Micholas Simrock, horn player and artistic director of the Prince Maximilians court band in Prussia, founded his publishing company in 1792. Having formed close personal relationships with many composers, he published his first original edition: a set of variations on Dittersdorfs arietta Es war einmal ein alter Mann by his friend, Ludwig van Beethoven.More than two hundred years later, the Simrock Original Edition is respected worldwide for being closest to the composers' original manuscripts...