Edwin F. Kalmus
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Edwin F. Kalmus was an American
music publisher. In 1926, he founded his eponymous publishing house in New York
which quickly became one of the largest self-contained publishing houses in the United States
. Although several contemporary American works were issued in the 1930s, Kalmus' enterprise increasingly concentrated in publishing classical works which had entered the public domain
in the USA, making them widely available in inexpensive reprint editions. After moving the firm to Miami in 1971, Kalmus sold the study score, vocal, piano and chamber music titles to Belwin-Mills (1976), though the original company remained independent and continues to publish orchestra, band, and chamber music from its new headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida
. Divisions and imprints of the Boca Raton firm include The Well-Tempered Press, Masters Music Publications, and Klavier Records. In January, 2008, the Cleveland, Ohio music publisher Ludwig Music Publications was purchased and Masters Music division was re-named LudwigMasters Publications.
The Belwin-Mills controlled portion, subsequently taken over by Columbia Pictures Publications, Warner Brothers Publications and ultimately Alfred, continues to publish music with the Kalmus name under the Kalmus Classic Series imprint, the vast majority consisting of inexpensive reprints of old editions now in the public domain
.
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music publisher. In 1926, he founded his eponymous publishing house in New York
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which quickly became one of the largest self-contained publishing houses in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Although several contemporary American works were issued in the 1930s, Kalmus' enterprise increasingly concentrated in publishing classical works which had entered the public domain
Public domain
Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
in the USA, making them widely available in inexpensive reprint editions. After moving the firm to Miami in 1971, Kalmus sold the study score, vocal, piano and chamber music titles to Belwin-Mills (1976), though the original company remained independent and continues to publish orchestra, band, and chamber music from its new headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida
Florida
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. Divisions and imprints of the Boca Raton firm include The Well-Tempered Press, Masters Music Publications, and Klavier Records. In January, 2008, the Cleveland, Ohio music publisher Ludwig Music Publications was purchased and Masters Music division was re-named LudwigMasters Publications.
The Belwin-Mills controlled portion, subsequently taken over by Columbia Pictures Publications, Warner Brothers Publications and ultimately Alfred, continues to publish music with the Kalmus name under the Kalmus Classic Series imprint, the vast majority consisting of inexpensive reprints of old editions now in the public domain
Public domain
Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
.
External links
- Edwin F. Kalmus, LC, website of the independent company specializing in classical orchestra music.
- LudwigMasters Publications, website of the Ludwig Masters division
- Klavier Music Productions website of the Klavier division
- Kalmus.com is an unaffiliated retail (Thompson Editions) distributor of both the Edwin F. Kalmus orchestral materials and the (Belwin-Mills/Alfred) Kalmus Classic Series publications