Smart Music Group acquires Austria-based classical music writer Doblinger Musikverlag
It’s been a busy week for Smart Music Group.
On Thursday (January 9) we reported that the corporate had bought its Digital Schooling division to a New York-based personal fairness firm known as Obtain Companions.
In keeping with yesterday’s announcement, the transfer marked a “pivotal second” for Smart Music Group “because it completes its transition into an organization solely centered on music publishing”.
Smart is now doubling down on that renewed focus with a brand new acquisition.
Smart is shopping for Doblinger Musikverlag, an Austria-based classical music writer. The acquisition of Doblinger Musikverlag contains what Smart says is Doblinger’s “in depth catalog” of classical repertoire.
Smart Music plans to take care of Doblinger’s operations in Vienna, which the corporate says will guarantee “continuity for its composers and prospects while increasing worldwide alternatives”.
The deal arrives slightly below two years after the corporate acquired a controlling curiosity in Version Peters Group, claimed to be “one of many world’s oldest” music publishing homes.
Smart Music Group’s publishing homes and imprints additionally embody Chester Music, G. Schirmer, Related Music Publishers, Novello & Co, Éditions Alphonse Leduc, Première Music, Le Chant du Monde, Version Wilhelm Hansen, Unión Musical Ediciones, Bosworth Music GmbH, and Campbell Connelly.
Smart Music Group says that it owns or controls over half one million copyrights – together with what it claims to be “the world’s largest unbiased holding of historic and modern classical music”. It additionally owns copyrights for fashionable songs spanning “evergreen, jazz, reggae, blues, pop, and rock”.
“This acquisition reaffirms our dedication to nurturing and selling the most effective of classical and fashionable music on a worldwide scale.”
Chris Butler, Smart Music Group
“We’re thrilled to welcome Doblinger to the Smart Music household,” mentioned Chris Butler, Director of International Rights Improvement at Smart Music Group on the acquisition.
“Doblinger has been a cornerstone of Austrian music publishing for almost 150 years, with an excellent catalog that features works by seminal composers together with Walter Kaufmann, Gottfried von Einem, Friedrich Cerha, Egon Wellesz and Joseph Beer, and vibrant modern voices together with Rainer Bischof, Wolfram Wagner, Roland Batik, José Cura, Christoph Ehrenfellner, Johanna Doderer, Tomasz Skweres and Tanja Elisa Glinsner.
“This acquisition reaffirms our dedication to nurturing and selling the most effective of classical and fashionable music on a worldwide scale. We’re additionally delighted that Peter Pany will stay as a marketing consultant in Vienna as we start a brand new journey collectively.”
“Becoming a member of forces with Smart Music Group marks an thrilling new chapter for Doblinger Music Publishers.”
Peter Pany, Doblinger
Peter Pany, Managing Director of Doblinger, added: “Becoming a member of forces with Smart Music Group marks an thrilling new chapter for Doblinger Music Publishers.
Their international attain, deep experience, and keenness for classical music align completely with our values. We sit up for working collectively to make sure our composers’ music reaches new audiences and continues to encourage generations to return.”
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