We’ve just rebranded ourselves as Wise Music Group. This name-change, effective from Monday 3rd February 2020, is also reflected in our various international office titles.
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Music Sales Corp. Appoints Jeffrey Duncan as Executive Vice President in Charge of West Coast Operations
Music Sales Corp., part of a leading international music publishing group, announces the appointment of Jeffrey Duncan as Executive Vice President. Duncan will be in charge of managing all aspects of the company’s west coast operations. His duties commenced at the company’s Santa Monica office on January 1st 2019.
Jeffrey Duncan has had a long career in music publishing as a senior manager at BMG and then General Manager at Stage 3. In 2010 Duncan founded Musicology Inc., a boutique publishing company focused on valuing and brokering catalogs. He also provided high-end consulting to law firms, estates, and directly to artists (including Tom Waits and Prince), while working with clients like Jalma Music Inc., the Teena Marie Estate, NPG Music Publishing, and BMG Rights Management.
Of his new appointment Duncan says, “The richness and breadth of the Music Sales catalog of over 400,000 evergreen songs cannot be overstated as it ranges from classic pop songs such as ‘The Twist’ and ‘Runaround Sue’ to standards like ‘Angel Eyes’ and ‘April in Paris.’ It also includes classical works like Samuel Barber’s ‘Adagio for Strings.’ I look forward to representing this diverse and growing catalog as well as over one-hundred living composers and songwriters worldwide,” he adds.
Tomas Wise, Music Sales Corp. CEO, welcomes the new appointment saying, “We are delighted to have Jeffrey join our management team and look forward to benefiting from his wealth of experience in music publishing and rights acquisition to grow the business. I know he will provide strong leadership for our LA team.”
For all press inquiries, please contact Brielle Schiavone (brielle.schiavone@musicsales.com)
The Music Sales Group announces the sale of its printed music and retail divisions to Hal Leonard LLC
Global independent music publisher The Music Sales Group has today announced the sale of its physical and online printed music and Musicroom-branded retail businesses to Milwaukee-based worldwide music print publisher Hal Leonard LLC.
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The Music Sales Group acquires Bleu Blanc Rouge
London based Music Sales Group has completed the acquisition of Bleu Blanc Rouge (BBR) from legendary Belgian record producer and songwriter Jean Kluger.
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The Music Sales Group acquires Le Chant du Monde
On 22 November The Music Sales Group (MSG) completed the acquisition of Paris-based publishing house Le Chant du Monde from [PIAS].
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New Edition of ‘The Lyrics of Leonard Cohen’ to be Published by Omnibus Press
Omnibus Press is delighted to announce they will be publishing a fully revised new edition of The Lyrics of Leonard Cohen with contributions from author and musician Malka Marom. This new edition will feature previously unpublished interviews and unseen pictures of the much-loved Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist.
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2016 Holland Festival
The 2016 Holland Festival includes works by Poul Ruders, Terry Riley, Donnacha Dennehy, Bryce Dessner and Daniel Wohl taking place from June 4-26.
Central to the festival are the Holland Festival Proms, where Solar Trilogy by Poul Ruders is performed live for the first time in its entirety. The trilogy is formed of three works, Gong, Zenith and Corona. Read Full Article
Multiple award-winning Danish composer and musician Jacob Groth signs to Music Sales
The Music Sales Group is proud to announce the signing of Jacob Groth. The Danish composer is renowned for his soundtrack to ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ and his music for the recent major CBS drama series ‘Unforgettable’. Groth has agreed his publishing deal with Edition Wilhelm Hansen, the Copenhagen-based affiliate of the Music Sales Group of Companies.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen: Obsidian Tear, Morphed, Stravinsky & The Sync Project
Obsidian Tear, Wayne McGregor’s latest work for the Royal Ballet, choreographed to music by Esa-Pekka Salonen opens at the Royal Opera House, London, at the end of May.
In Obsidian Tear McGregor crafts the solitary despair of Salonen’s Lachen verlernt for solo violin Read Full Article