It bought over the business of Henry Distin in 1868, allowing it to begin making brass instruments. Pratten (1846вЂ“1936) to develop new designs for flutes. Д«oosey & Company diversified into manufacturing woodwind instruments in 1851, collaborating in 1856 with flautist R. Jeffreys (1854) which deprived English publishers of many of their foreign copyrights.

The company was seriously affected by the House of Lords' decision in Boosey v. It also produced books among its first publications was an English translation of Johann Nikolaus Forkel's book Life of J. Elgar and Vaughan Williams were among its later signings. It initially imported foreign music but soon began publishing in England the works of composers such as Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Saverio Mercadante, Ferdinand Ries and Gioachino Rossini, and subsequently important operas by Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. and, in the latter part of the 19th century, Boosey & Company. Thomas Boosey's son, also named Thomas (1794/1795вЂ“1871), set up a separate musical branch of the company known as T. With subsidiaries in Berlin and New York, it also sells sheet music via its online shop.ДЄ drawing of a euphonium manufactured by Boosey & Co. It also publishes many prominent contemporary composers, including John Adams, Karl Jenkins, James MacMillan, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Steve Reich. Until 2003, it was also a major manufacturer of brass, string and woodwind musical instruments.ДЇormed in 1930 through the merger of two well-established British music businesses, it controls the copyrights to much major 20th-century music, including works by Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Sergei Prokofiev, and Igor Stravinsky. For the locality in Australia, see Boosey, Victoria.Д«oosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world.

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