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Béla Horovitz

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Béla Horovitz (8 April 1898 – 8 March 1955) was a Hungarian-born British publisher, and the co-founder in 1923, with Ludwig Goldscheider, of Phaidon Press.

Bela Horovitz was born in Budapest.[1] He was the co-founder in Vienna in 1923, with Ludwig Goldscheider and Frederick "Fritz" Ungar, of the publishing house Phaidon Verlag.[2] In 1938, following the rise of the Nazis, Horovitz and his wife, Lotte, and their children moved to London.[3] Phaidon Verlag was re-established there as Phaidon Press.[1]

Their youngest child was the classical music promoter Hannah Horovitz.[3] Their son Joseph Horovitz was a composer and conductor.

In 1949, their daughter Elly married Harvey Miller, who joined Phaidon Press, and after Horovitz's death in 1955, succeeded him as its director.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Horovitz, Bela (1898–1955) : The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica : Blackwell Reference Online". Blackwellreference.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ^ "About Phaidon | Phaidon". Uk.phaidon.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b Miller, Malcolm (5 May 2010). "Hannah Horovitz obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Obituary: Harvey Miller | The Jewish Chronicle". thejc.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.