A. J. Stasny Music Co.

A. J. Stasny Music Co. was an American publisher of popular sheet music. The firm was chartered as a New York corporation in 1922 by Betty "Bessie" Stastny (née Fisher) (1882–1974) and her husband, Anthony John Stastny (1885–1923), and M. Kerr[1] – although, there was music published from as early as 1908 bearing the name A. J. Stasny Music Co. Cleveland, Ohio.[2] A. J. Stasny and his wife had moved from Cleveland to New York in 1910. The New York firm was based out of the Tin Pan Alley district of Manhattan, New York. By 1920, the firm had grown into one of the largest music publishing companies in the country with branch offices in 18 large cities, including Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, and London[3] – with over 200 employees and grossing over one million dollars a year.[4][5]

The company is currently privately held by an heir, Eleanor Fisher — 29 Green Grove Avenue, Keyport, New Jersey.

Selected hits

Anthony J. Stastny Music Co., Cleveland

A. J. Stasny Music Co., New York

Company personnel

References

  1. ↑ "New Incorporations," New York Times, July 12, 1922
  2. ↑ "Motor Boat," composed by A. J. Stasny, published by A. J. Stasny Music Co., Cleveland, Ohio (1908)
  3. ↑ "Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Stasny Return," The Music Trades, Vol. 64, No. 13, September 23, 1922
  4. ↑ "Builders of Business: A. J. Stasny, Who Found a New Way to Build Up An Old Kind of Business," System: The Magazine of Business, January 1920, pg. 68
  5. ↑ "Chat Among Publishers," The Music Trades, Vol. 56, No. 24, December 14, 1918, pg. 41
  6. 1 2 "Chat Among Publishers," The Music Trades, Vol. 56, No. 10, September 7, 1918, pg. 45
  7. ↑ "Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Stasny on Western Trip," The Music Trades, Vol. 64, No. 24, December 9, 1922, pg. 40
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