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Chas. H. Hansen Music Corp.
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Chas. H. Hansen Music Corp. was the original name of an American publisher and distributor of sheet music - classical (including opera, orchestra, band, choral, chamber, and solo), jazz, folk, rock, country, popular, educational - and music books. The firm, which was incorporated on December 11, 1952, by Charles Henry Hansen (1913-1995), was the outgrowth of an earlier proprietorship founded by Hansen in 1946 named the Charles Hansen Music Company. Hansen was the sole owner of both firms. On May 20, 1971, the firm changed its name to Charles Hansen Music & Books, Inc. The firm became inactive December 24, 1991. Selected composers of published works <div style"-moz-column-width:30em; column-width:30em; font-size:95%;"> Popular * Glen Campbell * Beatles * George Harrison * David Carr Glover * Bill Haley & His Comets * Roy Acuff * Joni Mitchell * Mtume * Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs * Mercer Ellington * Burt Bacharach & Hal David * Ivor Mairants * Liberace * * Isaac Hayes * William Cole * Carole King * The Beach Boys * Don Sebesky * Eugene McDaniels * Chicago * Dory Previn * Jerry Livingston, Marty Symes, Al J. Neiburg * Stephen Schwartz * Creedence Clearwater Revival * Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman * Harry Dexter * Hank Williams, Jr. * John LaBarbera * Carly Simon * Neil Diamond * Sérgio Mendes * Dave Brubeck * Pete Townshend, The Who * Sy Johnson * Buck Owens * Ray Dorset * David Gates * Liza Minnelli * Kris Kristofferson * Elton John * Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin Classical * Alfred Reed * Nino Rota * Larry Kusik * Herbert Couf * Paul V. Yoder * Gardner Read </div> Divisions & locations At one time, the corporation had offices in Chicago, St. Louis, Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, and New York, but none remained open as long as the headquarters in New York, located on the 6th floor of a building at 119 West 57th Street, New York City, two doors west of Steinway Hall and on the same block, across the street and east of Carnegie Hall. When the Hansen corporation began to grow, it needed more warehouse space, and later moved to the first floor of the same building. This was the main headquarters until 1958, when it moved to Miami Beach, Florida. The 57th Street building, still standing, is a 16-story structure designed by Emery Roth and completed in 1927. * Hansen Distributing Corporation, a New York corporation formed September 4, 1951 : Hansen Publications, Inc., new name as of February 1, 1952 : Inter-Company Publications, Inc., new name as of February 27, 1981 ::1955-1966: Alfred Reed, a prolific wind ensemble composer, served as executive editor and staff composer * Hanlit Publications, Inc., a New York corporation formed January 5, 1966 :: On January 5, 1966, Hansen became partners with composer and music executive Ervin Litkei (1921-2000), forming "Hanlit Publications, Inc.," which became well-known for having been the sole U.S. publisher and distributor of Beatles sheet music, beginning 1966. * Charles Hansen Educational Music and Books, Inc. ("and" spelled out vs. "&") * Charles Hansen Productions, Inc. See Also
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