Bärenreiter-Verlag

Bärenreiter-Verlag (also known as Bärenreiter) was founded in 1923 by Dr Karl Vötterle (1903–1975), initially in Augsburg, and relocated to its headquarters in Kassel in 1927. Its Basel office was founded in 1944 under threats of closure to the Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe premises which were destroyed the following year in an air raid. After the end of the Second World War, Bärenreiter was re-established at Kassel, and new offices opened in London (1963), New York (1958), and Prague (1991). Since Vötterle’s death the company has been directed by his descendents Barbara Scheuch-Vötterle and Leonhard Scheuch. The company employs approximately 140 people in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States.