a branch of the firm in Paris, and another son, Heinrich, took over the Berlin branch and sold it to Robert Lienau in 1864. The Paris firm became a leader of musical taste, publishing the music of Chopin, Liszt, and Meyerbeer among others. It also published the principal Paris musical magazine, the Revue et gazette musicale. The composer Richard Wagner worked for Maurice Schlesinger in Paris in 1840-41, turning out hack arrangements of opera excerpts. Wagner's autobiography pointedly refers to Maurice Schlesinger's Jewish origins. References 1769 births 1838 deaths 18th-century German Jews 19th-century German businesspeople 18th-century publishers (people) 19th-century publishers (people) German publishers (people) Sheet music publishers (people) Silesian Jews People from Prudnik County