Boosey & Hawkes — The Home of 20th-Century Classical

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Boosey & Hawkes.

The home of 20th-century classical. The catalogue holds Stravinsky, Britten, Copland, Bartók, Reich, Adams and Glass — the composers who defined the modern classical idiom. Founded in London in 1816 (Boosey) and 1865 (Hawkes), merged 1930.

Founded
1816
City
London, UK
Era
20th century
Catalogue
18 departments
The Boosey & Hawkes Catalogue

Boosey & Hawkes is the catalogue home of the 20th-century classical canon. Stravinsky signed in 1947 and never left. Britten's entire catalogue — operas, orchestral, choral, song — published exclusively under their imprint since the 1940s. Copland, Bartók, Reich, Adams and Glass continue the tradition.

Below: the Boosey & Hawkes departmental catalogue. Composer-first for the major estates (Stravinsky, Britten, Copland, Bartók, Reich), format for orchestra, opera and chamber, plus the Boosey & Hawkes Wind Band catalogue and the educational and exam-board materials.

Catalogue · 18 Departments

The Boosey & Hawkes shelf.

I

Igor Stravinsky
B

Benjamin Britten
A

Aaron Copland
B

Béla Bartók
S

Steve Reich
J

John Adams
P

Philip Glass
R

Rachmaninoff
E

Edward Elgar
O

Opera & Stage
O

Orchestra
C

Chamber Music
C

Choral Music
V

Voice & Song
S

Solo Piano
W

Wind Band
S

Study Scores
E

Educational & Exam
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