King of Prussia, PA – Theodore Presser Company announces the acquisition of Columbia Music Company, Inc., effective April 30, 2017, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary with worldwide distribution.
Columbia Music Company, Inc. was founded in Washington, DC in the 1920s by guitarist and arranger Sophocles Papas. Publishing editions by Andrés Segovia, as well as works by Charlie Byrd, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, and a range of other musicians, the Columbia Music Company has been committed to supplying fine sheet music for the classical guitarist.
Theodore Presser Company has been the sole distributor for Columbia Music Company, Inc. for more than 50 years and is honored to take up the mantle of this fine catalog for the classical guitarist.
Offering music by today�s greatest composers and teachers, Theodore Presser Company is the oldest continuing music publisher in the United States, dedicated to carrying out the aims and goals its founder established more than a century ago: service, with integrity, to music and musicians, commitment to quality, and a vision for the future. Theodore Presser Company is a full-range music publisher that also distributes the works of more than 70 American and foreign publishers, with a combined sales catalog that features over 60,000 titles.
For more information about Columbia Music Company and Theodore Presser Company, please contact Elizabeth Holub at (212) 777-0900, ext. 230 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
