Composers' Publishing Company

The Composers' Publishing Company was a Tin Pan Alley music publishing company incorporated in New York in 1904 by directors Alfred Baldwin Sloane, Irvin M. Hellig, and A. Merrill.[1][2]

History

The company bears a similar name as Authors' and Composers' Publishing Company. Sloane, at his death in 1925, was vice president of Authors' and Composers' Publishing Company and president of Composers' Publishing Company.[3] In 1901, Marcus Witmark prevailed in winning a court injunction against Authors' and Composers' Publishing Company to cease publishing and selling of Sloane's works. Witmark averred that Sloane had a contract with his firm, M. Witmark & Sons.[4][5]

Selected publications

Composers' Publishing Company, New York

  • A Wise Old Owl (in A flat major), lyrics by Frederic Ranken, music by Sloane (1904) OCLC 224069780
  • That Day and You, poem by Estelle Merrymon Clark, music by Palmer John Clark (1913) OCLC 497432636
gollark: Well, I'm not going to wait until my magi(s) are off cooldown.
gollark: It'll be going to the AP soon so I can pick something up during the hourly drop.
gollark: ***NEBULA***
gollark: No magis.
gollark: Accidentally hit shutdown with my foot. So it's still on my scroll.

References
  1. Some Recent Publications, The Music Trade Review, October 22, 1904, pg. 44
  2. New York Incorporations: Composers' Publishing Company, New York Times, October 19, 1904, pg. 13, col. 7 (bottom)
  3. Composer Sloane Dies — Passes Away Suddenly at Home of His Daughter, The Sun, February 21, 1925, pg. 1, col. 2
  4. Mustn't Market Sloane's Songs, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 6, 1901, pg. 2, col. 7
  5. Must Not Print His Own Songs, New York Times, May 7, 1901
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