Hal Leonard Corporation has purchased Shawnee Press, Inc., one of the premier publishers of choral and instrumental music. Shawnee is based in Nashville and since 1989 had been operating as an independent subsidiary of Music Sales Corporation, the U.S. publishing arm of the Music Sales Group. News of the acquisition came yesterday from Hal Leonard chairman and CEO Keith Mardak, and Robert Wise, chairman and managing Director of the Music Sales Group.

Mardak comments on the acquisition, “The Shawnee name is synonymous with quality. The addition of these publications and their formidable stable of writers will serve as a perfect complement to our current choral operations.”

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