Music publisher (sheet music)

An editor at the Israel Music Institute, Tel Aviv

The term music publisher originally referred (before the growth of recorded music and popular music) to publishers who issued printed sheet music.

Examples (who are actively in business as at June 2019) include:

• Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, founded 1719
• Schott, Mainz, 1770
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, founded 18th century
• Edition Peters, Leipzig, 1800
• Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, Leipzig, founded 1807
• Casa Ricordi, Milan, founded 1808
• G. Schirmer, Inc., New York, founded 1861
• Ernst Eulenburg, Leipzig, founded 1874
• Zimmermann, founded 1876
• Universal Edition, Vienna, 1901
• Bärenreiter, founded 1923
• Dr. J. Butz, Bonn, founded 1924
• Boosey & Hawkes, London, founded 1930
• Hans Sikorski, Hamburg, 1935
• PWM, Kraków, founded 1945
• G. Henle Verlag, Munich, founded 1948
• Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart, founded 1972
• Edition Güntersberg, Heidelberg, founded 1990
• Master Music Publications, Hertfordshire, founded 2018

See

• History of music publishing
• Music publisher (popular music)