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Hal Leonard acquires Shawnee Press
Rob Hughes Jun 23 2009, 10:01am
Choral and instrumental publisher bought from Music Sales
MMR magazine has reported that Hal Leonard Corporation has purchased Shawnee Press, one of the premier publishers of choral and instrumental music.
Shawnee Press is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and since 1989 had been operating as an independent subsidiary of Music Sales Corporation, the US publishing arm of the Music Sales Group.
News of the acquisition came from Hal Leonard chairman and CEO Keith Mardak, and Robert Wise, chairman and MD of the Music Sales Group.
Mardak commented: “The Shawnee name is synonymous with quality. The addition of these publications and their formidable stable of writers will serve as a perfect complement to our current choral operations.”
