VEB Deutsche Schallplatten
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The VEB Deutsche Schallplatten was the monopolistic music publisher in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from the 1950s until the 1980s.Template:Citation needed
The VEB Deutsche Schallplatten owned Amiga from 1954 to 1990.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
On August 12, 1946, the German singer and actor Ernst Busch got permission by Soviet military administration to institute a publishing house for music.Template:Citation needed
Originally called "Lieder der Zeit Musikverlag", VEB Deutsche Schallplatten was founded in 1947 by Ernst Busch, a socialist singer and actor.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
On April 1, 1953, the private GmbH-company had to change to a state-controlled VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb, "People-owned enterprise").Template:Citation needed
On March 18, 1955, the VEB Lied Der Zeit was renamed to VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin.Template:Citation needed
In 1990, it became Deutsche Schallplatten GmbH Berlin (DSB).Template:Citation needed
Labels
Labels of VEB Deutsche Schallplatten included:
- Amiga for contemporary pop, rock music and jazz
- Eterna for classical music, operas, operettas
- Litera for radio plays, poetry readings
- Nova for contemporary art music
- Aurora for workers' songs and productions by Ernst Busch
- Schola for educational material
After 1990, some of these labels were sold to other music companies.
See also
- List of record labels
- UC compander, a noise reduction system undocumentedly used on many DMM vinyl records by Eterna, Amiga and Nova in the 1980s.