The publisher was run on a small budget and only had a single staff member. Composers frequently moved between the small music presses of the period.[1] Even with donations from patrons, the firm's financials grew dire by 1948 and the press resorted to passing publishing costs to a composer. With the conclusion that the press had printed too many works too fast, Dana stopped Music Press's publishing in April 1949. A West Coast distribution contract, while explored, did not save the company from revenue issues. Mercury Music acquired Music Press in December 1949.[3]
Referencesedit
^ abcdMassey, Drew Michael (2013). "Music Press and Valley Music Press". John Kirkpatrick, American Music, and the Printed Page. University Rochester Press. pp. 31–32. ISBN978-1-58046-404-8.
^ abPace, Eric (January 8, 1984). "Richard Dana, Ex-Publisher and Rockefeller U. Executive". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
music, press, small, music, publishing, firm, based, york, city, during, 1940s, history, editfounded, 1940, based, york, city, steinway, building, midtown, manhattan, richard, dana, descendant, henry, wadsworth, longfellow, richard, henry, dana, founded, music. Music Press was a small music publishing firm based in New York City during the 1940s History editFounded in 1940 Music Press was based in New York City s Steinway Building in Midtown Manhattan 1 Richard Dana a descendant of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Richard Henry Dana Jr founded the music publishing firm in 1940 with his cousin the music librarian Carleton Sprague Smith 2 1 The publisher was a conservative representation of the field and included a New York University composer and a Boston based music critic among its leadership Dana was an outsider to New York s music scene and worked to befriend the city s composers World War II interrupted the publisher s activities After the war Music Press began musical imprints based on individual performers such as John Kirkpatrick s selections for American Piano Music In 1948 the Music Library Association recognized five Music Press published works as among its top ten for the year including Ned Rorem s The Lordly Hudson 1 The firm was the first to publish Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein s operas Four Saints in Three Acts and The Mother of Us All 2 The publisher was run on a small budget and only had a single staff member Composers frequently moved between the small music presses of the period 1 Even with donations from patrons the firm s financials grew dire by 1948 and the press resorted to passing publishing costs to a composer With the conclusion that the press had printed too many works too fast Dana stopped Music Press s publishing in April 1949 A West Coast distribution contract while explored did not save the company from revenue issues Mercury Music acquired Music Press in December 1949 3 References edit a b c d Massey Drew Michael 2013 Music Press and Valley Music Press John Kirkpatrick American Music and the Printed Page University Rochester Press pp 31 32 ISBN 978 1 58046 404 8 a b Pace Eric January 8 1984 Richard Dana Ex Publisher and Rockefeller U Executive The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Massey 2013 p 33 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Music Press amp oldid 1156549574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,