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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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Harmony's Never Too Late SSAA - Stephen Flaherty
Titel / Title: Harmony's Never Too Late SSAA ISBN: EAN13: UPC: 38081567907 Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Produkttyp / Product: Upper voices Komponist / Composer: Ahrens & Flaherty; arr, Hayes;
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Harmony's Never Too Late TTBB - Stephen Flaherty
Titel / Title: Harmony's Never Too Late TTBB ISBN: EAN13: UPC: 38081567914 Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Produkttyp / Product: Lower voices Komponist / Composer: Ahrens & Flaherty; arr, Hayes;
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Harp School Cass Vol 1
Titel / Title: Harp School Cass Vol 1 ISBN: 874872855 EAN13: 9780874872859 UPC: 29156149616 Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Produkttyp / Product: Default setting Komponist / Composer:
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Harp School Cassette V0L 2
Titel / Title: Harp School Cassette V0L 2 ISBN: 874872863 EAN13: 9780874872866 UPC: 654979003144 Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Produkttyp / Product: Default setting Komponist / Composer:
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Harrison's Dream (concert band) - Graham; Peter
Titel / Title: Harrison's Dream (concert band) ISBN: 757910238 EAN13: 9780757910234 UPC: 654979050858 Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Produkttyp / Product: Symphonic wind band Komponist / Composer: Graham; Peter
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Harry Chapin Guitar Anthology (GTAB) - Chapin; Harry
Titel / Title: Harry Chapin Guitar Anthology (GTAB) ISBN: 769291155 EAN13: 9780769291154 UPC: 654979003328 Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Produkttyp / Product: GTAB Personality Folio Komponist / Composer: Chapin; Harry
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Posaune
This instrumental series contains selected themes from the box office sensation Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Playable by any combination of instruments large ensembles, small ensembles, or solos -- the arrangements capture the wonderful sounds from the movie. Fingering charts are included. Titles are: Hedwig's Theme * Diagon Alley * Hogwarts Forever * Nim ...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - John Williams / Arr. Victor López

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone John Williams / Arr. Victor López

Selected Themes from the Motion Picture (Solo, Duet, Trio) Alto Saxophone Book ISBN 10: 0-7579-9228-5 ISBN 13: 978-0-7579-9228-5 This instrumental series contains selected themes from the box office sensation Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Playable by any combination of instruments -- large ensembles, small ensembles, or solos -- the arrangements capture the won ...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - John Williams / Arr. Victor López

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone John Williams / Arr. Victor López

Inhalt: HEDWIG'S THEME; DIAGON ALLEY; HOGWARTS FOREVER; NIMBUS 2000; THE GHOST TRIO (CAST A CHRISTMAS SPELL); HARRY'S WONDROUS WORLD
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - Victor López
This instrumental series contains selected themes from the box office sensation Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Playable by any combination of instruments large ensembles, small ensembles, or solos -- the arrangements capture the wonderful sounds from the movie. Fingering charts are included. Titles are: Hedwig's Theme * Diagon Alley * Hogwarts Forever * Nim ...
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Harry Potter Deathly Hallows 1 (c/b) - Alexandre Desplat / Arr. Michael Story

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows 1 (c/b) Alexandre Desplat / Arr. Michael Story

Titel / Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Concert Band Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Sprache / Language: English UPC: 38081414461 YOUNG BAND [EN] This arrangement contains seven of the most memorable tunes and brings all the excitement of t ...
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Harry Potter Instrumental Solos - Trombone
This book is part of Alfred's Harry Potter Instrumental Solos series arranged for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Horn in F, Trombone, and optional Piano Accompaniment. All wind instrument arrangements are fully compatible and can be successfully performed as ensembles or solos by students who have completed the first book of any standard band method. A fully orc ...
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Harry Potter Instrumental Solos CL - Diverse
Titel / Title: Harry Potter Instrumental Solos - from the complete Film Series Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Klarinette Produkttyp / Product: Buch + CD Produkttyp / Product: Buch + CD ISBN: 9780739088296 UPC: 38081437743 This book is part of Alfred's Harry Potter Instrumental Solos series arranged for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, ...
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Harry Potter Instrumental Solos HN - Diverse
Titel / Title: Harry Potter Instrumental Solos - from the complete Film Series Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Horn Produkttyp / Product: Buch + CD Produkttyp / Product: Buch + CD ISBN: 9780739088333 00 This book is part of Alfred's Harry Potter Instrumental Solos series arranged for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Horn in F, T ...
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Harry Potter Instrumental Solos TPT - Diverse
Titel / Title: Harry Potter Instrumental Solos - from the complete Film Series Herausgeber / Publisher: Alfred Music Publications Instrumentation: Trompete Produkttyp / Product: Buch + CD Produkttyp / Product: Buch + CD ISBN: 9780739088326 UPC: 38081437774 This book is part of Alfred's Harry Potter Instrumental Solos series arranged for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Tr ...
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Harry Potter Order of Phoenix (cb) - Nicholas Hooper / Arr. Douglas E. Wagner

Harry Potter Order of Phoenix (cb) Nicholas Hooper / Arr. Douglas E. Wagner

[EN]The adventures at Hogwarts continue with the fifth movie in the Harry Potter series with the most dynamic tunes from Nicholas Hooper’s brilliant film score. Masterfully arranged in this musical montage, they capture all of the drama and gamut of emotion portrayed in the action-packed film. Beginning with the familiar “Hedwig’s Theme,” heard in previous scores, the medley al ...
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