Publishers

Lost & Found

33 works with no publisher on record

Alfred Music

0 catalogued arrangements · 4 held

Founded in 1922 by Sam Manus as "Manus Music," publishing popular sheet music and mood music for silent films. In 1930, Sam acquired Alfred & Company (founded by Alfred Haase) and combined the names into Alfred Music. The company grew under Sam's son Morty and grandsons Ron and Steve into one of the world's largest print-music publishers, acquiring Warner Bros. Publications in 2005.

Arrangers' Publishing Company

0 catalogued arrangements · 4 held

Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp.

2432 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Belwin, Inc. was founded in 1918 in New York by Max Winkler; it merged with Mills Music in 1969 to form Belwin-Mills, a major educational-music publisher. Its catalog later passed through Columbia Pictures Publications, EMI, and Warner Bros. Publications before landing with Alfred Music in 2005.

Big Bells, Inc.

32 catalogued arrangements · 6 held

C.L. Barnhouse Company

427 catalogued arrangements · 6 held

Founded in 1886 by Charles Lloyd Barnhouse, a self-taught cornet player and bandleader, beginning with his own march "The Battle of Shiloh." Relocated to Oskaloosa, Iowa around 1890, where it remains headquartered today. Published works by Russell Alexander, Fred Jewell, and Karl L. King alongside Barnhouse's own. Stayed family-run for over a century before bringing on its first non-family president in 2012 -- still independent today.

Carl Fischer Music

1268 catalogued arrangements · 2 held

Founded in 1872 in New York by Carl Fischer, growing from an instrument-repair shop into the leading American concert-band publisher by 1900, representing John Philip Sousa and Percy Grainger. Continuously family-owned; joined Theodore Presser Company under common ownership in 2004.

Charles Hansen Music Corp

0 catalogued arrangements · 3 held

Founded in 1952 by Charles Henry Hansen, building on a proprietorship he'd started in 1946 (formally, Chas. H. Hansen Music Corp.). Became the exclusive U.S. publisher/distributor of Beatles sheet music starting in 1964. Ceased operations in December 1991, with its catalog passing to Alfred Music.

Charter Publications

152 catalogued arrangements · 3 held

Claude T. Smith Publications, Inc.

4 catalogued arrangements

Columbia Pictures Publications

714 catalogued arrangements · 10 held

Established in 1971 as Columbia Pictures' sheet-music arm. Sold to Boston Ventures in 1988 and renamed CPP/Belwin, which Warner Bros. Publications acquired in 1994 -- passing to Alfred Music in the 2005 sale.

Creative World Music Publications

0 catalogued arrangements · 2 held

Dramatis Music Corp

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Duchess Music Corporation

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

A BMI-affiliated publisher acquired by MCA in the mid-1960s as part of MCA's build-out of its music publishing arm alongside the Leeds Music acquisition. Later operated as "MCA Duchess Music Corp." and "Universal-Duchess Music Corp." as it passed through Universal's corporate ownership.

Edward B. Marks Music Corporation

0 catalogued arrangements · 2 held

Traces to 1894, when Edward B. Marks and Joseph Stern founded Joseph W. Stern & Co. Marks bought out Stern in 1920; the firm became Edward B. Marks Music Corp. in 1932 and absorbed the George M. Cohan Music Publishing catalog in 1967. A subsidiary of Carlin America since 1980.

Edwin H. Morris & Co.

0 catalogued arrangements · 2 held

Founded in 1941 by Edwin "Buddy" Morris, who had previously run Warner Bros. Pictures' music publishing division. The firm signed a stable of major songwriters -- including Ira Gershwin, Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne, Harold Arlen, and Johnny Mercer -- and acquired the White, Smith & Co. catalog in 1944. Sold in 1976 to Paul McCartney, now part of his MPL Communications.

Far Out Music

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Fred Fisher Music Co.

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Founded in 1907 by songwriter Fred Fisher, who anglicized his name from Fischer during World War I. Fisher partnered as McCarthy & Fisher around 1915 before launching his own Fisher Music Corporation in 1918, publishing hits including "Peg o' My Heart" and "Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine."

Fred Jewell Music Co.

0 catalogued arrangements · 16 held

Hal Leonard

1468 catalogued arrangements · 33 held

Founded in 1947 in Winona, Minnesota by brothers Harold "Hal" and Everett "Leonard" Edstrom with Roger Busdicker. Bought out by internal management in 1985, it became the world's largest print-music publisher by 1987 through acquisitions including Jenson Publications (1989) and Shawnee Press (2009). Reorganized as Hal Leonard LLC under Seidler Equity Partners in 2016, and acquired by Muse Group in 2023.

Ipanema Music Corp

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Jalen Publishing

0 catalogued arrangements

Jeff-Mar Music Co.

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Jenson Publications

1007 catalogued arrangements · 52 held

Founded in 1976 by Art Jenson, who had earlier worked for Charles Hansen Publications and co-founded Learning Unlimited (a Hal Leonard division) before striking out on his own. Grew into a major educational band/choral publisher; sold to Hal Leonard in 1989, where Jenson stayed on to help create the Essential Elements band method.

Jobete Music Co.

0 catalogued arrangements · 2 held

Motown's publishing arm, founded in June 1959 in Detroit by Berry Gordy and Raynoma Liles Gordy -- the name an acronym of Gordy's three children. Administered the copyrights of Motown's staff writers (Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye). Sold to EMI Music Publishing in stages between 1997 and 2004.

