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Alfred Publishing

Alfred Publishing publisher

Das amerikanische Mutterhaus:


Alfred Music’s history began in New York City’s Tin Pan Alley in 1922, when Sam Manus, a violinist and importer of mood music for silent films, started a music publishing company and named it Manus Music. The company published primarily popular sheet music. In 1930, Sam acquired the music publisher, Alfred & Company, founded by Alfred Haase. Sam decided to combine the names and shortened it to Alfred Music, which the company is still known as today. Sam’s son, Morty began working for Alfred Music in the late 1940s and met his wife Iris at the company when the bookkeeper, Rose Kopelman, brought her daughter to work one day.


Morty reinvented Alfred Music in the 1950s. Inspired by the need for quality music education products, Morty, a clarinetist and pianist, oversaw the development of an instructional series for accordion, followed by books for guitar, piano, and recorder. Alfred Music was now more than just a sheet music publisher; the company was taking its first steps to becoming the leader in music education.


Alfred Music grew significantly over the next two decades and eventually exceeded the capacity of its New York headquarters. In 1975, the main office was relocated to Los Angeles, and the distribution center was moved to upstate New York. Sharing their father’s vision, Morty’s sons, Ron and Steve joined the company; Ron in 1988 and Steve in 1992. While continuing to develop the world’s leading instructional methods and performance music, they also expanded Alfred Music internationally, establishing offices in Australia, Germany, Singapore, and the UK. In 2005, Alfred Music purchased Warner Bros. Publications, acquiring the rights to the EMI Catalogue Partnership and beginning a long-term relationship with Warner/Chappell Music. Through this deal, Alfred Music gained the print publishing rights of legendary publishers such as M. Witmark & Sons, Remick Music Corp., and T.B. Harms, Inc. Among the vast EMI holdings are the Robbins and Leo Feist catalogs, plus film music from United Artists, MGM, and 20th Century Fox including The Wizard of Oz, Singin’ in the Rain, Doctor Zhivago, and many others.


Alfred Music currently has over 150,000 active titles and represents a wide range of well-known publications—from methods like Alfred’s Basic Guitar, Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, Premier Piano Course, Sound Innovations, and Suzuki, to artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bruno Mars, Cole Porter, Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Jimmy Buffett, George and Ira Gershwin, John Lennon, Katy Perry, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, to brands like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, Rolling Stone magazine, and Billboard.


Alfred Music is now also paired with MakeMusic, which is part of Peaksware Holdings, LLC portfolio of companies, to transform how music is composed, published, taught, learned, and performed by bringing together the leaders in educational music publishing and music technology.




Die deutsche Niederlassung:

Anfänge und Entwicklung des deutschen Verlagsprogramms


Die Alfred Music Publishing GmbH wurde am 01. September 1997 in Neustadt/Wied nahe Köln gegründet – zunächst mit der Aufgabe, die Alfred US-Produkte in die Märkte des deutschsprachigen Vertriebsgebiets einzuführen und dort zu vertreiben.
Mit der Übernahme des populären KDM-Katalogs im Oktober 2000 und dem Eintritt von Thomas Petzold im Januar 2001 als Cheflektor und späterer Verlagsleiter wird der Fokus auf den Aufbau eines eigenständigen Verlagsprogramms in deutscher Sprache gerichtet.


Heute umfasst der Alfred-Produktkatalog mehr als 250 deutschsprachige Verlagstitel, die zum Teil auch für den internationalen Markt ins Englische übersetzt worden sind.
Zu den Topsellern zählen die Verlagsreihen „Garantiert lernen“, „Kräsch! Bum! Bäng!“, „Pop Piano School“ und „Kino Hits“ ebenso wie die deutschen Übersetzungsausgaben der mehrbändigen Lehrbücher Aaron Klavierschule, Alfreds Klavierschule für Erwachsene, Alfreds Klavierschule für Kinder und Lang Lang Klavierschule.
Aber auch im Schlagzeugbereich hat Alfred Music weitere Highlights mit den Veröffentlichungen von Anika Nilles, Jost Nickel, Claus Hessler u.v.a. gesetzt, die zu den angesagtesten Protagonisten der deutschen Drummerszene gehören.

