ensemble games" by Richard PHILLIPS

"Duende Flamenco" (methodical anthology of the flamenco guitar) by Claude WORMS

"The contemporary recorder" and "Discoveries by song" by Joseph GRAU

"Arc en ciel" with the collaboration of Marcel BITSCH: conducted by Benoît FROMANGER (flute), Yves POUCEL (oboe), Guy DEPLUS (clarinet), Daniel NEURANTER (bassoon), Jean LEDIEU (saxophone), Pascal PROUST (horn), Roger DELMOTTE (trumpet), Gilles MILLIERE (trombone), Gérard POULET (violin and viola), Roland PIDOUX (cello), Thierry BARBE (double bass), Jean-Marie COTTET (piano), Daniel DOUAY (harp).

Great composers honor the edition of their talent, including numerous Prix de Rome:

Marcel BITSCH, Roger CALMEL, Monique CECCONI, Jacques CHAILLEY, Jean-Michel DAMASE, Jean GALARD, Raymond GALLOIS-MONTBRUN (former director of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, Member of the Institute), Odette GARTENLAUB, Gérard GASPARIAN, Ida GOTKOVSKY, Naji HAKIM (organist of the Grand Orgue de l'Eglise de la Trinité, Paris), Betsy JOLAS, Claude-Henry JOUBERT, Serge LANCEN, Jean LANGLAIS (author of numerous works for organ), Pierre LANTIER, Pierre-Yves LEVEL, Alain LOUVIER, Michel LYSIGHT, Christian MANEN, Michel MERIOT, Michel MEYNAUD, Jérôme NAULAIS, Claude PASCAL, Pascal PROUST, François SABATIER, Thomas Daniel SCHLEE, among others are part of our repertoire.

Over the years, COMBRE editions have been enriched by numerous composers, including Stéphane BLET, a young concert performer, who writes works for piano and is a member of numerous competition juries. They also brought to light some forgotten people in the history of music, including Désiré PAQUE, Belgian composer (144 opus). Gabriel-Pierre BERLIOZ, who composed 6 Concertos and Maurice JOURNEAU.

COMBRE editions had the honor and also the sadness to publish the last works of Jean LANGLAIS and Raymond GALLOIS-MONTBRUN.

The edition adopts a longer-term policy by publishing works for symphonic orchestra, concert band, with or without choirs, operas for children.