Wise Music takes over Edition Peters
The Wise Music Group is acquiring a majority stake in the Edition Peters Group, one of the oldest music publishers in the world. The traditional Leipzig-based publishing house is to retain its identity under the new owners.
Wise Music Group has acquired the shares from the Hinrichsen Foundation and will become the owner of Edition Peters Group in partnership with Christian Hinrichsen, whose family connection with the company began in 1863. Wise includes Chester Music, G. Schirmer, Associated Music Publishers, Novello & Co, Éditions Alphonse Leduc, Première Music, Le Chant du Monde, Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Unión Musical Ediciones and Bosworth Music GmbH.
In the 19th century, Edition Peters was best known for its association with composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Grieg. In the 20th century, the catalog included Gustav Mahler, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Morton Feldman, George Crumb and John Cage.
Today, the catalog presents contemporary composers such as Mark Andre, Sally Beamish, Daníel Bjarnason, Gloria Coates, James Dillon, Jonathan Dove, Sebastian Fagerlund, Brian Ferneyhough, Bernd Franke, Ash Fure, Bernhard Gander, Emily Howard, Clara Iannotta, George Lewis, Elena Mendoza, Shawn Okpebholo, Roxanna Panufnik, Roger Reynolds, Rebecca Saunders, Tyshawn Sorey, Erkki-Sven Tüür and Errollyn Wallen.