Umzug nach Köln, Übernahme des Warner Katalogs und neue Auslieferung


Im Mai 2005 wurde der Verlagssitz nach Köln verlegt, die Verlagsauslieferung an einen externen Dienstleister ausgegliedert, um im Zuge der Übernahme des Warner-Print-Katalogs im gleichen Jahr durch das Alfred-Headquarter in den USA, ein europäisches Zentrallager einrichten zu können.

Im Jahr 2010 erfolgte der Umzug innerhalb Kölns an den derzeitigen Standort in Köln/Rath. Neben dem Verlagsarchiv sind hier die Büroräume für die MitarbeiterInnen aus Verwaltung, Vertrieb, Marketing, Produktion und die Verlagsleitung untergebracht, die Thomas Petzold 2017 an die langjährige Buchhaltungsleiterin Patricia Schwan übergeben hat.

Aktuelles


Der Zufall will es, dass das Jahr 2022 für Alfred Music in Deutschland und weltweit ein Jahr des Feierns ist. Alfred Music begeht nicht nur sein 100-jähriges Jubiläum in den USA, sondern auch das 25-jährige Bestehen der deutschen Niederlassung.

Darüber hinaus verabschiedeten wir zum 1. Juli 2022 unseren Editor-in-Chief Thomas Petzold nach 21 Jahren in den wohlverdienten Ruhestand.
Seine Verdienste um den Auf- und Ausbau des deutschen Verlagsprogramms sind bereits ausführlich beschrieben. Aber auch seine Impulse zur darüberhinausgehenden Auswertung der Verlagsrechte haben Alfred Deutschland entscheidend vorangebracht.
Auch wenn er uns im Alltagsgeschäft nicht mehr täglich zur Verfügung stehen wird, wird er sich noch nicht ganz und gar zur Ruhe setzen, sondern uns in den Bereichen Rechte und Lizenzen sowie Nachdruckbetreuung weiterhin mit Rat und Tat zur Seite stehen.
Seine Nachfolge im Bereich Lektorat und Produktion übernimmt Matthias Bielecke, der bereits seit 2019 erfolgreich den Bereich Marketing betreut hat.

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YPF/FLUTE - John O'Reilly

YPF/FLUTE John O'Reilly

Titel / Title: Yamaha Performance Folio - Band Supplement Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Einzelstimme Produkttyp / Product: Einzelstimme Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1994 ISBN: 9780739001257 UPC: 38081114446 Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting col ...
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Yamaha Performance Folio - Percussion - John O'Reilly
Composed or arranged by Frank Erickson, John Kinyon and John O'Reilly, this exciting collection includes 14 never-before-published selections correlated to specific pages in the Yamaha Band Student, Book 1. Presented in a variety of styles, these full band pieces will captivate students and audiences alike and will continue to motivate young bands year after year! Here We Go ...
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Anthology of Musical Forms - Leon Stein
Titel / Title: Anthology of Musical Forms Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Produkttyp / Product: Buch Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1994 ISBN: 9780874870442 UPC: 29156129847Structure and Style, first published in 1962 and expanded in 1979, fills the need for new ways of analysis that put 20th-century music in perspective. It spans forms in use b ...
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Movie Quartets For All/Alt Sax - Diverse / Arr. Michael Story

Movie Quartets For All/Alt Sax Diverse / Arr. Michael Story

Titel / Title: Movie Quartets for All - Playable on any four instruments or any number of instruments in ensemble Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Altsaxophon Produkttyp / Product: Buch Produkttyp / Product: Buch Sprache / Language: English ISBN: 9780739063293 UPC: 38081373379 [EN]Playable on Any Four Instruments or Any Number of Instruments ...
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Movie Quartets For All/Ten Sax - Diverse / Arr. Michael Story

Movie Quartets For All/Ten Sax Diverse / Arr. Michael Story

Titel / Title: Movie Quartets for All - Tenor Sax Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Saxophone Produkttyp / Product: Buch Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2010 ISBN: 9780739063309 [EN]Playable on Any Four Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble Movie Quartets for All is a versatile, educational, and fun series intended for ...
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Movie Quartets For All/Tb/Bssn/Tuba - Diverse / Arr. Michael Story

Movie Quartets For All/Tb/Bssn/Tuba Diverse / Arr. Michael Story

Titel / Title: Movie Quartets for All - Playable on any four instruments or any number of instruments in ensemble Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Trombone / Baritone / Euphonium / Bassoon Produkttyp / Product: Buch Produkttyp / Product: Buch Sprache / Language: English ISBN: 9780739063330 UPC: 38081373416 [EN]Playable on Any Four Instruments ...
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Movie Quartets For All/Hrn - Diverse / Arr. Michael Story

