Handy Brothers Music Company

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Handy Brothers Music Company is a music publishing firm established by pioneering blues composer W. C. Handy to promote and distribute his influential works and other early blues music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf business enterprise
music publishing company
associatedLocation Memphis
surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

New York City
associatedWith W. C. Handy
associatedWithMovement development of American popular music
catalogIncludes early 20th-century blues songs
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
focusesOn promotion of blues as a commercial music genre
foundedBy W. C. Handy
hasAlternativeName Handy Brothers Music Company
surface form: Handy Bros. Music Company
hasFounder W. C. Handy
hasKeyPerson W. C. Handy
hasNotableWorkPublished Beale Street Blues
surface form: "Beale Street Blues"

Memphis Blues
surface form: "Memphis Blues"

St. Louis Blues (song)
surface form: "St. Louis Blues"
hasProduct sheet music
song copyrights
historicalSignificance one of the earliest firms devoted to blues music publishing
industry music publishing
languageOfWork English
notableFor publishing early blues compositions
playsRoleIn popularization of blues music in the early 20th century
publishesGenre blues
popular music
publishesWorksOf W. C. Handy
purpose distribution of early blues music
promotion of W. C. Handy’s compositions
specializesIn copyright administration for blues compositions

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W. C. Handy founded Handy Brothers Music Company
Handy Brothers Music Company hasAlternativeName Handy Brothers Music Company
this entity surface form: Handy Bros. Music Company