The C. L. Barnhouse Company is an American music publishing firm. It was founded in 1886 by Charles Lloyd Barnhouse

Charles Lloyd Barnhouse

Charles Lloyd Barnhouse was a 19th-century American music publisher. Barnhouse started a music publishing firm in 1886 that exists today as the C. L...

. It has been headquartered in Oskaloosa

Oskaloosa, Iowa

Oskaloosa is the county seat of Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. The population was 11,463 in the 2010 census, an increase from 10,938 in the 2000 census. -History:...

, Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

 since 1891.

Known today as a major publisher of educational instrumental (band) works, the C. L. Barnhouse catalog includes many historical publications of the classic concert band

Concert band

A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...

 era by composers C. L. Barnhouse

Charles Lloyd Barnhouse

Charles Lloyd Barnhouse was a 19th-century American music publisher. Barnhouse started a music publishing firm in 1886 that exists today as the C. L...

, Russell Alexander

Russell Alexander

Russell Alexander was an entertainer and composer, active primarily with vaudeville shows and musical comedy organizations. He was a euphonium virtuoso who joined the circus band of Belford's Carnival at the age of 18...

, Karl L. King, Fred Jewell

Fred Jewell

Frederick Alton Jewell, born 1875 in Worthington, Indiana, was a prolific musical composer who wrote over 100 marches and screamers, including:*Battle Royal *Floto's Triumph *Quality Plus *E Pluribus Unum *Supreme Triumph...

, and J. J. Richards. There are some Jazz Ensemble composers, most notably Paul Clark, Lenny Stack, Larry Neeck, Howard Rowe, Rob Vuono Jr., and Larry Barton. Its popular current composers include James Swearingen

James Swearingen

James Swearingen is an American composer and arranger. He holds a Masters Degree from Ohio State University and a Bachelors Degree from Bowling Green State University and is currently Professor of Music, Department Chair of Music Education at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio.The music he writes...

, David Shaffer, Ed Huckeby

Ed Huckeby

Dr. Ed Huckeby, is an American composer, musician, conductor, and educator.- Biography :Huckeby's career in music began in 1968, which marked the start of his eight years teaching music to students in public schools throughout Oklahoma...

, Rob Romeyn and Steven Reineke

Steven Reineke

Steven Reineke is a conductor, composer, and arranger from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the Music Director of The New York Pops. He currently resides in New York City.-Biography:...

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The company is managed by CEO Andy Clark and COO Andrew Glover.