Stainer & Bell Explained

Founded:	1907
Founder:	Sydney Bransgrove, Albert Lucas Fransella, Richard Henry Walthew, George Francis Geaussant, Isabel Gertrude Geaussant, and George Riley
Headquarters:	Victoria House 23 Gruneisen Road Finchley London
Keypeople:	Joint managing directors: Carol and Keith Wakefield^[1]
Publications:	Sheet music

Stainer & Bell Limited is a British music publisher, specialized in classical sheet music.

History

Stainer & Bell was founded in 1907. In 1917, Stainer & Bell was appointed publisher of the Carnegie Edition. Stainer & Bell acquired Augener & Co. (which had previously acquired music publisher Joseph Williams, founded 1840) and Galliard.^[2]

In 1991, the company moved to Victoria House in Finchley Central.^[3]

Catalogue

Stainer & Bell publishes a broad selection of predominantly British Music, including the following composers:

• Contemporary composers: Bertie Baigent and Philip Moore^[4]
• 20th century composers: Charles Villiers Stanford, Gustav Holst, Janet Mary Salsbury,^[5] Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hope Squire,^[6] and Herbert Howells.
• Earlier composers: Henry VIII, William Byrd, and Henry Purcell.
• Percussion composers: David Hext, Jack Richards, Brian Stones, Tony Stockley, Andrew McBirnie.

See also

• Robert Cocks & Co.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stainer & Bell Ltd - Music Publishers Association (MPA) Online . 2012-01-12 . 2011-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110627202653/http://mpaonline.org.uk/Printed_Music/dist/Stainer_Bell_Ltd.html . dead .
2. Web site: About. 2021-03-30. Stainer & Bell. en-GB.
3. Web site: About. Stainer.co.uk.
4. Web site: Composers. Stainer.co.uk. 3 September 2020.
5. Book: Hull, Arthur Eaglefield . A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians . 1924 . J. M. Dent & sons, Limited . en.
6. Web site: Squire . Hope . [WorldCat.org] ]. 2022-05-21 . www.worldcat.org . en.