John Church Company

187 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Johnny Rivers Music

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Founded in 1966 by singer Johnny Rivers alongside his Soul City Records label -- an example of the artist-owned publishing companies common in this era. Best known for signing a then-unknown songwriter, Jimmy Webb, early in his career.

Kendor Music, Inc.

0 catalogued arrangements

Chartered in December 1953 in Delevan, New York by three instrumental-music teachers -- Les Chappell, Art Dedrick, and Bob Hudson -- whose company name blends the three neighboring towns where they taught. Became a leading jazz-education publisher (Thad Jones, Sammy Nestico, Toshiko Akiyoshi) alongside concert band, orchestra, and chamber titles. Acquired by Excelcia Music Publishing in 2022.

Leeds Music

0 catalogued arrangements · 2 held

Leeds Music Corporation was founded in 1935 by Lou Levy with Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin. Built a catalog spanning boogie-woogie blues through 1960s pop, including U.S. publishing rights to the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand." Levy sold the company to MCA in 1964 for $4.5 million, forming the seed of what's now Universal Music Publishing Group.

Loop Music Publishing Co.

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Ludwig Music Publishing Company

0 catalogued arrangements

Founded in 1921 in Cleveland by Carl Ludwig (no relation to Ludwig Drums), starting with his own composition to fill a gap in pedagogically sound but exciting school-band music. His wife, Elizabeth Ludwig, took control on his death in 1982 and later married Frederick Fennell, founder of the Eastman Wind Ensemble.

Manus Music Co.

9 catalogued arrangements

Founded 1922 in Tin Pan Alley, New York, by Sam Manus (violinist, silent-film mood-music importer). In 1930 Sam acquired Alfred & Company (founded by Alfred Haase), merged the two, and shortened the combined name to Alfred Music, its direct successor, still operating today.

Matrix Music

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Matrix Music Press

14 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Raymond, Mississippi based publisher. Not related to Matrix Music, and appears to have only existed to semi-regionally issue original music by John Manchester.

Miller Music Corporation

0 catalogued arrangements · 2 held

Founded in 1906 in Chicago by Webb Rockefeller Miller. MGM took a controlling stake in 1934, merging it with Leo Feist Inc. and Robbins Music Corp. into "The Big Three" film-and-pop combine. The catalog passed to United Artists (1973), MGM/UA (1981), CBS Records (1983), and eventually -- via Columbia Pictures Publications and Warner Bros. Publications -- to Alfred Music (2005).

Mills Music, Inc.

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Founded in 1919 by Jack Mills, joined by his brother Irving. Became a major champion of jazz and Black songwriters, notably launching Duke Ellington's publishing relationship. Sold in 1965 and merged with Belwin in 1969 to form Belwin-Mills; the catalog passed through Columbia Pictures Publications, EMI, and Warner Bros. Publications before landing with Alfred Music (2005) and, separately, Sony Music Publishing.

Neil A. Kjos Music Co.

1740 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Founded in 1936 in Chicago by Neil A. Kjos Sr. as a one-room sheet-music operation. Neil Jr. took over in 1969 and relocated the company to San Diego by 1985. Still independent and family-owned today, run by third-generation family members Mark and Tim Kjos; best known for the Standard of Excellence band method.

Norman Lee Publishing

131 catalogued arrangements · 3 held

Northern Music Corporation

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Paul A. Schmitt Music Co.

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Founded in 1896 in Minneapolis by Paul A. Schmitt, who had managed the sheet music department at Century Piano before starting his own business. Incorporated in 1926 and expanded into publishing school choral, band, and orchestra music alongside its instrument retail trade. The company has stayed in the Schmitt family for four generations and survives today as Schmitt Music, a Twin Cities instrument retailer.

Picimino Publications

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Piedmont Music Company

27 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Remick Music Corporation

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Jerome H. Remick bought Detroit's Whitney Warner Publishing Co., then founded Jerome H. Remick & Co. in 1906. It became the largest Tin Pan Alley publisher of its era -- a young George Gershwin worked there as a song plugger -- before being absorbed into the Warner Bros. lineage in 1929.

Robbins Music Corporation

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Rubank, Inc.

359 catalogued arrangements · 2 held

Grew out of Finder & Urbanek, a Chicago sheet-music and saxophone-accessory business; incorporated as Rubank, Inc. in 1927 when Harry Ruppel Sr. and Joseph James Urbanek bought out their partner. Became one of the largest music-education publishers, known for its Elementary/Intermediate/Advanced method-book series (the saxophone method dates to 1934 and is still used today). Dissolved as an Illinois corporation in 1988; its catalog was absorbed into Hal Leonard, which still publishes the Rubank methods.

Sam Fox Publishing Company

0 catalogued arrangements

Founded in 1906 in Cleveland by Sam Fox; historically notable as the first U.S. publisher of original film scores, alongside popular songs. Catalog rights were acquired by Carlin Music in 2000, which Warner Chappell Music bought in 2010.

Season's Four Music Corp

0 catalogued arrangements · 1 held

Shawnee Press

0 catalogued arrangements

Founded in 1939 by bandleader Fred Waring, originally as "Words and Music," to publish his own arrangements after school and church choir directors began requesting copies. Renamed Shawnee Press after relocating to Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, it became a major force in choral publishing -- its catalog is primarily choral rather than band -- and was later acquired by Hal Leonard in 2009.

Southdale Music Corp

13 catalogued arrangements · 1 held