Who are the significant players in Classical Music Publishing today?

''Biggest'' and ''best'' do not necessarily go hand in hand...:-)

''Major'' classical music publishers include (off the top of my head - so in no particular order):

- Bärenreiter (high-quality, Urtext editions)

- Breitkopf & Härtel (world's oldest music publishing house, catalog contains over 8,000 works)

- G. Henle Verlag (Urtext editions, highly-respected editor)

- C. F. Peters (over 12,000 works, ''default'' editor for a lot of professionals)

- Boosey & Hawkes (one of the largest specialist classical music publishers in the world)

- International Music Co. (reliable scores edited by prominent performing artists)

- Theodore Presser (the oldest continuing music publisher in the United States; beautiful score layout)

- Schott Musik International (the second oldest music publishing house in the world; most reliable scores)

- Ricordi (one of the important sources in the world through its publishing of Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, and Puccini - Wiki)

''Specialized'' publishers include:

- Durand (French music)

- Salabert (French music)

- Paderewski (Chopin works)

''Affordable'' publishers include:

- Dover (reprints of scores of public domain works, notably Breitkopf & Härtel, C.F. Peters)

- Kalmus (reprints of classical works that are in the public domain in the USA)

- Schirmer (extremely popular publishing house with amateurs, *heavily* edited by some of the great artists of the 19th century)

Best,

Raymond

Salabert Music Publisher

These would include:

Bärenreiter

Boosey & Hawkes

Breitkopf & Härtel

Chester Music (under the 'Music Sales' umbrella)

Faber Music

Novello

Peters

Ricordi

Schirmer

Schott