The Theodore Presser Company is an American

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and

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company located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, formerly

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, and originally based in

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. It is the oldest continuing music publisher in the United States. It has been owned by

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since 2004.

History

Theodore Presser

Theodore Presser was born July 3, 1848, in

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, to German emigrant Christian Presser and Caroline Dietz. As a young man, he worked in an iron foundry helping to mold cannon balls for the army during the

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. This activity proved too strenuous for his young physique, and at 16, he began selling tickets for the Strokosch Opera Company in Pittsburgh. In 1864, he began working as a clerk at C.C. Mellor's music store in Pittsburgh. He eventually achieved the position of sheet-music department manager. Presser began his musical studies at 19 by learning to play the piano. At 20, he began studies music at Mt. Union College, where he stayed for a year, and then worked as a piano teacher at

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for two years. Further studies were completed at Miami Conservatory of Music, the

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, and the

Leipzig Conservatory The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

in Germany under Reinecke, Jadassoh, and Zwintscher. His late start in learning to play the piano handicapped his technique. Theodore Presser's house in Lynchburg, Va

Theodore Presser's house in Lynchburg, Va

He is credited as the founder of the Department of Music at

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, where he taught 1876–1878. While there, he founded the

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. His studies in Germany lasted from 1878 to 1880. He then became director of music at

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. In October 1883, while working at Hollins, he began publication of ''

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'' music magazine with only $250 in cash. The immediate success of his new magazine prompted him to seek larger publishing facilities in

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in 1884. Presser died in Philadelphia on October 28, 1925. He married Helen Louise Curran (1890; d. 1905) and Elise Houston (1908; d. 1922). He is interred at

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, Pennsylvania.

The Presser Company

Presser's need for music content within ''The Etude'' resulted in his establishment as a dealer and publisher. Following the purchase of the

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in 1930, the Theodore Presser Company acquired the

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Company in 1931. Through this acquisition, Presser traces its origins to 1783, when Batelle's Book Store (later the Oliver Ditson Company), began a music-publishing business in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1972, the Theodore Presser Company acquired Elkan-Vogel and its locally represented agencies (including Hamelle et cie.,

Henry Lemoine Henry Lemoine (21 October 1786 – 18 May 1854) was a French music publisher, composer, and piano teacher. Life Lemoine was born in Paris, where he was a pupil of Anton Reicha, a composer and piano teacher. In 1816 he took over his father ...

et cie., and others), making the Theodore Presser Company a major distributor of

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in the United States. On August 31, 2004, Presser closed its retail music stores in both King of Prussia and Center City Philadelphia. The company now focuses primarily on publishing and distribution activities from its headquarters. In 2017, Presser acquired Columbia Music Company, founded by

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. In addition to its own catalog, Presser represents the music of more than 70 U.S. and foreign publishers, including

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Classical,

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, and Bärenreiter.

Presser Foundation

The publishing company that Presser founded was so successful that in 1906, Presser was able to express his appreciation to those who made this success possible by establishing the Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers located on West Johnson Street in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia. His

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zeal is continued to this day through his foresight in forming the Presser Foundation in 1916, nine years before his death. Each year, the Presser Foundation awards scholarships, grants, and funds specifically to further the cause of music and music education in America.

Composers published by Theodore Presser

* Samuel Adler * William Albright * Martin Amlin *

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* Irwin Bazelon * Warren Benson *

Chester Biscardi Chester Biscardi (b. Kenosha, Wisconsin, Kenosha, Wisconsin, October 19, 1948; nicknamed Chet) is an Italian American composer and educator. He received a B.A. degree in English literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1970); he stu ...

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Victoria Bond Victoria Ellen Bond (born 6 May 1945) is an American conductor and composer in New York City. Early life Victoria Bond was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of operatic bass and medical doctor Philip Bond (a vocalist with the New York ...

* Louis Calabro *

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* John Downey *

Henri Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...

Donald Erb Donald Erb (January 17, 1927 – August 12, 2008) was an American composer best known for large orchestral works such as Concerto for Brass and Orchestra and ''Ritual Observances''. Early years Erb was born in Youngstown, Ohio, graduate ...

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* Carlos Gardels *

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* Iain Hamilton * Donald Harris * Michael Hersch *

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* Charles Ives *

Stephen Jaffe Stephen Jaffe (born December 30, 1954, in Washington, D.C.newsobserver.com
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Robert Jager Robert Edward Jager (born August 25, 1939) is an American composer, music theorist and a conductor. Life Jager was born in Binghamton, New York on August 25, 1939. From 1962 to 1965 he was arranger/composer for the US-Navy Armed Forces School ...

* Martin Kennedy *

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* David Leisner *

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* Peter Scott Lewis *

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* William Mayer *

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* Jeff Nichols *

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* Marta Ptaszynska *

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* Amy Scurria *

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* Nellie Bangs Skelton * Hale Smith * Julia Frances Smith * Louise Spizizen * Louise E. Stairs *

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* J. Lilian Vandevere *

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* Hazel Volkart *

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* Caroline Holme Walker *

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* Mabel Madison Watson *

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References

External links

Theodore Presser Company (Official Site)The Presser FoundationComplete Listing of Composers Published by Theodore PresserComplete listing of Music Publishers Affiliated with Theodore PresserCarl Fischer Music
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