This file was generated on 2026-03-16 by MAXIMILIAN ROSENTHAL


A GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of the dataset:
"Vernetzung und Verflechtung. J. Rieter-Biedermann auf dem internationalen Musikalienmarkt"

2. Brief description of the research project and its aims: 
In the project "Geschmacksbildung und Verlagspolitik" (2020-2023), ca. 12.000 entries of time series data from the print run ledgers of 19th- and 20th-century music publishers were collected for the purpose of investigating music history through quantitative data. For the first time, the project made it possible to trace large-scale popularity developments of 19th- and early 20th-century music. The data and further descriptions of the project are available at https://musikverlage.slub-dresden.de. Results from the project are forthcoming. For this paper, a specific subsection of the data from publisher J. Rieter-Biedermann (Winterthur/Leipzig 1856-1917) was used. It was complemented by company letters and sheet music to investigate how their publishing catalogue and economic activities position themselves in the growing international music market. The results suggest that Rieter-Biedermann managed to find their niche despite their relative smallness, and that the works of Johannes Brahms licensed under their name contributed strongly to their confident position on the international market.

3. Author Information
	A. Investigator Contact Information
		Name: Dr Maximilian Rosenthal
		Institution: University of Bonn, Department of Musicology/Sound Studies	
		Address: Lennéstr. 6, 53111 Bonn
		Email: maximilian.rosenthal@uni-bonn.de

4. Date of data collection <single date, range, approximate date; format YYYY-MM-DD>: 
2020-09-01 to 2023-10-31

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: 
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/434121593 

6. Language of the dataset:
German

7. Geographic location of data collection <latitude, longitude, or city/region, State, Country (as appropriate)>: 
Leipzig and Dresden, Saxony, Germany


B DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
1) CSV_tables 1 to 12: All csv-tables generated from the original dataset (3) via the R script (4) for easier accessibility 
2) Graphs ("Abb.") 1 to 8a/b: All graphs generated from the original dataset (3) via the R script (4); all graphs are also featured in the corresponding paper.
3) master_2.csv - the most recent data dump of the full original data set as provided by https://musikverlage.slub-dresden.de (Datenbankabzug_Oktober_2023_v_2025.csv)
4) RB_Internationaler_Markt_Skript_Musiktheorie_2026.R - the R script for data processing, by which (1) and (2) have been generated from the original data (3)

2. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? 
no

3. Relationship between files: 
(1) and (2) are generated from (3) via (4)


4. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: 
See https://musikverlage.slub-dresden.de


C SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Was data derived from another source? 
Yes, see https://musikverlage.slub-dresden.de. 

2. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data:
Licensed under CC BY

3. Links to publications that cite or use the data <best via persistent identifiers, eg. DOI>: 
Maximilian Rosenthal, ed., Kommerz und Kanonisierung. Verlagsarchive und die Musikverlagsdatenbank als Quellen für die Musikwissenschaft, Dresden: quocosa 2025 (HMT Leipzig. Schriften online: Musikwissenschaft 13), https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-962818 
Maximilian Rosenthal, "Siegeszug der Maschinen? Untersuchung des Einflusses der »Player Piano Vogue« auf den Musikalienmarkt in Deutschland am Fallbeispiel Friedrich Hofmeister", in Jahrbuch des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (2025), 128-160, https://doi.org/10.71046/simjb.2022.33.
Maximilian Rosenthal, "Vernetzung und Verflechtung. J. Rieter-Biedermann auf dem internationalen Musikalienmarkt", 
Maximilian Rosenthal, "Die Bedeutung von Verlagsbüchern und der Musikverlagsdatenbank für die Erschließung gedruckter Quellen des 19. Jahrhunderts", in: Nicole Schwindt, ed., Musikquellen des 19. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland – Herausforderungen und Chancen, Dresden: musiconn.publish 2025 (Online-Publikation), 111–130. https://doi.org/10.25366/2025.43.
Maximilian Rosenthal/Matthias Richter, "Musikgeschichte im distant reading: Präsentation der Musikverlagsdatenbank mvdb’, in: DHd2023. Open Humanities. Open Cultures. Abstracts zur 9. Jahrestagung des Verbands Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum, hrsg. von Anna Busch/Peer Trilcke, 2023, 221–226. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7688632.



D METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
Original data set was collected and annotated by hand from the manuscript sources in the Saxon State Archive, dividing labour between librarians (authority data annotation) and musicologists (print run data collection). Annotations followed the GND authority file ontology and were applied so as to make print run informations of individual music editions processable in the context of music history. Annotation of edition entities therefore included information on composers and works, and related subfields according to the GND authority file (with project-specific modifications), see book of codes below (E_1). The complete data was then drawn from the database https://musikverlage.slub-dresden.de via API, processed further via R (no documentation as of 2026-01-21), and reuploaded to the database. This processed dataset was used in the context of this publication.

2. Methods for processing the data: 
Submitted data was generated from the data set via the R script (4), see B.1.

3. Instrument- and/or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: 
For the R script used, R/RStudio are required, with the following packages installed: pacman, tidyverse, tidyr, dplyr, ggplot2, lubridate, rio,  magrittr, stringi, scales.

4. People involved in sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission:
Original data set contributors:
Dr. Maximilian Rosenthal, University of Music Leipzig/University of Bonn
Matthias Richter, M.A., Saxon State Library Dresden
Katrin Bicher, M.A., Saxon State Library Dresden
Dr. Christopher Klatt, University of Music Weimar/University of Music Leipzig
Josias Rey (Schill), B.A., University of Leipzig
Elisabeth Posniakow, M.A., University of Music Leipzig
Svenja Rademacher, B.A., University of Music Leipzig
Linda Deckbar, B.A., University of Leipzig

5. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data:
- standardized vocabulary from the GND authority file (GND authority data ontology, https://d-nb.info/standards/elementset/gnd_20251216) 
- transparent documentation of collection process
- quality indications on legibility and certainty by data collectors
- internal quality indicators, depending on the degree of data enrichment and proofreading (not in the dataset)
- semi-automated proofreading before data processing


6. Standards and calibration information: 
- standardized vocabulary (GND authority data ontology, https://d-nb.info/standards/elementset/gnd_20251216) 

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E_1 DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: master_2.csv
Includes print run data for >12.000 editions, annotated with details on works contained, composers/editors involved, publication format and more; see ReadMe_and_Book_of_Codes.txt provided at https://musikverlage.slub-dresden.de/dokumente.

