G. Schirmer Inc. is a classical music publishing company based in New York, NY, in the USA.

Schirmer publishes sheet music for sale and rental, including opera and orchestral scores, band and wind ensemble parts, chorus and chamber music. The company also represents several well-known European music publishers in North America, including the Italian Riccordi, the French Salabert, Music Sales Affiliates Chester, Hansen, Novello, and UME, as well as Breitkopf & Härtel, Sikorski and the vast majority of Russian and former Soviet composers' catalogs. They are also the rental agent for EMI, the Gershwin catalog, and ATV, who publish the songs of the Beatles. Breitkopf & Härtel is the worlds oldest music publishing house. ... . Władysław Sikorski during World War II. Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (May 20, 1881 – July 4, 1943) was a Polish military and political leader. ...

History of the company

The company was founded in 1861 by German-born Gustav Schirmer, Sr. (1829-1893). In 1891, the company established its own engraving and printing plant. The next year it inaugurated the Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics. The Musical Quarterly was founded in 1915. In 1964, Schirmer acquired Associated Music Publishers (BMI) which had built up an important catalog of American composers including Elliott Carter, Henry Cowell, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Walter Piston, adding to a Schirmer's ASCAP roster which had already included Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Morton Gould, Gian Carlo Menotti, William Schuman and Virgil Thomson, as well as composers from the earlier part of the century such as Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Charles Martin Loeffler, John Alden Carpenter, and Percy Grainger. Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. ... Henry Cowell (March 11, 1897 - December 10, 1965) was an American composer, musical theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario. ... Roy Ellsworth Harris (February 12, 1898 – October 1, 1979) was an American classical composer who wrote much music on American subjects and is perhaps best known for his . ... Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of classical music. ... Walter Hamor Piston Jr. ... Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of classical music ranging from orchestral, to opera, choral, and piano music. ... Leonard Bernstein (pronounced BERN-styne)[1] (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. ... Morton Gould (December 10, 1913 – February 21, 1996) was an American pianist and composer. ... Gian Carlo Menotti, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Gian Carlo Menotti (born July 7, 1911, Cadegliano-Viconago, Italy) is an Italian-born American composer and librettist. ... William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910–February 15, 1992) was an American composer and music administrator. ... Virgil Thomson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1947 Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 - September 30, 1989) was an American composer from Missouri, whose rural background gave a sense of place in his compositions. ... Charles Tomlinson Griffes (Elmira, New York September 17, 1884 – April 8, 1920 in New York City} was an American composer. ... Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935) German-born American composer. ... John Alden Carpenter (February 28, 1876 - April 26, 1951) was a U.S. composer. ... Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the Concert band. ...

The company was owned by the Schirmer family for over 100 years until Macmillan, a major book publisher, purchased it in 1968. Macmillan sold G. Schirmer to its current owner, Robert Wise, in 1986, the owner popular music publisher, Music Sales, Inc. In 1986 Schirmer also joined with the Hal Leonard Corporation, one of the leading print distributors of jazz and popular music, who are the sole distributors of Schirmer's printed music.

Composers published by the company

The Schirmer/AMP catalog includes one of the largest rosters of living American composers including John Corigliano, Richard Danielpour, Avner Dorman, John Harbison, Aaron Jay Kernis, Leon Kirchner, Peter Lieberson, André Previn, Bright Sheng, Tan Dun, and Joan Tower. In addition to the composers published by Schirmer and AMP, Schirmer also distributes the music of several important American composers who maintain their own publishing companies, e.g. Philip Glass (Dunvagen Music), Michael Tilson Thomas (Kongcha Music), and the three founders of Bang On A Can. G. Schirmer/AMP and Shawnee Press (another Music Sales affiliated company) have recently acquired the compositions and related rights to works published by the Margun Music (BMI) and GunMar (ASCAP) catalogues, which contains works by Gunther Schuller, William Russo, and others. John Corigliano (born February 16, 1938) is an American composer of classical music. ... Richard Danielpour (born 28 January 1956 in New York) is an American composer. ... Avner Dorman (born April 14, 1975 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli composer. ... John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938 in Orange, New Jersey) is a composer, best known for his operas and large choral works. ... Aaron Jay Kernis (born January 15, 1960) is one of the most highly-honored contemporary composers. ... Leon Kirchner (born January 24, 1919 in Brooklyn, NY) is an American composer of classical music. ... Peter Lieberson (born 25 October 1946 New York City) is an American composer. ... André Previn (born April 6, 1929)¹ is a prominent pianist, orchestral conductor, and composer. ... Bright Sheng (surname Sheng, born Sheng Liang, Shanghai, China, December 6, 1955) is a Chinese composer of contemporary classical music. ... Tan Dunn (pinyin: Tán Dùn, 譚盾; born August 18, 1957) is a Chinese composer, most widely known as the Grammy and Oscar award winning composer for the soundtracks of the movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. ... Joan Tower (born September 6, 1938 in New Rochelle, New York) is a contemporary American composer. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944), nicknamed MTT, is an American conductor, pianist and composer. ... Gunther Schuller Gunther Schuller (born November 22, 1925) studied at the St. ... William Russo is the name of: William Daddano, Sr. ...

Other information about the company

The company also publishes The G. Schirmer Manual of Style and Usage (available from its Publications Department). This is the style guide for Schirmer publications, which focuses on preparing print for publication by Schirmer. G. Schirmer is a member of the Music Sales Group of Companies, Music Publisher's Association, National Music Publisher's Association, and Church Music Publisher's Association. Its offices are located at 257 Park Avenue South, 20th floor, New York, NY 10010, (212) 254-2100 (e-mail: schirmer@schirmer.com). The company's logo contains the motto: "Laborum dulce lenimen," which means, "Sweet solace of my labors," a quotation from "an ode to his lyre" by Horace. Horace, as imagined by Anton von Werner Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. ...

External links

• Home page
• Information about the 1986 sale of Schirmer
• Historical information