Music Education Publishers Review

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Music Education Publishers Review
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About Music Publishing

• Changes annually
• Big business originated during Tin Pan Alley when
  sheet music was selling like hot cakes
• It was customary for the publisher/printer to
  sell copies in their own store

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The printer-side of music publishing

• Was leader before the arrival of recordings,
  radios, and film containing sound.
• Instruction methods and educational copies arent
  the only type of printing today but are most
  significant portion sold today
• Useful for teachers and students

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Leading Publishers

• Alfred Publications
• Boosey and Hawkes
• Carl Fischer
• Hal Leonard Publishing

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J.W. Pepper

• Biggest catalogs in Philadelphia area
• 13 branches located throughout the US
• Main office is right outside Valley Forge in PA
• Active w/ CMEA State Convention, educators
  conferences, N.A. of music merchants

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Alfred Publishing

• Founded by the composer and musician Alfred
  Piantodosi in NY
• Located throughout the world US, Australia,
  Germany, and UK
• Website holds info for educator, director,
  students, parent, musician, or other

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Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Publishing

• Elementary publishing unit offering the highest
  quality resources and services
• easier to sell kid volumes by mass
• New software teaching lessons in theory and ear
  training
• Contain useful products and resources to add to
  the experience of learning music

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Hal Leonard Publishing Company

• Print publishing co. founded in 1947
• Devoted to wide range of music genres and
  instrumentation
• Maintains to include everything part of
  curriculum
• Also have products that contain pop music

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Carl Fischer

• founded before the early 19th century
• Family owned business
• Staff of 23 composers
• Catalog online order catalog there for free by
  mail
• For music educators convenience

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GIA Publications

• Specializes in church and music ed.
• Downloadable and printable catalog
• Specializes in a board range of categories
• Help to ensure the most positive musical
  experiences for children of all ages

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Boosey Hawkes Publishing

• Was founded 1930 by two well established English
  family businesses
• Boosey Co. Hawkes Son
• Website seperated in categories
• Music making, learning music, teaching music,
  composers and repertouire
• Boosey media and dealers

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Theodore Presser Publication

• Oldest continuing publisher in the US
• Have a catalog separated by many orchestral
  instrumentation
• Also have many themes of worldly music and how
  they are incorporated with different ethnicities
• Well known for trumpet bible
• Great resource located in the Philly area

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Queenwood Publications

• music ed. Publisher in San Diego
• Contain development of collections for different
  categorical styles
• Six different composers on staff.. Website gives
  a description on each
• Overall a smaller Co. focuses more on ensembles
  and books that fit any level for educational
  purposes

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Northeastern Music Publications

• Location Glenmoore PA
• Founder band director/teacher
• Experienced in products that seem to improve
  orchestral work and assist on learning
• Resources that grade five levels of meter, key,
  tempo, rhythm, duration, and range for each
• Large catalog and good resources