Music Sales Group

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Music Sales Group
Type Private
Industry Music publishing
Headquarters 14-15 Berners Street, London W1T 3LJ
Area served UK and worldwide
Key people

Robert Wise (Chairman and Managing Director)
Chris Butler

(Chief Operating Officer)
Products Sheet music
Website http://www.musicsales.com/

Music Sales Group is Europe's largest printed music publisher, with headquarters in Berners Street, London. It owns the rights to hundreds of thousands of songs, imprints both for books and sheet music, operates the UK's largest chain of music shops, and sells sheet music, instruments and accessories direct through Musicroom.com.[citation needed]

The group, privately owned and run by Robert Wise, includes Wise Publications, Chester Music, Novello & Co and Omnibus Press.[citation needed]

Music Sales is also owner of the G. Schirmer catalog, and publishes printed music for Sony/ATV, Universal, Chrysalis, BMG, and Peer/Southern.[citation needed]

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Novello & Co[edit]

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.[1]

Chester Music[edit]

Chester Music is a British publisher of printed music specializing in classical composition and educational music of the 20th and 21st centuries.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ A brief history of Novello and Co Ltd
  2. ^ "Chester Novello". Chesternovello.com. Retrieved 2010-02-03. 

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