On October 3, 1798, the weekly publication of the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, the most important German music periodical of the first half of the 19th century, founded by the Breitkopf und Härtel publishing house, begins in Leipzig. One year later, the coup d’état of November 9, 1799 and the establishment of the Consulate symbolically marked the end of the French Revolution, the assumption of power by Napoleon Bonaparte and the beginning of the Napoleonic era in Europe. The examination of the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung between 1798 and 1815 offers a wealth of additional information on the extent and intensity of Franco-German musical transfers in action during the Consulate and the Empire. The central role of music publishing was favoured by the establishment of numerous German professionals in this sector in the French capital. The circulation of scores in both directions between Paris and Leipzig was thus greatly facilitated. Whether in the original language or in translation, Breitkopf und Härtel offers the German public privileged access to an extensive repertoire of French works, instrumental methods from the Paris Conservatory, and essays on music, as well as the latest in Parisian instrument making, such as pedal harps and bows. While Parisian musical news is followed with the greatest attention, the incredible diffusion of French opera in the German-speaking world is attested by hundreds of performance reports and by numerous reviews of opera scores and related products. The readership is also informed in detail about the performances of German works given in Paris. Whereas the editorial staff of the periodical rarely expressed a political position in the 1800s and seemed to adopt a form of neutrality towards the Napoleonic regime, this changed in the early 1810s with the editorial emphasis on German patriotic songs at the time of the Befreiungskriege or wars of liberation.