Wise Music Group is a global music publisher, with headquarters in Berners Street, London. In February 2020, Wise Music Group changed its name from The Music Sales Group. In 2014 Wise Music Group (as The Music Sales Group) acquired French classical music publisher Éditions Alphonse Leduc. Éditions Alphonse Leduc publishes classical music by French composers including Jacques Ibert, Henri Dutilleux,

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...

Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...

, and Joseph Canteloube. It also publishes operatic works by Italian composers Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, and works by Muzio Clémenti,

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. In March 2017, The Music Sales Group acquired disco publisher Bleu Blanc Rouge from Belgian record producer and songwriter Jean Kluger. In April 2018, Music Sales sold its physical and online print divisions, including Musicroom, to Milwaukee-based publisher

Hal Leonard HAL may refer to: Aviation * Halali Airport (IATA airport code: HAL) Halali, Oshikoto, Namibia * Hawaiian Airlines (ICAO airline code: HAL) * HAL Airport, Bangalore, India * Hindustan Aeronautics Limited an Indian aerospace manufacturer of fight ...

for $50 million. Hal Leonard will continue to distribute Wise Music's publishing catalogue worldwide. Wise Music's catalogue of music includes US rights to " The Twist", best known from the recording by Chubby Checker).

Novello & Co

1890 ad Novello Ewer Co music library London

Novello & Co is a London-based printed music publishing company specializing in classical music, particularly choral repertoire. It was founded in 1811 by

Vincent Novello Vincent Novello (6 September 17819 August 1861), was an English musician and music publisher born in London. He was a chorister and organist, but he is best known for bringing to England many works now considered standards, and with his son he cr ...

. August Jaeger of the firm was a friend of

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

. It joined the Wise Music Group in 1993.

Chester Music

Chester Music is a British publisher of printed music specializing in classical composition and educational music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

MusicFirst

MusicFirst is the Digital Education Division of Wise Music Group, specializing in educational music software.

Selected imprints

* Acorn (pennywhistles) * Amsco Publications * Ariel Publications (classical guitar only) * E. J. Arnold & Son, Limited (recorder books) * Ashley Publications Inc. :* Schuberth & Co., Inc. :* Larrabee Publications :* Lewis Music Publishing Co. :* Heritage Publications, Inc. :* Kammen Music Co. * Bosworth Music GmbH, Berlin * Campbell Connelly, founded by Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly * Carlanita Music Company LLC, founded after the death Carlos Chávez by his daughter, Ana Chávez Ortiz),

G. Schirmer G. Schirmer, Inc. is an American classical music publishing company based in New York City, founded in 1861. The oldest active music publisher in the United States, Schirmer publishes sheet music for sale and rental, and represents some well-know ...

, selling agent * Chester Music Limited * Eaton Music * Embassy Music, founded by Tommy Dorsey * Edition Wilhelm Hansen *

Le Chant du Monde Le Chant du Monde is a French music publishing house. It was created in 1938 by Léon Moussinac and was supported in the beginning by classical composers Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Charles Koechlin, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Albert ...

* Nancy Music Company Inc., books of Chez "Bugs" Bower; ''né'' Maurice D. Bower; born 1922 * Node Records * Noel Gay Music Company, founded by Noel Gay * Novello & Co., Ltd., London * Oak Publications, folk music and pennywhistles books *

Omnibus Press Omnibus Press is a publisher of music-related books. It publishes around 30 new titles a year to add to a backlist of over 250 titles currently in print. History Omnibus Press was launched in 1972 as a general non-fiction publisher to complem ...

* Passantino Manuscript Papers * Première Music Group ** Éditions Alphonse Leduc ** Éditions Choudens (fr) ** Éditions Bleu Blanc Rouge, founded by Jean Kluger ** Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques (fr), acquired in 2009 by Music Sales Group * Rhinegold Education, a division acquired from Rhinegold Publishing by Music Sales Group in 2010 *

G. Schirmer Inc. G. Schirmer, Inc. is an American classical music publishing company based in New York City, founded in 1861. The oldest active music publisher in the United States, Schirmer publishes sheet music for sale and rental, and represents some well-know ...

(subsidiary) :* Associated Music Publishers :* J. Curwen & Sons Limited London :* Boston Music Company, founded in 1885 by Gustav Schirmer, Jr. (1864–1907) :* Schirmer Trade Books * Shawnee Press, acquired by Music Sales Group. in 1989; sold, with Music Sales Group., in 2009 to Hal Leonard Corporation * Sparta Florida Music Group, founded by

Hal Shaper Hal Shaper (Born Harold David Shaper), 18 July 1931 - 8 January 2004) was a South African songwriter. After qualifying as a lawyer in 1955, he travelled to London to begin his five-decade-long musical career during which he worked with and wrote f ...

* Storyville Records * UME (Unión Musical Ediciones S.L.), founded in Bilbao in 1900; acquired by Music Sales Group in 1990 * Wise Publications * Yorktown Music Press

References

External links

Wise Music Group Corporate websiteWise Music Classical WebsiteWise Music Creative website
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