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Pädagogischer Verlag Schwann GmbH

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[b]Please don't use as label – this is a company and should only be used for company roles as mentioned on release.[/b] The Pädagogischer Verlag Schwann GmbH was a German book publishing house, founded 1821 and located in Düsseldorf, specialized in catholic literature and educational books. From the early 1960s on, the company established several music labels - first [l290445] for sacred classical music, then [l204407] for secular classical music, in the late 1960s [l290179] for "progressive" contemporary sacred music and a short lived label for 7" releases called [l1218400]. In the 1970s they were adding labels for educational releases like [l290159]. From the late 1960s you'll find the company often credited as [l290158], in the early 1980s simply as "Schwann Düsseldorf" on label rims. In 1988, Schwann was sold to the German educational publisher Cornelsen Verlag, while the music labels were acquired by [l11354] and renamed to [l838774], [l838775] etc.