Movie Quartets For All/Hrn Diverse / Arr. Michael Story

Titel / Title: Movie Quartets for All - Horn in F Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Horn Produkttyp / Product: Buch Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2010 ISBN: 9780739063323 [EN]Playable on Any Four Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble Movie Quartets for All is a versatile, educational, and fun series intended for like ...
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Christmas Canon; A (concert band) - Traditional / Arr. Michael Green

Christmas Canon; A (concert band) Traditional / Arr. Michael Green

Titel / Title: A Christmas Canon (Pachelbel Canon-The First Noel) Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen UPC: 38081000954 Young SymphonicIn this peaceful arrangement for the maturing young band, Pachelbel's highly popular canon provides a perfect introduction and backdrop against which the carol ...
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Indiana Jones Crystal Skull (c/band) - John Williams / Arr. Michael Story

Indiana Jones Crystal Skull (c/band) John Williams / Arr. Michael Story

Titel / Title: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen UPC: 38081335902 Young BandScored especially for your young band, Michael Story features The Spell of the Skull, Raiders March, Call of the Crystal and Journey to Akator in this thrilling med ...
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Composer: John Williams
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Pop Quartets For All Violin (Rev) - Michael Story / Arr. Michael Story

Pop Quartets For All Violin (Rev) Michael Story / Arr. Michael Story

Titel / Title: Pop Quartets For All - Playable on any four instruments or any number of instruments in ensemble Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Violine Produkttyp / Product: Buch Sprache / Language: English ISBN: 9780739054581 Gonna Fly Now (Theme from 'Rocky') Bill Conti (composer); Ayn Robbins (composer); Carol Connors (composer) The I ...
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Sleepers Wake (full or string orchestra) - Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. Jerry Brubaker

Sleepers Wake (full or string orchestra) Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. Jerry Brubaker

Titel / Title: Sleepers Wake / Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (More of the Best of Bach) - arranged by Jerry Brubaker Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Orchestra Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2004 UPC: 654979081401 full orchestra / Belwin Intermediate Full/String Orchestra / Full Orchestra wi ...
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Perfect Storm; The (concert band) - James Horner / Arr. Ralph Ford

Perfect Storm; The (concert band) James Horner / Arr. Ralph Ford

Titel / Title: The Perfect Storm - from the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + StimmenFrom the smash box office hit, this arrangement of James Horner's Coming Home from the Sea combined with the regal Navy Hymn from the final scene of the movie is certain to be an awe-ins ...
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The Randy Newman Guitar Songbook - Randy Newman
Songbook vocal/guitar/tab Baltimore|Birmingham|Burn on|Feels like home|Guilty|I love L.A.|I love to see You smile|I miss You|I think it's going to rain today|Living without You|Lonely at the Top|Louisiana 1927|Mama told me not to come|Marie|Political Science|Rednecks|Sail away|Short People|You can leave your Hat on|You've got a Friend in me
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Second Book of Practical Studies für Waldhorn - Robert W. Getchell
Titel / Title: Practical Studies for French Horn, Book II Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Horn Produkttyp / Product: Buch Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1985 ISBN: 9780769228495 UPC: 29156171853 Horn JMLA SilberThe Second Book of Practical Studies is designed to logically extend the techniques already presented in the First ...
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Hamilton; Suite from (c/b) - Lin-Manuel Miranda / Arr. Jerry Brubaker

Hamilton; Suite from (c/b) Lin-Manuel Miranda / Arr. Jerry Brubaker

Titel / Title: Suite from Hamilton Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Alfred Pop Concert Band Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2017 UPC: 38081525808Hamilton is a musical about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-M ...
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Yamaha Band Ensembles I, tuba - Diverse / Arr. John O'Reilly & John Kinyon

Yamaha Band Ensembles I, tuba Diverse / Arr. John O'Reilly & John Kinyon

Titel / Title: Yamaha Band Ensembles, Book 1 Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Einzelstimme ISBN: 9780739001653 UPC: 38081026657Yamaha Band Ensembles provide interesting repertoire selections in an amazingly flexibly format that will meet the needs of your band year after year, regardless of how your group's i ...
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