Bourne Co. Music Publishers

Bourne Co. Music Publishers is an American publisher of sheet music, and one of the largest privately held international music publishers in the world, with over three thousand titles in their catalogue. Subsidiaries include Bourne Music Canada Limited, Bourne Music France, and Bourne Music Ltd (UK).

History

Bourne Music was founded in 1919 by Saul Bourne (born Saul H. Bornstein, also Sol Bourne, c.1884, died Oct 13, 1957 age 73), Max Winslow (c.1883-1942) and Irving Berlin (1888–1989). Bourne had been the professional manager of Berlin's own publishing company, Irving Berlin Music. One day, Berlin accused Bornstein of putting fake contracts through the company. According to Irving Berlin biographer Laurence Bergreen,

The partnership between Bourne and Berlin ended in 1944 (Winslow having died earlier). The former "Irving Berlin, Inc." was renamed to "Bourne, Inc.," while Berlin's later publications were issued by the "Irving Berlin Music Company."

Saul's wife Bonnie took over the running of the company when he died in 1957, and their daughter took over when she died in 1993. The daughter of Saul and Bonnie, Beebe Bourne was the modern day publisher until her death, 1 Nov 2005. Bonnie and Beebe Bourne were the only two women in history to receive the Abe Olman Publisher Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.