Faber Music

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Faber Music
Founded1965
FounderBenjamin Britten and Donald Mitchell
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationLondon
Publication typesSheet music
Official websitewww.fabermusic.com

Faber Music is a British

publisher best known for contemporary classical music. It also publishes music tutor books, and in 2005 acquired popular music publisher International Music Publications
.

Faber Music has close relations to the book publisher

Faber and Faber. Faber's subsidiary Rights Worldwide Ltd offers copyright administration services to composers and Tv and film production companies.[1][2]

History

Faber Music Ltd was founded in 1965 as a sister company to

Faber and Faber. Its foundation was led by the composer Benjamin Britten who needed a quality publisher to promote and distribute his compositions. The Times newspaper praised the newly founded company as "the new champion of quality in music publishing".[1]

Faber Music incorporated as a limited company in 1992, changed its name to International Music Publications Limited in 1992 and became Faber Music Ltd in 2011.[3] It is wholly owned by Geoffrey Faber Holdings Ltd.

Catalogue

Faber Music counts among its publications works by noted British composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Gustav Holst, Benjamin Britten, Colin Matthews and David Matthews, Julian Anderson, Nicholas Maw, Tansy Davies, George Benjamin, Thomas Adès, Oliver Knussen, John Woolrich and Jonathan Harvey.[4]

Among its publications of works by international composers are those of

Francisco Coll, Anders Hillborg, Peter Sculthorpe, Carl Vine, Matthew Hindson and Danny Elfman.[1]

Faber also published music scores for stage, film and television, including

Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Company Info". Fabermusic.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Faber Music news".
  3. ^ "FABER MUSIC LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership
    required)

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