G. Schirmer, Inc.

G. Schirmer, Inc.
A Schirmer cover page of several of Bériot's works.
Parent companyWise Music Group
Founded1861; 163 years ago (1861)
FounderGustav Schirmer Sr.
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
Publication typesSheet music, books
Fiction genresMusic
Official websitewww.schirmer.com

G. Schirmer, Inc. is an American classical music publishing company based in New York City, founded in 1861. The oldest active music publisher in the United States,[1] Schirmer publishes sheet music for sale and rental, and represents some well-known European music publishers in North America, such as the Music Sales Affiliates ChesterNovello, Breitkopf & Härtel, Sikorski and many Russian and former Soviet composers' catalogs.[2]

  1. ^ Ramsey, Guthrey P. Jr. (Spring 1996). "Cosmopolitan or Provincial?: Ideology in Early Black Music Historiography, 1867–1940". Black Music Research Journal. 16 (1): 21. doi:10.2307/779375. JSTOR 779375.
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