Title of the article:

THE PUBLISHING COMPANY ‘‘P. JURGENSON’’: ORGANIZATION, TRADE POLICY AND OWNERSHIP STAMPS. BASED ON MATERIALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE RUSSIAN STATE LIBRARY

Author(s):

Radzetskaya, O.V.

Information about the author/authors

Olga V. Radzetskaya — DSc in Arts, Professor, Professor, A.N. Kosygin Russian State University (Technogology. Design. Art), Maimonides Academy, Sadovnicheskaya St., 52/45, 115035 Moscow, Russia.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000‑0003‑1595‑1047
E-mail: olgabreman@yandex.ru

Section

Theory and history of culture

Year

2024

Volume

Vol. 73

Pages

pp. 133–150

Received

May 03, 2024

Approved after reviewing

July 12, 2024

Date of publication

September 25, 2024

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2024-73-133-150

Index UDK

7.078

Index BBK

85.313 (2)

Abstract

Music publishing company ‘‘P.Y. Jurgenson’’ has demonstrated outstanding achievements in industrial production and culture of the Russian Empire throughout its history, becoming one of the leaders of the printing industry and a symbol of Russian musical art. The paper examines the organization of this enterprise, its system-forming factors in the context of economic theory and its humanitarian facets. Among them are specialized catalogs containing valuable information about the planned nature of the release of musical literature, thematic headings, their volume and content. Together, they create an opportunity to experience the dynamics of commercial strategies and the scale of products. 

Among the materials introduced into scientific discourse for the first time, the owner’s stamps of the company ‘‘P. Jurgenson’’ is a characteristic detail of its organizational work. The focus is on the various artistic design of these signs, which creates a perspective for a variety of possible interpretations. One of them is associated with the functioning of warehouses used for storing and selling their own circulations, as well as musical literature produced by other trademarks, which was in the nature of a mutual partnership. Consequently, such interaction was widespread and was part of trade policy among Russian and foreign entrepreneurs.

Keywords

Publishing Business, Organization of the Enterprise, P.I. Jurgenson, Catalogs, Owner’s Stamps, Russian State Library.

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