Historical Publishers, Music Houses, Schools, Manufacturers

The follow is a list of publishers, music houses and manufacturers that appeared on sheet music covers. Many listings are not African American.


MARYLAND

Altha Crowther Wright
806 W. University Parkway
Baltimore 10, MD
M1648.Wright

Ammon E. Cramer Music Company
Frederick

Ascherfeld's Music Store
Havre de Grace

Arthur H. Hoffman & Elmer M. Beard
Baltimore

Baltimore Music Publishing Company
Baltimore

Mrs. C.S. Diamond
Baltimore, MD

Charles Allen Herman
2211 Belair Road
Baltimore

Charles B. Blaly
221 W Baltimore Street
Baltimore

Charles F. Feast
228 N. Charles Street
Baltimore

Cohen & Hughes
304 No. Howard Street
Baltimore

Diana Press
Baltimore

Dora Ashton
1715 Druid Hill Avenue
Baltimore

Equitable Publishing
237 Equitable Building
Baltimore
M28.Feast

Eugene F. Close
Eckhart

F.R.I. Smith Publications
332 West 30th Street
Baltimore, MD
M1671.Smith

Frederick D. Benteen
181 Baltimore Street
Baltimore

Fritz Gaul
Baltimore

G. Fred Kranz Music Co.
303 N Charles St
Baltimore

G.M.S. Publishing Company
Baltimore

G.W. Kern
Baltimore

G.W. Minnick
Baltimore

Gateway Press
Baltimore

George Willig, Jr. & Co.
Baltimore

Gibson, Glaser & Co.
210 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD

Gilbert Smith Piano Company
210 B Charles Street
Baltimore

H.R. Eisenbrandt
Baltimore
M1646.H (Composer: E.H.)

Henry McCaffrey
209 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore

Henry McCaffrey
205 Baltimore Street
Baltimore

Henry McCaffrey
207 Balto. Street
Baltimore

Hollingshead & Shults
111 N. Charles Street
Baltimore

Hollingshead, Shults & Woodward
109 Charles Street
M28.H (C.H)

J. Casper Sauer
521 N. Howard Street
Baltimore, MD

J.E. Boswell
Baltimore

James M. Deems
163 W Fayette Street
Baltimore
(M28.Deems)

John Cole
Baltimore

John S. Bridges & Co
Baltimore

Jos Robinson
Baltimore

Joseph Carr Publishing
Baltimore

Joseph H. Schaffer
1703 Marshall St
Baltimore
M1675.E7S

Judefind Bros.
Lenox (Station E)
Baltimore
(M2075.Judefind)

Knight Pub. Co. (Geo. M. Knight)
PO Box 216
Leonardtown

L.H. Ascherfeld
Havre de Grace
(Also has a DC address)

Maryland Music Publishing
1318 West North Avenue
Baltimore
M1675.E7W

Maryland Normal and Industrial School (colored)
Bowie
D.S.S. Goodloe, principal

Miller & Beachum
Baltimore

Ottenheimer, Apple & Co.
723 W German Street
Baltimore

Otto Sutro & Co.
119-121 E Baltimore Street

P.J. Lammers
9 N. Charles Street
Baltimore
M28.Groh

P.N. Wood
Baltimore

P.P. Blackburn
Annapolis, MD
M1645.Kutz

R.M. Stults
Baltimore

Reyes & Reyes
706 Boundary Avenue
Silver Spring

Sanders and Stayman
13 N Charles Street
Baltimore

Service Star Legion Inc.
Baltimore

Sister Elizabeth Jenkins
1720 No. Mount St.
Baltimore 17, Maryland
M1671.J (Jenkins)

