Wise Music Group

Wise Music Group is a global music publisher, with headquarters in Berners Street, London. In February 2020, Wise Music Group changed its name from The Music Sales Group.

In 2014 Wise Music Group (as The Music Sales Group) acquired French classical music publisher Éditions Alphonse Leduc. Éditions Alphonse Leduc publishes classical music by French composers including Jacques Ibert, Henri Dutilleux, Olivier Messiaen, Francis Poulenc, and Joseph Canteloube. It also publishes operatic works by Italian composers Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, and works by Muzio Clémenti, Johannes Brahms, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

In March 2017, The Music Sales Group acquired disco publisher Bleu Blanc Rouge from Belgian record producer and songwriter Jean Kluger. In April 2018, Music Sales sold its physical and online print divisions, including Musicroom, to Milwaukee-based publisher Hal Leonard for $50 million. Hal Leonard will continue to distribute Wise Music's publishing catalogue worldwide.

In April 2023, Wise Music Group acquired a controlling interest in Edition Peters Group, a publishing house founded in Leipzig in 1800. Shortly after, Faber Music announced an agreement between Wise Music Group and them for the printed music business, making Faber Music the worldwide representative of the entire sales catalogue of Edition Peters.

Wise Music's catalogue of music includes classic hit singles such as "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell, "My Sharona" by The Knack, and "The Twist" by Chubby Checker, among others.

Novello & Co


Novello & Co is a London-based printed music publishing company specializing in classical music, particularly choral repertoire. It was founded in 1811 by Vincent Novello. August Jaeger of the firm was a friend of Edward Elgar. It joined the Wise Music Group in 1993.

Chester Music
Chester Music is a British publisher of printed music specializing in classical composition and educational music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

MusicFirst
MusicFirst is the Digital Education Division of Wise Music Group, specializing in educational music software.

Selected imprints

 * Acorn (pennywhistles)
 * Amsco Publications
 * Ariel Publications (classical guitar only)
 * E. J. Arnold & Son, Limited (recorder books)
 * Ashley Publications Inc.
 * Schuberth & Co., Inc.
 * Larrabee Publications
 * Lewis Music Publishing Co.
 * Heritage Publications, Inc.
 * Kammen Music Co.


 * Bosworth Music GmbH, Berlin
 * Campbell Connelly, founded by Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly
 * Carlanita Music Company LLC, founded after the death Carlos Chávez by his daughter, Ana Chávez Ortiz), G. Schirmer, selling agent
 * Chester Music Limited
 * Eaton Music
 * Embassy Music, founded by Tommy Dorsey
 * Edition Wilhelm Hansen
 * Le Chant du Monde
 * Nancy Music Company Inc., books of Chez "Bugs" Bower; né Maurice D. Bower; born 1922
 * Node Records
 * Noel Gay Music Company, founded by Noel Gay
 * Novello & Co., Ltd., London
 * Oak Publications, folk music and pennywhistles books
 * Omnibus Press
 * Passantino Manuscript Papers
 * Première Music Group
 * Éditions Alphonse Leduc
 * Éditions Choudens (fr)
 * Éditions Bleu Blanc Rouge, founded by Jean Kluger
 * Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques (fr), acquired in 2009 by Music Sales Group
 * Rhinegold Education, a division acquired from Rhinegold Publishing by Music Sales Group in 2010
 * G. Schirmer Inc. (subsidiary)
 * Associated Music Publishers
 * J. Curwen & Sons Limited London
 * Boston Music Company, founded in 1885 by Gustav Schirmer, Jr. (1864–1907)
 * Schirmer Trade Books


 * Shawnee Press, acquired by Music Sales Group. in 1989; sold, with Music Sales Group., in 2009 to Hal Leonard Corporation
 * Sparta Florida Music Group, founded by Hal Shaper
 * Storyville Records
 * UME (Unión Musical Ediciones S.L.), founded in Bilbao in 1900; acquired by Music Sales Group in 1990
 * Wise Publications
 * Yorktown Music Press