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The Music Publishers Association (MPA) is a non-profit organization representing music publishers in the United Kingdom since 1881. It "exists to safeguard and promote the interests of music publishers and the writers signed to them; represent these interests to government, the music industry, the media and the public, provide publishers with a forum, a collective voice and a wide range of benefits, services and training courses; promote an understanding of the value of music and the importance of copyright; and provide information and guidance to members of the public".〔(About the MPA )〕 ==History== History The MPA was founded in 1881 as a way to protect and safeguard the interests of sheet music publishers. The founding members were: :: * Thomas Patey Chappell & Frank Chappell (Chappell & Co) :: * Emile Enoch (Enoch & Sons) :: * George Jeffreys (G F Jeffreys) :: * Henry Littleton :: * W Morley Jr :: * C H Purday (J B Cramer & Co) :: * Stroud L Cocks (R. Cocks & Co.) :: * Barnard Lucas They were soon joined by Charles Boosey, Edwin Ashdown and George Patey. By 1887 the MPA had its own offices in Air Street, London. Over the years the offices have been situated in several London locations, most recently moving to British Music House in December 2005. By 1905 the MPA had grown to 19 members and would continue to expand its membership to the present total of over 270 publishers handling over three thousand subsidiary companies, dealing in most musical genres. In the fifties the MPA became involved in the introduction of the Ivor Novello Awards in 1956. A few years earlier in 1951 the MPA became a founder member of the British Joint Copyright Council (which would later become the British Copyright Council in 1965). In 1976 the association acquired ownership of the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS). The MPA was a founder member of British Music Rights (formed in 1996) together with the British Academy of Composers, Songwriters and Authors (BASCA), the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society and the Performing Right Society. In 2008 British Music Rights grew into an expanded body called UK Music.〔http://www.mpaonline.org.uk/History-of-Music-Publishing〕 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「Music Publishers Association (UK)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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