Hans W. Heinsheimer; Music Publisher and Promoter

Hans W. Heinsheimer, 93, music publisher and promoter who aided such composers as Kurt Weill, Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, Heinsheimer studied law in Heidelberg, Munich and Freiburg, but after graduation joined music publisher Universal Edition in Vienna. There he helped publish and promote Weill’s little-known “Threepenny Opera.” He moved to New York and Boosey & Hawkes in 1938, where one of his first jobs was to promote Copland’s “El Salon Mexico.” After writing his first book, “Menagerie in F Sharp,” in 1947, Heinsheimer was fired by a boss who said he needed a worker, not a writer. He then moved on to G. Schirmer where he published and promoted Bernstein. Heinsheimer wrote two other books, “Fanfare for Two Pigeons” and “Best Regards to Aida.” On Tuesday in New York.