Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Boosey & Company
Parallel form(s) of name
- Boosey & Hawkes
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1760-1930
History
Boosey & Company was founded in the 1760s by John Boosey as a music lending library in London, England. In 1892 they expanded in New York, and in 1930, they merged with the publishing house Hawkes & Son (founded in 1865) to form Boosey & Hawkes.