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Ewer.

English firm of music importers, sellers and publishers. The firm was established in London about 1823 by John Jeremiah Ewer. A year or so later the bookkeeper Julius Johanning (b ?1795-6; d Manchester, 26 Dec 1859) joined Ewer in partnership as Ewer & Johanning; this continued until about 1829 when Johanning withdrew from the firm. It then continued as J.J. Ewer & Co., until 1867, when it merged with Novello & Co to become Novello, Ewer & Co. The name of Ewer was finally withdrawn in 1898.

In 1839 the firm acquired the stock of Gustavus Andre, a London publisher and importer of foreign music, and about this time ownership passed to Edward Buxton, who was also active as a wool merchant. Buxton was responsible for the firm becoming the principal English publisher of Mendelssohn’s works from about 1840, and enjoyed an amicable relationship with the composer. Buxton retired from the firm about 1859 when William Witt, his manager since 1852, became proprietor. Ewer & Co. also had an exceptionally large circulating library, a catalogue of which was published in 1860.
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