Book of Codes:
Book of codes (description of variables):
  [1] "X"       			#line no.                                         
  [2] "MVDB_ID"                 	#subedition-entity human-readable identifier: human-readable id and name; distinguishes subedition-entities of edition-entities (6); composed of abbreviations in lines (8, 54-56); central, most granular entity type in the dataset; can be associated with multiple print actions (see 58-60)                            
  [3] "META_REPRAESENTATIVITAET"        #approximates whether subedition-entity (2) can be considered a complete representation of the work (30), e.g. full score, piano reduction vs. single movements, individual voices = complete vs. incomplete
  [4] "TEILARTIKEL_ANZAHL"              #no. of subeditions (2) per edition (6) (i.e. MVDB_IDs (2) per VERLAGSARTIKEL_IDs (8), see data model)                 
  [5] "VERLAGSARTIKEL_UID"              #edition-entity (6) unique database id (see data model)                 
  [6] "AUSGABENTITEL"                   #edition name (title) as copied from the print run ledgers                  
  [7] "VERLAGSARTIKEL_TYP"              #edition (6) type: work, adaptation, collection (full/blackbox); collection blackbox indicating voluminous collections where not all contained works could be identified and/or annotated                 
  [8] "VERLAGSARTIKEL_ID"               #edition-entity (6) human-readable identifier, generated from publisher shorthand (82) and first publisher's number of all publisher's numbers (54) associated with the edition; identical to first two positions of MVDB_ID(2), serves to group subedition entities under one edition entity (e.g. "violin 1", "violin 2", "cello" as part of the same edition);                
  [9] "VERLAGSARTIKEL_HAENDIGKEIT"      #for piano music: no. of hands required to play respective subedition entity (2)  
 [10] "META_FINAL_INTERN"               #internal indicator: degree of finality of edition entity (6) entry (see data collection guidelines)                 
 [11] "BEARBEITER"                      #responsible editor or arranger of the edition entity (6) if differing from composer (44)                  
 [12] "BEARBEITER_GND_ID"               #editor (12) id (from GND authority data)                 
 [13] "BEARBEITER_GEBURTSDATUM"         #editor (12) date of birth (from GND authority data)                 
 [14] "BEARBEITER_STERBEDATUM"          #editor (12) date of death (from GND authority data)                 
 [15] "BEARBEITER_GEBURTSORT"           #editor (12) place of birth (from GND authority data)                 
 [16] "BEARBEITER_STERBEORT"            #editor (12) place of death (from GND authority data)                 
 [17] "BEARBEITER_WIRKUNGSORT"          #editor (12) places of occupation (from GND authority data)                 
 [18] "BEARBEITER_GEOGRAPHIC_AREA_CODE" #editor (12) associated locations (nations) geographic area codes (from GND authority data)                
 [19] "KOMPONIST_UID"                   #composer (44) unique database id                
 [20] "KOMPONIST_MAKRO"                 #composers associated with the edition (= "makro", which was a working name for edition entities) (6) if no work (30) has been associated with the edition (6); this data field was necessary, because in the enrichment process, composers were associated with editions as attributes of works; if no work information could be provided (usually due to GND authority file guidelines, which e.g. do not allow "work" entries for arrangements and collections, or if unanimous identification was not possible)                    
 [21] "KOMPONIST_MAKRO_GND_ID"          #composer associated with the edition (20) unique id according to GND authority data, if available                   
 [22] "KOMPONIST_MAKRO_GESCHLECHT"      #composer associated with the edition (20) sex according to GND authority data, if available                   
 [23] "KOMPONIST_MAKRO_GEBURTSDATUM"    #composer associated with the edition (20) date of birth according to GND authority data, if available                  
 [24] "KOMPONIST_MAKRO_STERBEDATUM"     #composer associated with the edition (20) date of death according to GND authority data, if available                  
 [25] "KOMPONIST_MAKRO_GEBURTSORT"      #composer associated with the edition (20) place of birth according to GND authority data, if available                  
 [26] "KOMPONIST_MAKRO_STERBEORT"       #composer associated with the edition (20) place of death according to GND authority data, if available                  
 [27] "KOMPONIST_MAKRO_WIRKUNGSORT"     #composer associated with the edition (20) place of occupation according to GND authority data, if available                  
 [28] "KOMPONIST_MAKRO_GEOGRAPHIC_AREA_CODE" #composer associated with the edition (20) associated locations (nations) geographic area codes (from GND authority data)            
 [29] "WERK_UID"                        #unique database id of work (30) entities (see data model)                 
 [30] "WERK_NORMTITEL"                  #work standardized name (authority title from GND authority data)                 
 [31] "WERK_INDIVIDUELLER_TITEL"        #work (30) title addition, specifying beyond generic title names in (30), e.g. "Lied" --> "Wo sind all die Blumen hin?", or specifying specific work parts, e.g. "Judas Maccabaeus" --> "With pious hearts" 
