About the Company:

Classical Music Direct (Worldwide Music) is the world's leading specialist classical & popular music supplier (over 50,000 titles in stock):

Worldwide Music was established in Great Britain in 1962 and later in the United States in 1974. We serve music educators, professional organizations, schools, conservatories, universities, music libraries, and churches throughout the world. Our service is highly regarded, for, with a very comprehensive and extensive inventory and with professional musicians of high caliber to administer it, we are able to research and supply hard-to-find titles and even items which may no longer be in print. We have earned our reputation on the basis of musical knowledge and for our reliable, fast, and friendly service.

Our day-to-day inventory increases regularly according to continuing and well-proven demand; it is selected from catalogues of some four hundred music publishers throughout the world. In addition, we are the exclusive distributor for Anglo-American Music Publishers, which holds copyrights of works by many highly-respected British composers, past and present.

Music in print (over 400 publishers worldwide), including Antico Edition, Baerenreiter, Banks Music, Breitkopf & Haertel, Canterbury Press, J.W.Chester/ W.Hansen, Durand, Faber Music (UK), GIA, Hal Leonard & Affiliates, E.F.Kalmus Orchestral/Band, Leduc/Hamelle, Mapa Mundi, Morningstar, Musica Rara, Oxford University Press, Norton, Novello, Paraclete,Peters Edition, Schott, Stainer & Bell, Universal, Warner Bros./Kalmus.

Books on musical subjects, facsimiles and collected editions (major composers) on subscription, including Musica Britannica, EECM, William Byrd Edition, works of musicological interest. Special departments for Early Music (Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque), Organ, Sacred Choral Music (Vocal Scores, English Cathedral Music, Gregorian Chant & pre-Vatican II Latin Lliturgical Music), Opera & Broadway Musicals, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music.

Domestic and Imported CD, VHS & DVD recordings as currently available on all classical labels : complete stock of Amphion,Belart, Cantoris, Chandos, CRD*, Gothic/Loft, Guild, Herald*, Hyperion, Lammas, Motette, OxRecs, Priory, Pro Organo, Regent, Regis, Sinus, Solesmes, Solstice, York Ambisonic. New vinyl LPs from Abbey (UK, Cathedral (UK), LPs and cassettes from Wealden (UK). (*sole US distributor)

Suppliers of early instruments, imported krummhorn, rauschpfeifes, rackets, baroque flutes, percussion instruments.

Worldwide Distribution for Anglo-American Music Publishers, representing major British composers (1550-present) : house composers include Arnold Cooke, Harold Darke, Stephen Dodgson, John Gardner, David Gow, Gerald Hendrie, Tony Hewitt-Jones, Nicholas Jackson, Gordon Jacob, Christopher Le Fleming, Robin Orr, Ronald Perrin, Philip Radcliffe, Frederick Rimmer, Christopher Steel, Stanley Vann.

Contacting Us:

We can be reached by mail, email, or telephone.

• Mail:
  
  Worldwide Music
  P.O. Box 161323
  Altamonte Springs, FL 32716-1323 USA
  
  
• Email:
  
  musicprofessor2002@yahoo.com
  
  
• Telephone:
  
  (407)464-9454

Customer FAQ:

1. How do I establish an institutional account?

Please contact us and ask for an application form.

2. Why don't you give prices for individual items?

We are very circumspect in adhering to current prices as set by individual publishers: but, with such a diverse, categorized inventory selected from some four hundred publishers across the world, and with publisher prices being "subject to change", not to mention daily volatility in currency exchange rates for different countries, we simply cannot quote for individual items in advance for specific titles. We encourage you to verify prices from publisher catalogs and websites. These are the publishers that we sell from:

3. How do you handle different editions?

Please specify if you require a particular edition (and no other) of a standard work and we will do our best to supply it. If you do not specify an edition, we will supply any good edition we have in stock at the time.

4. Are you willing to "drop-ship" my order(s) to another person or ship them directly from the publisher?

Yes, but please give complete and accurate information (preferably typewritten) for both addresses. There is a small additional charge for this service.

5. How long will it be before I receive my order?

This depends on current availability and your confirmed choice of shipping. Please see our Ordering page for more information.

We make every effort to assemble your order on the day it is received, but if even one item is out of stock, we will normally wait until the order is as complete as we can make it. If you have a particular urgency for any specified item(s), please tell us and we will ship them separately as soon as we have them, but of course this will incur extra shipping and handling costs.

6. What is the choice of making payments?

There is a wide choice - please see our Ordering page for more information.

7. What if there is a problem with my order?

All of our packages carry insurance, as this is the only way to ensure that you will receive them safely and in good condition. We accept returns only if we have previously authorized them with a Returns Authorization Number - this will be sent to you only in the event that we have made an error or if an item is defective at the point of origin.

Otherwise all sales are final. Once placed, orders may not be cancelled.

8. Do you supply music on approval?

We regret that we cannot supply any merchandise on approval.

9. Can you provide single instrumental parts?

Only in instances when such a separate part is made available by the publisher. This is never the case for instrumental solo music (e.g. violin and piano) or most chamber music, parts or which (and sometimes with score) are sold only in sets. It is sometimes possible to obtain single instrumental parts for non-copyright standard orchestral works.

10. Can you supply music which is known to be only available on rental from publishers?

No. In such a circumstance you must approach the publisher and negotiate directly with them.

With due advance notice being given we do supply rental material listed in the catalogue of Anglo-American Music Publishers.

11. Is there a minimum order per title for octavo choral music (ecluding vocal scores)?

Yes, minium of 10 copies per title, as many publishers will no longer supply us with less.

12. Can I duplicate music by any means, including photocoping?

No, not under any circumstances. It is against the law, and comes under the category of theft - depriving the composer and/or editor of accruing sales royalties, and the publisher of sales. It is an offense to copy, to have copied, or to have in one's possession copies other than those supplied by the publisher. This also holds true for old or out-of-print music, for "old music" (i.e. music by composers no long living) has not only been edited by some specialist - even in Urtext editions, - and "out-of-print" music is still protected by the publisher who has incurred initial production costs, known as "Graphics Rights". In certain cases we can approach a publisher on your behalf and request their stamped "authorized copies" at additional cost. Heavy fines are imposed on any person who knowingly or unknowingly contravenes copyright law, using photocopies for performance, teaching or competitions.