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Bourne Co. Music Publishers is an American publisher of sheet music, and one of the largest privately held international music publishers in the world,〔''Billboard'', 12 Nov 2005 ((page 61 ))〕 with over three thousand titles in their catalogue. Subsidiaries include Bourne Music Canada Limited, Bourne Music France, and Bourne Music Ltd (UK).〔 ==History== Bourne Music was founded in 1919 by Saul Bourne (born Saul H. Bornstein, also Sol Bourne, c.1884, died Oct 13, 1957 age 73),〔"(3-million Estate us up for Auction )", New York Times, Oct 13, 1960〕 Max Winslow (c.1883-1942)〔("Max Winslow Dead", New York Times, June 9, 1942 )〕 and Irving Berlin (1888–1989). Bourne had been the professional manager of Berlin's own publishing company, Irving Berlin Music.〔Alec Wilder, James T. Maher, ''American popular song: the great innovators, 1900-1950'', Edition 2, Publisher Oxford University Press, 1972, ISBN 0-19-501445-6, ISBN 978-0-19-501445-7, 536 pages ((page 92 ))〕 One day, Berlin accused Bornstein of putting fake contracts through the company. According to Irving Berlin biographer Laurence Bergreen, :"The two antagonists met shortly after the confrontation, and Berlin offered Bornstein a way to leave the company and save face. It was, under the circumstances, a generous deal. Berlin would retain the copyrights to — and thus the right to publish — his own songs, and Bornstein could take the copyrights to all other songs published by Berlin's company. Those non-Berlin songs amounted to a large share of the business — not half, but enough for Bornstein to become the proprietor of a lucrative music publishing company without having to do anything except agree to Berlin's conditions."〔Laurence Bergreen, ''As thousands cheer: the life of Irving Berlin'', Publisher Da Capo Press, 1996, ISBN 0-306-80675-4, ISBN 978-0-306-80675-9, 702 pages ((page 464 ))〕 The partnership between Bourne and Berlin ended in 1944 (Winslow having died earlier). The former "Irving Berlin, Inc." was renamed to "Bourne, Inc.,"〔Standard Edition reprint of "Little Brown Gal," originally issued in 1935〕 while Berlin's later publications were issued by the "Irving Berlin Music Company."〔"White Christmas," 1942〕 Saul's wife Bonnie took over the running of the company when he died in 1957, and their daughter took over when she died in 1993.〔''Billboard'', 14 May 1994. ((page 19 ))〕 The daughter of Saul and Bonnie, Beebe Bourne was the modern day publisher until her death, 1 Nov 2005.〔 Bonnie and Beebe Bourne were the only two women in history to receive the Abe Olman Publisher Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.〔http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20051108_music_publisher_beebe_bourne_dies〕 The company's copyrights consist of classics, Charlie Chaplin songs, and the soundtracks to early Disney motion pictures such as ''Snow White'', ''Pinocchio'', and ''Dumbo''.〔Tim Hollis, Greg Ehrbar, ''Mouse tracks: the story of Walt Disney Records'', Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2006, ISBN 1-57806-849-5, ISBN 978-1-57806-849-4, 221 pages ((page 7 ))〕 Its office is in New York City. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bourne Co. Music Publishers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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