How do you define music for hire and music for sale?
If the work features more than 5 instruments, it is music for hire. These works can be ordered from our partner Zinfonia.
If the work features less than 5 instruments, it is music for sale. These works can only be purchased from our partner Hal Leonard. If you are ordering from North or South America please click here, for orders from the rest of the world please click here.
If the work features electronic elements, it is always music for hire. These works can also be ordered from our partner Zinfonia.
How can I rent scores and parts?
Music for hire can be ordered from our partner Zinfonia.
How can I buy music for sale?
Music for sale can only be purchased from our partner Hal Leonard. If you are ordering from North or South America please click here, for orders from the rest of the world please click here.
How can I buy a score?
Most of our scores can be purchased from our partner Hal Leonard. However, please not that not all of our works are available for purchase. If you are ordering from North or South America please click here, for orders from the rest of the world please click here.
How long does it take to get my hire order?
Within Europe, receiving an order takes about one week.
What is Universal Music Publishing Classics & Screen?
Universal Music Publishing Classics & Screen, the global leader in classical music publishing, is home to the iconic catalogues of Casa Ricordi (Italy), Éditions Durand-Salabert-Eschig (France), G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH (Germany), G. Ricordi & Co. Ltd. (UK), G. Ricordi & Co., New York (USA), UMP Editio Musica Budapest (Hungary) and Decca Publishing (UK). UMP Classics & Screen represents more than 1.900 composers, including Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Béla Bartók, Claude Debussy, Pascal Dusapin, György Kurtág and Maurice Ravel.
Why are there three publishing houses called Ricordi?
The Italian publishing house Casa Ricordi was founded in 1808 by Giovanni Ricordi in Milan. Later on, two outposts were opened in Great Britain and Germany. G Ricordi & Co Ltd (London) started life in 1878; the G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag was founded in 1901 and is today based in Berlin. By now both have published their own stellar line of composers for many years.