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| Founded | 1965 |
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| Founder | Benjamin Britten andDonald Mitchell |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Publication types | Sheet music |
| Official website | www |
Faber Music is a Britishsheet musicpublisher best known forcontemporary classical music. It also publishes music tutor books, and in 2005 acquired popular music publisherInternational Music Publications.
Faber Music has close relations with the book publisherFaber and Faber. Faber's subsidiary Rights Worldwide Ltd offers copyright administration services to composers and Tv and film production companies.[1][2]
Faber Music Ltd was founded in 1965 as a sister company toFaber and Faber. Its foundation was led by the composerBenjamin 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 was 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.
Faber Music counts among its publications works by noted British composers such asRalph Vaughan Williams,Malcolm Arnold,Gustav Holst,Benjamin Britten,Colin Matthews andDavid Matthews,Julian Anderson,Nicholas Maw,Tansy Davies,George Benjamin,Thomas Adès,Oliver Knussen,John Woolrich andJonathan Harvey.[4]
Among its publications are works by international composers are those ofFrancisco Coll,Anders Hillborg,Peter Sculthorpe,Carl Vine,Matthew Hindson andDanny Elfman.[1]
Faber also published music scores for stage, film and television, includingAndrew Lloyd Webber’sCats, the concert works ofPaul McCartney,Anna Meredith,Howard Goodall (Vicar of Dibley,Mr. Bean),Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood) andCarl Davis (Pride and Prejudice,Cranford, andHollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film).[1]
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