VEB Deutsche Schallplatten
From the 1950s until the 1980s the VEB Deutsche Schallplatten was the monopolistic music publisher in the German Democratic Republic.

On August 12, 1946, the German singer and actor Ernst Busch got permission by Soviet military administration to institute a publishing house for music.

On February 3, 1947, Busch started the company "Lied Der Zeit GmbH" with the music labels Amiga, Eterna and Lied Der Zeit.

On April 1, 1953, the private GmbH-company had to change to a state-controlled VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb, "People-owned enterprise").

On March 18, 1955, the "VEB Lied Der Zeit" was renamed to "VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin".

In 1990, it became Deutsche Schallplatten GmbH Berlin (DSB). 

Labels of VEB Deutsche Schallplatten:
* 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.
Q2531989
VEB
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German Democratic Republic
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Q159117
Ernst Busch
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Q452395
Soviet military administration
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Q323890
Amiga
ORG
Q15829892
GmbH
Concept
Q2531989
Volkseigener Betrieb
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Q323890
Amiga
ORG
Q37073
pop
Concept
Q11399
rock music
Concept
None
Eterna
UNK
Q9730
classical music
Concept
Q1344
opera
Concept
Q170384
operetta
Concept
None
Litera
UNK
Q2635894
radio play
Concept
Q7207537
poetry reading
Concept
None
Nova
UNK
Q1583807
art music
Concept
None
Aurora
UNK
Q2094308
workers' songs
UNK
None
Schola
UNK
Q314523
VEB Deutsche Schallplatten
ORG
Q314523
VEB Deutsche Schallplatten
ORG
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