The C. L. Barnhouse Company is an American

music publishing A music publisher is a type of publisher that specializes in distributing music. Music publishers originally published sheet music. When copyright became legally protected, music publishers began to play a role in the management of the intellectua ...

firm. It was founded in

1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...

by Charles Lloyd Barnhouse. It has been headquartered in Oskaloosa,

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

since 1891. Known today as a major publisher of

educational Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also fol ...

instrumental (band) works, the C. L. Barnhouse catalog includes many historical publications of the classic

concert band A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind instrument, woodwind, brass ...

era by composers C. L. Barnhouse, Russell Alexander,

Karl L. King Karl L. King (February 21, 1891 – March 31, 1971) was a United States march music bandmaster and composer. He is best known as the composer of "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite". Early life Karl Lawrence King was born in the village of Painters ...

, Fred Jewell, and J. J. Richards. There are some Jazz Ensemble composers, most notably Paul Clark, Lenny Stack, Larry Neeck, Howard Rowe, Rob Vuono Jr., and Larry Barton. Its popular current composers include

James Swearingen James Swearingen (born 1947) is an American composer and arranger. He holds a Master’s Degree from the Ohio State University and a Bachelor's degree from Bowling Green State University and is Professor of Music Emeritus, Department Chair of ...

David Shaffer David Percy Shaffer (April 20, 1936 – October 15, 2023) was a South African-born British-American physician and pediatrician. He was the Irving Philips Professor of Child Psychiatry in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, at Columbi ...

Ed Huckeby Dr. Ed Huckeby, (b. 1948) is an American composer, musician, conductor, and educator. Biography Huckeby's career in music began in 1968, which marked the start of his eight years teaching music to students in state school, public schools throu ...

, Rob Romeyn,

Steven Reineke Steven Reineke (born September 14, 1970) is a conductor, composer, and arranger from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the Music Director of The New York Pops. He currently resides in New York City. Biography Reineke was born in 1970 in Tipp City, Ohi ...

, and

David Holsinger David Rex Holsinger is an American composer and conductor writing primarily for concert band. Holsinger is a graduate of Hardin-Central High School in Hardin, Missouri, Central Methodist University, the University of Central Missouri, and the Un ...

. The company is managed by CEO Andy Clark and COO Andrew Glover.

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Chuck Barnhouse
NAMM Oral History Interview (2006) Music publishing companies of the United States Companies based in Iowa Publishing companies established in 1886 {{publishing-stub