Composer Recordings Inc.

Composer Recordings Inc. A record company established in 1954 by Otto Luening, Douglas Moore, and Oliver Daniel to concentrate on contemporary music. Support was given by the American Composers Alliance, the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music, Inc., and other foundations. The company was able to release one or two records per month, and (as of 2002) has issued more than 700 recordings. All formats have been marketed, LP, cassette, and CD. The company incorporated as a nonprofit corporation…