00:00
Hal Leonard Publishing Co.

Hal Leonard Publishing Co. publisher

In the late 1930s in Winona, Minnesota, the late Harold "Hal" Edstrom, his brother Everett "Leonard" Edstrom and their friend Roger Busdicker had formed a very popular dance band. Concerned that their conservative father wouldn't approve of using the family name for a band, Harold and Ev took parts of their names and called the band Hal Leonard. As leader of the Hal Leonard Band, Ev eventually became known as "Hal Leonard."

The company Hal Leonard was founded in 1947, after the Hal Leonard Band broke up. At the time, Ev started a music store using the Hal Leonard name while Roger and Harold were both directing award-winning high school bands in Winona. In those days, most school bands played serious literature, but Harold and Roger had the unique ability (because of their professional experience) to arrange "popular" music for school bands. Soon band directors across the US wanted their arrangements. They started to mimeograph copies and sell them. They realized that to successfully (and legally!) launch a new publishing company, they needed to license songs, so they ventured to New York's Tin Pan Alley in search of copyrights. What they got on their trip was an education in publishing and the rights to "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," one of the most popular songs of the day. Eventually, many music publishers in New York were licensing Hal Leonard to do school band arrangements of their songs. Thus began their publishing business and an entirely new industry.

The company grew and soon choral arrangements and a wider variety of band arrangements were added to their catalog of publications. In the early 1950s, the home organ industry began to grow rapidly That is when Hal Leonard published The Pointer System for organ, which eventually became the best-selling organ instruction method ever created. That method soon led to the first organ "benchpack," which featured instruction books and songbooks packaged in the bench of an organ. In the late 1950s, The Pointer Systems for Guitar and Piano were produced, introducing millions of beginners to instant playing success.

In the mid-1960s, Hal Leonard began marketing band and choral music to educators by sending recordings of arrangements through the mail. This unique promotion is now used by virtually every print music publisher in the industry.

In 1970, Keith Mardak and associates started a new division of Hal Leonard called Learning Unlimited, to create the first book/audio music instructional products. This division soon outgrew the company, and Mardak became general manager for the entire company. Shortly afterward, the Hal Leonard Guitar Method was launched, becoming one of the first methods to incorporate popular music. Today, this method is the leading guitar method in the world, having taught millions how to play guitar.

Hal Leonard continued to grow throughout the 1970s, and in 1980 made the giant leap into popular music print publishing when it established a unique and very close relationship with Chappell Music, the world's largest music publisher. Shortly thereafter, Hal Leonard increased its presence in virtually every music print market around the world. As a result, facilities in both Milwaukee and Winona were expanded to accommodate corporate growth.

In 1985, Hal Leonard was purchased from the original founders by an internal management team led by Keith Mardak, who then became president. Since then, it has experienced consistent, dramatic growth due to creative, innovative and aggressive publishing and marketing.

Today, Hal Leonard Corporation is the world's largest educational music publisher, with the #1 methods for learning guitar (the Hal Leonard Guitar Method), piano (the Faber Piano Method), and school music instruments (Essential Elements for Band and Strings), plus publications for learning virtually every instrument imaginable.

Hal Leonard is also the leading publisher of songbooks; Real Books and fake books; sheet music; band, orchestra and choral arrangements for schools; music reference publications; children's music products; educational magazines; and more. Many new titles are enhanced with supplemental audio and video files online for download and streaming.

The company leads the way in technology, developing eBooks, digital sheet music, apps and more. Hal Leonard operates many popular websites including SheetMusicDirect with thousands of songs arranged for different instruments available for download, and GuitarInstructor.com for online guitar lessons and tab.

In 2014, Hal Leonard made a substantial investment in Noteflight, LLC, an innovative music technology company dedicated to reinventing the way people create, share and use digital sheet music. This online community allows users to edit, display, play back and share music notation in a cloud-based web browser, on any device. Noteflight has an active subscriber base of nearly 1.5 million music enthusiasts and educators.

In its catalog of more than 200,000 available titles, Hal Leonard represents many of the world's best known and most respected publishers, artists, songwriters, arrangers and musical instrument manufacturers. Its products are sold in more than 65 countries throughout the world through Hal Leonard offices and a large network of distributors. Domestically, the company markets to more than 7,500 music stores in the United States and Canada through a team of 50 in-house sales representatives.