 [32] "WERK_GND_ID"                     #work (30) id (from GND authority data)                  
 [33] "WERK_TITELINSTRUMENT"            #work (30) instruments featured in the work title (from GND authority data) (e.g. "sonata for oboe")               
 [34] "WERK_OPUS_ZAHL"                  #work (30) opus no. (from GND authority data)                 
 [35] "WERK_TITELNUMMERIERUNG"          #work (30) current number featured in title (e.g. "symphony no. 3") (from GND authority data)                
 [36] "WERK_VERLAG"                     #aggregated publishers (82) of all editions (6) of a respective work (30)               
 [37] "WERK_VOLLER_TITEL"               #work (30) composite title from all title related elements (31-39) (from GND authority data)               
 [38] "WERK_ENSTEHUNGSDATUM"            #work (30) date of conception (from GND authority data)                
 [39] "WERK_TONART"                     #work (30) harmonic key (from GND authority data)                
 [40] "BESETZUNG_GND_INSTRUMENT"        #work (30) instrumentation (from GND authority data), may be overriden by (64)               
 [41] "BESETZUNG_GND_INSTRUMENT_GND_ID" #work (30) instrumentation id (from GND authority data)                
 [42] "GENRE_GND"                       #work (30) genre (from GND authority data), may be overriden by (66)                
 [43] "GENRE_GND_ID"                    #work (30) genre id (from GND authority data)                
 [44] "KOMPONIST"                       #composer of work (30) (from GND authority data)                
 [45] "KOMPONIST_GND_ID"                #composer (44) id (from GND authority data)                 
 [46] "KOMPONIST_GESCHLECHT"            #composer (44) sex (from GND authority data)                
 [47] "KOMPONIST_GEBURTSDATUM"          #composer (44) date of birth (from GND authority data)                
 [48] "KOMPONIST_STERBEDATUM"           #composer (44) date of death (from GND authority data)                
 [49] "KOMPONIST_GEBURTSORT"            #composer (44) place of birth (from GND authority data)                
 [50] "KOMPONIST_STERBEORT"             #composer (44) place of death (from GND authority data)                
 [51] "KOMPONIST_WIRKUNGSORT"           #composer (44) place of occupation (from GND authority data)                
 [52] "KOMPONIST_GEOGRAPHIC_AREA_CODE"  #composer (44) associated locations (nations) geographic area codes (from GND authority data)                
 [53] "TEILARTIKEL_UID"                 #subedition of edition (6) unique id (see 2)               
 [54] "VERLAGSNUMMER"                   #subedition (2) publisher's number as copied from the print-run ledgers(see data collection guidelines)                 
 [55] "TEIL"                            #subedition (2) no. *if* part of multiple volumes/parts/movements; default: NN ("nicht nummeriert") (see data collection guidelines)                 
 [56] "AUSGABEFORM"                     #subedition (2) form of publication *if* differing forms within one edition entity (6); default: N ("normal") (see data collection guidelines)                
 [57] "VERLAGSARTIKEL_REFERENZ_ID"      #<database-meta information>: current no.s of edition-entities in order of their creation                  
 [58] "DRUCK_UID"                       #unique id of print action (= "issue") of subedition-entity (2)                 
 [59] "DRUCKMENGE"                      #number of copies per print action (58)                 
 [60] "DRUCKDATUM"                      #date of print action (58)                 
 [61] "META_DRUCKDATUM_ERSCHLOSSEN"     #quality indicator: has the print action date (60) been missing from the source and has it been inferred from context information?: 1/0                
 [62] "TEILARTIKEL_REFERENZ_ID"         #<database-meta information>: current no.s of subedition-entities in order of their creation                   
 [63] "META_DRUCKDATUM_SICHER_LESBAR"   #quality indicator: was the print action date (60) clearly legible or were there amibiguities?: 1/0                 
 [64] "ALTERNATIVE_BESETZUNG_VERLAGSARTIKEL" #edition (6) specific instrumentation *if* differing from work GND authority data information (40), usually in case of arrangements          
 [65] "ALTERNATIVE_BESETZUNG_GND_ID"   	     #edition (6) specific instrumentation GND authority data id (if available)                 
 [66] "ALTERNATIVES_GENRE_VERLAGSARTIKEL"    #edition (6) specific genre *if* differing from work GND authority data information (42)               
 [67] "ALTERNATIVES_GENRE_GND_ID"            #edition (6) specific genre GND authority data id (if available)                 