T.L. Thomas
Baltimore

Thelma V. Gross
603 N Paca Street
Baltimore

Thelma V. Gross
1440 N. Monnt Street
Baltimore

TRA
Baltimore

W.C. Peters
Baltimore

W.L.O. Fisher
110 N Market Street
Frederick, Md
M1647.Fisher

Warner and Hanna
Baltimore

Williams & Wilkins Company
Baltimore


VIRGINIA

Amine C. Kellam
Belle Haven
M1658.K8Kellam

Arlington Music Publishing Co.
4431 36th Street, S
Arlington

Attucks Theater
Norfolk

B.R. Warinner
2419 Rosewood Avenue
Richmond
M1658.V8Warinner

B.T. Gilmer
Draper
M1658.V8Gilmer

C. Irvin Clark
Richmond

Carey & Meadows
Hampton

E.G. Coleman
Danville

E.L. Bolling
1017 Floyd Avenue
Richmond

E.T. Paull Music
Richmond

F.L. Van Auken
Alexdria

FJ and CL Zeisberg
Abingdon
M1658.V8Zeisberg

Georgia Herbert Ricardo
Norfolk
M1647.Ragone

Hiram Simmons
42 Walker Avenue
Norfolk

Imperial Music COmpany
Roanoke
M1646.Allemong

Janie McMillan Lewis
Fredericksburg
M1658.V8Lewis

Jas. W. Casey
Norfolk

John H. Phillips
2628 Parkside Avenue
Richmond
M1658.V8Phillips

Johnny Carriger Publications
111 So. Columbus Street
Alexandria

Larry A. Kinzer
Chatham

M. Samuel C. Baynes
431 Rice Street
Danville

Mabel S. Saville
Richmond
M1658.V8Saville

Perkins Pub. Co.
4 1/2 W Clay Street
Richmond
M1658.V8Perkins

R.A. Caskie
1417-1419 Brown Street
Richmond

Rev. Herman Benmosche
Norfolk
M1630.Benmosche

Richmond Music Co.
213 E Broad Street
M28.Haarem

Robert L. Adams
Winchester

S. Turney
174 Main Street
Norfolk

Schoolfield and Rison
Danville

Sidney J. Anderson
Norfolk

Standard Music Co. Publishers
Danville
M1644.Addison

Steger Music Co.
Norfolk

Temple Aldridge
Norfolk
M1646.Aldridge

Thomas H. Pollock
Richmond

Walter D. Moses & Co.
1005 Main Street
Richmond

William H. Bonneville
Portsmouth


WASHINGTON, DC

A.A. TAYLOR & CO.
910 C Street
M28.Flaskett

Armstrong Music Co.
609 14th St.
Washington, DC
M1658.A3Armstrong

Army Ordnance Association
Washington, DC
M1630.Berlin

Austin Jenkins Co.
523 9th Street

Banks Music Publishers
1839 9th St, NW
M2146.Banks

Battle & Odom
1541 7th Street, NW

Battle's Studio of Music
1251 H Street, NE

Berenice Thompson

Bernard G. Battle
1726 Benning Road, NE

Bretano's
1015 Pennsylvania Avenue

Butler, Hoffman & Paul
3334 Prospect Avenue, NW

Chas. M. Stieff, Piano Manufacturer
521 11th Street, NW

Cherry & Sims (Robert Cherry and Bruton Sims)
235 Rhode Island Avenue

Columbia Music Co.
1301 G Street

Composers, The
227 Mass Avenue, NE

Davis & Force

Defender Music Publishing Co.
1928 9th St, NW
Washington, DC
M1622.Bergenholtz

District Publishing Co.
708 15th Street, SE

Dorenza A. Gerrell
1456 Que Street, NW

Droops Music House
1800 G Street, NW
M28.Hallam

Edward F. Droops & Sons
925 Penn Avenue, NW

Edwin C. Bartlett
601 Second Street, NE

Elder Lightfoot Michaux
1712 R. Street, NW

Elliot & Clark

Eternal Life Publications
PO Box 29053

Festival Music Co.
1115 K St, NW
Washington, DC
M1647.Sargent

Gemini Music Company
2122 Massachusetts Ave, NW
M1676.A

Geo. J. Becker
911 G Street, NW
Washington
M1622.Becker

George E. Johnson
908 10th Street, NE

Georgia Douglas Johnson
1910 Vermont Avenue
(See: Lillian Evanti)

Gordon and Isel (Gloria Gordon and Will Isel)

H. Kirkus Dugdale Co.
14th and You St, NW
M1644.Byrd

Harry L. B. Sheetz
516 Ninth St., NW
Washington, DC

Henry Donch
Washington, DC

Henry Eberbach
915 F Street

H. J. Ford
915 F Street

Henry Morgenthau, jr.
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, DC
M1630.Berlin

Henry White
929 F Street

Henry White
1231 G Street

Henry White
935 F Street
M1630.Berliner

Herdon Morsell
1311 F Street, NW
Washington, DC
M1622.Bangs

Homer L. Kitt Company
(M28.DeVilla)

House of Harmony
Washington, DC
M1647.B

Hugo Worch & Co.
925 Seventh Street. NW

James Oates
1609 D Street, SE
Washington, DC
M1647.Oates

Jennings Voice & Instrument Recording Studio
2250 Sherman Ave, NW

John F. Ellis & Co.
937 Pennsylvania Ave

John W. Cromwell
1439 Swann Street

L. Larsen

L.H. Ascherfeld
1225 Pennsylvania Avenue
M1644.Ascherfeld

L.Z. Phillips
1618 H Street, NW
M1630.Marine's Hymn (filed by title)

Lillian Evanti/Georgia Douglas Johnson
1910 Vermont Avenue

Mable Banks
722 Hobart Place, NW

Marks-Goldsmith Company
M1675.E7W

Murray Brothers
Seventh/T Streets

Music Education Publications
M1658.5.W3Barnes

National Capital Music Publishing House
321 Four and a half St, NW

Negro Music Journal
111 D St, SE

Nettie S. Clair Jennings
Washington, DC
M1622.Bergman

New Music Publishers
1227 Nineteenth St, NW
Washington, DC
M1647.Butterfield

Noble Wiley (Gospel songs)
708 O Street, NW

O.J. DeMoll & Co.

