The C. L. Barnhouse Company is an American music publishing firm. It was founded in

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Charles Lloyd Barnhouse Charles Lloyd Barnhouse (March 20, 1865 – November 18, 1929) was a 19th-century American music publisher. Barnhouse started a music publishing firm in 1886 that exists today as the C. L. Barnhouse Company, selling band music around the world. B ...

. It has been headquartered in Oskaloosa,

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since 1891. Known today as a major publisher of

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instrumental (band) works, the C. L. Barnhouse catalog includes many historical publications of the classic

concert band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion famil ...

era by composers C. L. Barnhouse,

Russell Alexander Russell Alexander (February 26, 1877 – October 1, 1915) was an entertainer and composer, active primarily with vaudeville shows and musical comedy organizations. Alexander was born in Nevada, Missouri, and became a euphonium virtuoso wh ...

Karl L. King Karl L. King (February 21, 1891 – February 19, 1971) was a United States march music bandmaster and composer. He is best known as the composer of "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite". The most expensive painting in Iowa, the "Karl L. King Portrait ...

, Fred Jewell, and

J. J. Richards Joseph John Richards (August 27, 1878 – March 16, 1956) was a composer, conductor, and music educator best known for writing over 300 compositions for circus and school bands. His most successful works were marches, including ''Crusade for Freedo ...

. There are some Jazz Ensemble composers, most notably Paul Clark, Lenny Stack, Larry Neeck, Howard Rowe, Rob Vuono Jr., and Larry Barton. Its popular current composers include

James Swearingen James Swearingen (born 1947) is an American composer and arranger. He holds a Master’s Degree from the Ohio State University and a Bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and is Professor of Music Emeritus, Department Chair of ...

David Shaffer David Shaffer F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Psych., (born 20 April 1936) is the Irving Philips Professor of Child Psychiatry in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, now th ...

Ed Huckeby Dr. Ed Huckeby, (b. 1948) is an American composer, musician, conductor, and educator. Biography Huckeby's career in music began in 1968, which marked the start of his eight years teaching music to students in public schools throughout Oklahoma ...

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and Steven Reineke. The company is managed by CEO Andy Clark and COO Andrew Glover.

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NAMM Oral History Interview (2006) Music publishing companies of the United States Companies based in Iowa Publishing companies established in 1886 {{publishing-stub