Jean Aberbach
Jean Aberbach | |
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| Born | Joachim Aberbach August 12, 1910 United States of America |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Music publisher |
| Parent(s) | Anna and Aron Adolf Aberbach |
| Family | Julian Aberbach (brother) |
Joachim "Jean" Aberbach (12 August 1910 โ 24 May 1992)
Life and career
Joachim "Jean" Aberbach was born in
Jean left school at the age of 16 and after a family argument began working in Berlin for a music publisher, Will Meisel, before moving to Paris to work for another publisher there. His brother Julian joined him in Paris in 1932, and they established a music publishing business, which concentrated on securing royalties for movie screenwriters. After the brothers sold the business in 1936, Jean began working in the US as an agent for French music publisher Francis Salabert, while Julian remained in Paris.[2][3]
After the war, he worked in
Jean Aberbach sold 75% of Hill and Range to Warner Chappell in the early 1970s, at a time when his brother was incapacitated following a heart attack. Jean died in Old Westbury, New York, in 1992 at the age of 81.
References
- ^ Profile at Geni
- ^ a b Biography by Jason Ankeny at Allmusic
- ^ American Society of the French Legion of Honor, Newsletter, December 2003 Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Moose: Chapters From My Life, AuthorHouse. pp. 313-318
Further reading
- Bar Biszick-Lockwood, Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach and Hill and Range Songs, University of Illinois Press, 2010.
- Moose: Chapters From My Life, AuthorHouse. pp. 313โ318.
- Joyce Short, Carnal Abuse by Deceit: How a Predator's Lies Became Rape, Chapter 12, Living Off Elvis, Pandargos Press, 2013
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