Hal Leonard operates out of two main facilities — its corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a state-of-the-art administration, production and distribution facility in Winona, Minnesota. The company also has editorial offices in New Jersey and Boston, and offices abroad in Australia, Belgium, China, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Chairman Keith Mardak, President Larry Morton, and the more than 500 talented Hal Leonard employees around the world remain dedicated to providing the very best in music products and services.

main category

category

difficulty

composer

arranger

publisher

play all titles of this page
Beach Boys Blast - Brian Wilson / Arr. John Higgins

Beach Boys Blast Brian Wilson / Arr. John Higgins

Titel / Title: Beach Boys Blast - (Medley) Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: VoiceTrax CD Produkttyp / Product: CD Serie / Series: Discovery Choral Produkttyp / Product: CD Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2007 UPC: 884088117573 (Medley) CD Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: VoiceTrax CD Serie/Series: Discovery Choral Pop und Rock Erscheinung ...
57,20 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: Brian Wilson
Arranger: John Higgins
Article Nr: 825103
available in 9 days *

California Dreamin' - Roger Emerson

California Dreamin' Roger Emerson

Titel / Title: California Dreamin' Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: VoiceTrax CD Produkttyp / Product: CD Serie / Series: Discovery Choral Produkttyp / Product: CD Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2007 UPC: 884088115586 CD Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: VoiceTrax CD Serie/Series: Discovery Choral Erscheinungsjahr: 2007 Alternative Arti ...
42,90 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: -
Arranger: Roger Emerson
Article Nr: 825097
available in 9 days *

California Dreamin' - 3-Part Mixed - Roger Emerson
Titel / Title: California Dreamin' Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 3-Part Choir Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Serie / Series: Discovery Choral Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2006 UPC: 884088115555 Ranked as one of the greatest songs of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, this easily-learned arrangement of T ...
3,75 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: 2
Composer: -
Arranger: Roger Emerson
Article Nr: 300157
available in 9 days *

Our America - John Higgins

Our America John Higgins

Titel / Title: Our America Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 3-Part Choir Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Serie / Series: Discovery Choral Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2005 UPC: 884088024185 Chorpartitur Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 3-Part Choir Serie/Series: Discovery Choral Erscheinungsjahr: ...
3,50 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: -
Arranger: John Higgins
Article Nr: 825033
available in 9 days *

My Girl
Titel / Title: My Girl Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Chor Produkttyp / Product: CD Serie / Series: Discovery Choral Produkttyp / Product: CD Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2006 UPC: 884088022228 CD Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Chor Serie/Series: Discovery Choral Erscheinungsjahr: 2006 Alternative Artikelnummer:
42,90 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: -
Arranger: -
Article Nr: 825032
available in 9 days *

You Can't Stop the Beat - Marc Shaiman / Arr. Roger Emerson

You Can't Stop the Beat Marc Shaiman / Arr. Roger Emerson

Titel / Title: You Can't Stop the Beat - (from Hairspray) Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: SAB Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Serie / Series: Discovery Choral Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2004 UPC: 73999343649 (from Hairspray) Chorpartitur Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: SAB Serie/Series: Discove ...
3,75 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: Marc Shaiman
Arranger: Roger Emerson
Article Nr: 824962
available in 9 days *

Pure Imagination - Anthony Newley / Arr. Audrey Snyder

Pure Imagination Anthony Newley / Arr. Audrey Snyder

Titel / Title: Pure Imagination - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 2-Part Choir Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Serie / Series: Discovery Choral Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2002 UPC: 73999918014 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Chorpartitur Herausgeber: Hal Leonar ...
3,75 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: Anthony Newley
Arranger: Audrey Snyder
Article Nr: 824879
available in 9 days *

Dateline: Rock & Roll - Medley - Mark Brymer
Titel / Title: Dateline: Rock & Roll - Medley Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 2-Part Choir and Piano Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Serie / Series: Discovery Choral Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2001 UPC: 73999608120 Chorpartitur Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 2-Part Choir and Piano Serie/Serie ...
7,50 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: -
Arranger: Mark Brymer
Article Nr: 824844
available in 9 days *

