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Boosey & Hawkes Ltd

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International music publishing / instrument manufacturing (group) company operating from 22nd Sep 1930. (Initially incorporated as [l304578] 21st Mar 1927) Sometimes appears as a label on self-released music they control the rights to (please beware that some such releases specifies just [l45530] and to not conflate the two) The group was founded in 1930 by Leslie Boosey and Ralph Hawkes through the merger of [l304578] & [l485140] Principal activities of the groups divisions (subsidiaries) - included - the manufacturing and sale of musical instruments, music publishing, promotion of performances of composers works and printing sheet music. As of the 1990s the group were operating instrument manufacturing / distribution facilities in the UK, France, Germany, Sweden & Japan, and publishing companies in London, Berlin, New York and Australia. On the 19th Feb 1982 the company was re-registered as [l563089] until reverting back to a private company on the 29th Sep 1998, on the same date the group was restructured - Boosey & Hawkes Ltd. was re-incorporated and re registered as a new company. The initial company was renamed "Boosey & Hawkes Group Services Ltd" and became a subsidiary. The company now solely operates as a publishing business (copyright owner) since the sale of its instrument business's and library label company [l641678] Since 2008 has formed part of the "Imagem" Group. Ultimate parent "Algemene Pensioen Groep" based in the Netherlands (As of 2017)