 [68] "GENRE_KATEGORIE"                 #grouping of heterogenous genre information (42) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [69] "GENRE_SPHAERE"                   #grouping of heterogenous genre information (42) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [70] "GENRE_VOR1800"                   #grouping of heterogenous genre information (42) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [71] "BESETZUNG_V.I"                   #grouping of heterogenous instrumentation information (40) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [72] "BESETZUNG_KATEGORIE"             #grouping of heterogenous instrumentation information (40) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [73] "BESETZUNG_EINZELN.ENSEMBLE"      #grouping of heterogenous instrumentation information (40) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [74] "BESETZUNG_VOR1800"               #grouping of heterogenous instrumentation information (40) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [75] "ALT_GENRE_KATEGORIE"             #grouping of heterogenous alternative genre information (66) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [76] "ALT_GENRE_SPHAERE"               #grouping of heterogenous alternative genre information (66) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [77] "ALT_GENRE_VOR1800"               #grouping of heterogenous alternative genre information (66) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [78] "ALT_BESETZUNG_V.I"               #grouping of heterogenous alternative instrumentation information (62) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [79] "ALT_BESETZUNG_KATEGORIE"         #grouping of heterogenous alternative instrumentation information (62) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [80] "ALT_BESETZUNG_EINZELN.ENSEMBLE"  #grouping of heterogenous alternative instrumentation information (62) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [81] "ALT_BESETZUNG_VOR1800"           #grouping of heterogenous alternative instrumentation information (62) into musicologically sensible categories (see data cleaning script)                 
 [82] "VERLAG"                          #shorthand of edition (6) publisher (see data collection guidelines)                 
 [83] "DRUCKMENGE_BEREINIGT"            #a inferred number which tries to estimate the real impact on distribution of the edition (6) out of the print quantity (59) of only partially representative subedition-entities (e.g. single voices); calculated by averaging all print quantities (60) of all incomplete subeditions (see 2) associated with the same edition (6); see data cleaning script               
 [84] "REALE_BESETZUNG"                 #edition (6) real instrumentation, inferred by overriding authority data information (40) with potential alt information (62); see data cleaning script                  
 [85] "REALES_GENRE"                    #edition (6) real genre, inferred by overriding authority data genre (42) with potential alt information (66); see data cleaning script                  
 [86] "REALER_KOMPONIST"                #edition (6) real composer, inferred by overriding authority data composer (44) with potential alt information (20); see data cleaning script                  
 [87] "REALER_KOMPONIST_GND_ID"         #real composer (86) GND authority data id, if available                 
 [88] "REAL_GENRE_KATEGORIE"            #grouping (68) applied to (85)                 
 [89] "REAL_GENRE_SPHAERE"              #grouping (69) applied to (85)                 
 [90] "REAL_GENRE_VOR1800"              #grouping (70) applied to (85)                 
 [91] "REAL_BESETZUNG_V.I"              #grouping (71) applied to (84)                 
 [92] "REAL_BESETZUNG_KATEGORIE"        #grouping (72) applied to (84)                 
 [93] "REAL_BESETZUNG_EINZELN.ENSEMBLE" #grouping (73) applied to (84)                 
 [94] "REAL_BESETZUNG_VOR1800"          #grouping (74) applied to (84)                 
 [95] "KOMBINIERTE_BESETZUNG_REAL"      #merged multiple lines of (84) into one line, grouped per edition                 
 [96] "KOMBINIERTE_KOMPONISTEN"         #merged multiple lines of (86) into one line, grouped per edition                 
 [97] "KOMBINIERTE_WERKE"               #merged multiple lines of (30) into one line, grouped per edition                 
 [98] "KOMBINIERTE_GENRES_REAL"         #merged multiple lines of (85) into one line, grouped per edition                 
 [99] "KOMBINIERTE_GENRES_REAL_KATEGORIEN" #new grouping to sort (98) into broader, musicologically sensible categories              
[100] "KOMBINIERTE_GENRES_REAL_SPHAEREN"   #new grouping to sort (98) into broader, musicologically sensible categories          
[101] "KOMBINIERTE_GENRES_REAL_VOR1800"    #new grouping to sort (98) into broader, musicologically sensible categories          
[102] "KOMBINIERTE_BESETZUNG_REAL_VOKAL.INSTRUMENTAL"     #grouping (71) applied to (95)
[103] "KOMBINIERTE_BESETZUNG_REAL_INSTRUMENTAL.KATEGORIE" #grouping (72) applied to (95)
[104] "KOMBINIERTE_BESETZUNG_REAL_EINZELN.ENSEMBLE"       #grouping (73) applied to (95)
[105] "KOMBINIERTE_BESETZUNG_REAL_VOR1800"                #grouping (74) applied to (95)
[106] "KOMBINIERTE_KOMPONIST_GEO.A.CODES"                 #grouping all geographic area codes associated with (96)
[107] "SUM_KOMB_BESETZUNG_REAL_V.I"                       #grouped evaluation of (102) into new, more generalizble categories
[108] "SUM_KOMB_BESETZUNG_REAL_ENSEMBLE.SOLO"             #grouped evaluation of (104) into new, more generalizble categories
[109] "SUM_KOMB_GENRE_REAL_GEISTLICH.WELTLICH"            #grouped evaluation of (100) into new, more generalizble categories
[110] "SUM_KOMB_GENRE_REAL_VOR1800"                       #grouped evaluation of (101) into new, more generalizble categories

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E_2 DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: tables and graphs
All data in these tables is generated from (3) via (4) and can be deduced from E_1 and the R script.