Wise Music Group

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.[1][2]

Wise Music Group
Private
IndustryMusic publishing
HeadquartersBerners Street, London, United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Robert Wise (Chairman and Managing Director)
Chris Butler (Head of Publishing & Rights)
Websitehttp://www.wisemusic.com/

In March 2017 The Music Sales Group acquired disco publisher Bleu Blanc Rouge from Belgian record producer and songwriter Jean Kluger.[3] In April 2018, Music Sales sold its physical and online print divisions, including Musicroom, to Milwaukee-based publisher Hal Leonard for $50 million. Hal Leonard will continue to distribute Wise Music's publishing catalogue worldwide.[4]

Wise Music's catalogue of music includes US rights to "The Twist" (as made famous by Chubby Checker).[5]

Novello & Co
Advertisement for Novello, Ewer & Co. circulating music library, London, 1890

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.[6]

Chester Music

Chester Music is a British publisher of printed music specializing in classical composition and educational music of the 20th and 21st centuries.[7]

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, selling agent
  • Chester Music Limited
  • Eaton Music
  • Embassy Music, founded by Tommy Dorsey
  • Edition Wilhelm Hansen
  • Le Chant du Monde
  • 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
  • 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. (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
  • 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
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References
  1. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/music-sales-changes-name-to-wise-music-group-signs-olafur-arnalds-and-evan-dando-of-the-lemonheads
  2. "The Music Sales Group is now Wise Music Group". Wise Music Group.
  3. "Music Sales acquires French publisher Bleu Blanc Rouge". Music Business Worldwide. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2018/04/06/hal-leonard-acquires-british-firm-for-50-million.html
  5. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/music-sales-acquires-us-publishing-rights-to-chubby-checkers-the-twist
  6. "A brief history of Novello and Co Ltd". Chesternovello.com. 2011-04-19. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  7. "Chester Novello". Chesternovello.com. Retrieved 2010-02-03.


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