On a Winter's Night (Medley) - Audrey Snyder
Titel / Title: On a Winter's Night (Medley) Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 3-Part Choir Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Serie / Series: Discovery Choral Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1999 UPC: 73999587562 Chorpartitur Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 3-Part Choir Serie/Series: Discovery Choral E ...
3,50 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: -
Arranger: Audrey Snyder
Article Nr: 824757
available in 9 days *

Disney Spectacular (Medley) - Mac Huff
Titel / Title: Disney Spectacular (Medley) Herausgeber / Publisher: Walt Disney Instrumentation: Soprano Voice Produkttyp / Product: Blatt Serie / Series: Disney Choral Produkttyp / Product: Blatt Sprache / Language: English UPC: 73999265132 Blatt Herausgeber: Walt Disney Instrumentation: Soprano Voice Serie/Series: Disney Choral TV, Film, Musical und Show Erscheinungsjahr: ...
5,99 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: -
Arranger: Mac Huff
Article Nr: 823571
available in 9 days *

Fum, Fum, Fum - Ed Lojeski

Fum, Fum, Fum Ed Lojeski

Titel / Title: Fum, Fum, Fum Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: SAB Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Serie / Series: Choral Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1988 UPC: 73999030723 Chorpartitur Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: SAB Serie/Series: Choral Erscheinungsjahr: 1988 Alternative Artikelnummer:
3,50 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: -
Arranger: Ed Lojeski
Article Nr: 823563
available in 9 days *

The Christmas Song - Mel Tormé / Arr. Ed Lojeski

The Christmas Song Mel Tormé / Arr. Ed Lojeski

Titel / Title: The Christmas Song - SATB a cappella Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: SATB a Cappella Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Serie / Series: Choral Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur UPC: 73999707779 SATB a cappella Chorpartitur Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: SATB a Cappella Serie/Series: Choral Jazz Erscheinungsjahr: Alternative Ar ...
3,50 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: Mel Tormé
Arranger: Ed Lojeski
Article Nr: 823559
available in 9 days *

The Music Of The Night - Andrew Lloyd Webber / Arr. Ed Lojeski

The Music Of The Night Andrew Lloyd Webber / Arr. Ed Lojeski

Titel / Title: The Music Of The Night Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: SATB and Piano Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Serie / Series: Broadway Choral Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Sprache / Language: English ISBN: 9781423437901 UPC: 73999439014 Chorpartitur Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: SATB and Piano Serie/Series: Broadway Choral TV, ...
3,75 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Arranger: Ed Lojeski
Article Nr: 823012
available in 9 days *

Happy Holiday/White Christmas - Irving Berlin / Arr. Ed Lojeski

Happy Holiday/White Christmas Irving Berlin / Arr. Ed Lojeski

Titel / Title: Happy Holiday/White Christmas Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 2-Part Choir Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Serie / Series: Pop Choral Series Produkttyp / Product: Chorpartitur Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 1983 ISBN: 9781423469513 UPC: 73999222975 Chorpartitur Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: 2-Part Choir Serie/Serie ...
3,75 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: Irving Berlin
Arranger: Ed Lojeski
Article Nr: 822996
available in 9 days *

Landslide - Ed Lojeski

Landslide Ed Lojeski

Titel / Title: Landslide Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Chor Produkttyp / Product: CD Serie / Series: Pop Choral Series Produkttyp / Product: CD Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2012 UPC: 884088634469 CD Herausgeber: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Chor Serie/Series: Pop Choral Series Erscheinungsjahr: 2012 Alternative Artikelnummer:
42,90 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: -
Arranger: Ed Lojeski
Article Nr: 822904
available in 9 days *

Fix You (CD) - Mark Brymer

Fix You (CD) Mark Brymer

Titel / Title: Fix You - ShowTrax CD Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Chor Produkttyp / Product: CD Serie / Series: Pop Choral Series Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2012 UPC: 884088632199
42,90 €
inc. tax
plus shipping
Duration: --:-- min
Difficulty: -
Composer: -
Arranger: Mark Brymer
Article Nr: 822897
available in 9 days *
Rev. 4.118 - Time: 505 ms | SQL: -1 ms