Schott signs deal with Hal Leonard.

Schott signs deal with Hal Leonard. Hal Leonard Corporation Hal Leonard Corporation is a US sheet music publishing company. It is the largest sheet music publisher in the world. now has exclusive North and South American distribution rights to the classical and educational music catalog of Schott Musik International. Schott, based in Mainz, Germany, is the original publisher of Beethoven and Wagner, as well as renowned contemporary composers such as Paul Hindemith Noun 1. Paul Hindemith - German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963)Hindemith , Gyorgy Ligeti, Carl Orff Noun 1. Carl Orff - German musician who developed a widely used system for teaching music to children (1895-1982)Orff , Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir Michael Tippett Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century. BiographyTippett was born in London of English and Cornish stock. , Kurt Weill, Tobias Picker Tobias Picker (b. New York City, 1954) is an American composer. Picker began composing at the age of eight and studied at the Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard School and Princeton University, where his principal teachers were Charles Wuorinen, Elliott Carter and Milton and Joseph Schwantner. Boasting a catalog of more than 40,000 publications, including everything from performance and teaching materials, urtext editions, contemporary concert and opera literature and study scores, to complete editions, books about music, specialty journals, recordings and multimedia products, the product range of Schott Musik International is extensive enough to meet the needs of all musicians. Milwaukee-based Hal Leonard, the world's largest music print publisher, will be responsible for the sales, distribution and marketing of the Schott catalog in North and South America. This move is expected to introduce these distinguished publications to a much wider American audience. For more information, visit www.halleonard.com.