Schott Freres

Schott frères was a Belgian sheet music publishing house that operated between 1823 and 2006. The company was founded in 1823 in Antwerp as the Belgian branch of B. Schott's Söhne. The company moved to Brussels around 1839. At a later stage the company also became active as distributor, representing amongst others notable jazz and classical labels such as Black And Blue, Blue Note, ESP Disk, Folkways/Scholastic Records, Harmonia Mundi, Monitor Records (2), Valois and Wergo in Belgium. Schott Frères was one of several European music publishing firms bearing the name Schott, all of which were originally subsidiaries of B. Schott's Söhne, including locations in Paris (1826–9, 1861–92), London (from 1835), and Sydney (1885–9). Of these, only Schott frères operated independently from the German parent company from 1889 to 2006. However, they always had their own publishing programmes, operating with a large degree of commercial independence, and ensuring the distribution of works from the other locations.