Patriotic Song Writers
1247 Eye Street
Washington, DC
M1630.Bowbeer

Peter J. Bacon
Washington, DC
M1630.B

Pierson & Bogley

Press of R. L. Pendleton
609 F St, NW

Price Publishing Company
1331 Columbia Road
Washington
M1675.E7T

Pvt. Robert A. Hense
25 Bryant St, NE
Washington, DC
M1648.Ahlstrand

Quality Music Comp
1832 Seventh Street, NW

Radio Music
1928 14th SSt, NW
Washington, DC
M1647.Peterson

Regular Veterans Association
1115 15th St. MW
M1676.R

Rev. Dorenza A. Gerrell
1456 Que St, NW

Robert Cherry
235 Rhode Island Av., NW

Ross Brothers Music Publishers
717 T Street, NW
Washington, DC
Chi Def, 3/19/12, 5

S.H. Dudley
1223 Seventh Street, NW
(TOBA)

Sanders & Stayman
1327 F St., NW
M28.Haley

Small's Music School
1956 2nd St, NW (Apt 1)

Sojourner Truth Home for Working Girls

Southern Music Company
1618 H Street, NW
M1630.M (Marines' Hymn -title). on back of sheet music


Stieff Pianos
521 11th St, NW

T. Edward Clifford
301 7th Street, SE

Tempo Music Publishing
1818 Quintanta Pl, NW

Theodore Hoffman

W.A. Adams Music House
1911 9th Street, NW

W.T. Pierson & Company
William T. Pierson
36 Seaton Place, NW

Washington Music Company

Washington Newsfoto Syndicate
908 14th St, NW

Wellington Adams
1005 You Street, NW

Wellington Adams
1200 U Street, NW

Wellington Adams
(See: Other, below)

Will T. Pierson, Jr. & Co

OTHERS

Aikens & LaFayette
438 E 93rd St.
Chicago

Alexander Seymour

Alford Music Studio
Route 4, Box 596
Houston
Deacon Elston Alford. M2199.A (pic)

Biggers Business College
1369 E. Vernon Avenue
Los Angeles 11, California
Picture of Mrs. Lela M. Williams on cover
1947

Bowles Music House
4640 S. State Street
Chicago

Brown's Music House
2802 Franklin Pl
Indianapolis, Ind.
M2146.B (Beatrice Brown)

Casa del Rio Music Publishing Co.
221 Shepler Street
Toledo OH
George M. Gates, President
M1671.L (Luckie)

Clarence Williams Music Publishing

Doorway Music
2509 Buchanan St.
Nashville, Tenn
Robert L. Holmes Jr. (his music published with Doorway)

Dorsey Bros. Music Shoppe
6331 Frankstown Ave
Pittsburgh

Duane Music Inc
Riverdale, New York 10463
Published Billy Taylor

F.A. Clark
1157 South Cleveland Ave.
Philadelphia, PA
M2193.Clark

First Church of Deliverance
4315 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago
M1671.Weston

Frank L. Drye
Tuskegee Institute, Ala

Fred Irving Music Publishing
145 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL
Chi Def, 1/29/16, 8

Houston College for Negroes
26 Elgin Street
Houston, TX
M1959.H7J

James Berni Barbour
125 W 138th St
New York
M1622.B (Separation Blues)
1920

L.E. Campbell
711 Saxon Ave
Memphis, Tenn 5
M2146.C

Lela Oglesby
155-20 113th Avenue
Jamaica, NY
Pic: M2199.A

Joe Davis Music
1658 Broadway
New York
M1630.Matthews

M.& M. Aikens
9435 So. Harvard Ave
Chicago

M.& M. Publishers
PO Box 43212
Los Angeles

Martin Studio of Gospel Music
432 Bowen Ave, Chicago
M2146.Brooks
(Note: Printed on sheet music dated 1939)

Martin Studio of Music
69 E. 43rd St
Chicago
M2146.A (1940)
Robert Anderson

Martin/Morris Music Studio
4315 Indiana Avenue
Chicago

Pace Music House
1252 W. 111th Street
Chicago, IL
M1671.P

Perry Bradford Music Publishing

Pinkard Publications (Maceo Pinkard)
762 St. Nicholas Ave (at 148th Street)
New York
Source: "That's music to me" (by Lois Reid: M1630.2.R)

N Clark Smith
3763 Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL

Old Ship of Zion
2330 Centre Ave
Pittsburgh, PA
Chas. H. Pace
M1671.P

Simmons & Akers Music Studio
770 E. 51st St
Los Angeles
M2146.A (Akers)

Simmons & Akers Music Studio
4268 So. Central Ave
Los Angeles
M2146.A (Akers)

Wallace D. Adams
5757 So. La Salle St.
Chicago
Mamie/Wallace D. Adams

Wellington Adams
84 Lexington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY