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'''Joachim "Jean" Aberbach''' (12 August 1910 - 24 May 1992)<ref>[http://www.geni.com/people/Joachim-Jean-Aberbach/6000000002803191333 Profile at Geni]</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[Music publisher (popular music)|music publisher]]. With his brother [[Julian Aberbach|Julian]], he was responsible for establishing [[Hill and Range]] as one of the leading music publishing houses, responsible for songs recorded by [[Elvis Presley]] and many others.▼
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| birth_date = August 12, 1910
| birth_place = [[Bad Vöslau]], [[Austria-Hungary|Austria]]
| birth_name = Joachim Aberbach
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|05|24|1910|08|12}}
| death_place = [[Old Westbury, New York]], [[United States of America]]
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| nationality = American
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| occupation = Music publisher
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| parents = Anna and Aron Adolf Aberbach
| family = [[Julian Aberbach]] (brother)
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▲'''Joachim "Jean" Aberbach''' (12 August 1910
==Life and career==
Joachim "Jean" Aberbach was born in [[Bad Vöslau]], [[Austria-Hungary]], the son of Aron Adolf Aberbach (1878–1959, of [[Bolekhiv|Bolechow]], then Austria-Hungary) and Anna Aberbach (née Schmetterling, 1883–1964, of [[Chorostków]], then Austria-Hungary). They were [[Ukrainian Jews]]. He had a brother, Julius "Julian" Aberbach (1909–2004). Their father ran a [[jewelry]] business.
Aberbach was born in [[Bad Vöslau]], [[Austria-Hungary|Austria]], the son of Anna and Aron Adolf Aberbach, who were [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] [[Jews]]. His father ran a [[jewelry]] business. Jean left school at the age of 16 and after a family argument began working in [[Berlin]] for a music publisher, [[:de:Will Meisel|Will Meisel]], before moving to [[Paris]] to work for another publisher there. His brother Julian joined him in Paris in 1932, and they established a music publishing business, which concentrated on securing royalties for movie screenwriters. After the brothers sold the business in 1936, Jean began working in the US as an agent for French music publisher [[Francis Salabert]], while Julian remained in Paris.<ref name=allmusic>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jean-aberbach-p664645/biography Biography by Jason Ankeny at Allmusic]</ref><ref name=france>[http://www.julianaberbach.com/pdf/france.pdf American Society of the French Legion of Honor, Newsletter, December 2003]</ref>▼
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After the war, he worked in [[New York]] for music publisher Max Dreyfus at publishers [[Chappell & Co.]], but in 1952, when Dreyfus tried to buy the company that Julian Aberbach had established in [[Los Angeles]], Hill and Range, Jean decided to leave and join his brother's company. Hill and Range rapidly expanded, particularly through dominating the [[country music]] publishing business in [[Nashville]]. At one point, the company represented some three quarters of the music produced in Nashville. The two brothers shared responsibility for running the company, with Jean primarily based in New York and Julian in Los Angeles, although they frequently swapped roles. After 1955, the company had particular responsibility for the songs recorded by Elvis Presley, through an arrangement by which the company owned 50% of the rights.<ref name=allmusic/>▼
▲After the war, he worked in [[New York City]] for music publisher Max Dreyfus at publishers [[Chappell & Co.]], but in 1952, when Dreyfus tried to buy the company that Julian Aberbach had established in [[Los Angeles]], Hill and Range, Jean decided to leave and join his brother's company. Hill and Range rapidly expanded, particularly through dominating the [[country music]] publishing business in [[Nashville]]. At one point, the company represented some three quarters of the music produced in Nashville. The two brothers shared responsibility for running the company, with Jean primarily based in New York and Julian in Los Angeles, although they frequently swapped roles. After 1955, the company had particular responsibility for the songs recorded by [[Elvis Presley]],<ref>[[Sherman, Robert B.]], (2013) [[Moose: Chapters from My Life|"Evvis Something"]] in ''[[Moose: Chapters From My Life]]'', [[AuthorHouse]]. pp. 313-318</ref> through an arrangement by which the company owned 50% of the rights.<ref name=allmusic/>
Jean Aberbach sold 75% of Hill and Range to Warner Chappell in the early 1970s, at a time when his brother was incapacitated following a heart attack. Jean died in New York in 1992 at the age of 81.▼
▲Jean Aberbach sold 75% of Hill and Range to Warner Chappell in the early 1970s, at a time when his brother was incapacitated following a heart attack. Jean died in [[Old Westbury, New York]], in 1992 at the age of 81.
==References==
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==Further reading==
* Bar Biszick-Lockwood, ''Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach and Hill and Range Songs'', University of Illinois Press, 2010.
* [[Sherman, Robert B.]], (2013) [[Moose: Chapters from My Life|"Evvis Something"]] in ''[[Moose: Chapters From My Life]]'', [[AuthorHouse]]. pp. 313–318.
* Joyce Short, ''Carnal Abuse by Deceit: How a Predator's Lies Became Rape, Chapter 12, Living Off Elvis'', Pandargos Press, 2013
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