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Nonesuch Records
Parent companyWarner Music Group
Founded1964
FounderJac Holzman
Distributing labelWarner Bros. Records (US)
WEA International (Non-US)
GenreClassical Music, World
Country of originUS
Official websitewww.nonesuch.com

Nonesuch Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records

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Company history

Nonesuch was founded in 1964 by Jac Holzman to license European recordings of classical music. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Jac Holzman (born 1931 founded Elektra Records in his St John's College dorm room in 1950 and Nonesuch Records in 1964 Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Events January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television Jac Holzman (born 1931 founded Elektra Records in his St John's College dorm room in 1950 and Nonesuch Records in 1964 Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music Upon its formation, Nonesuch operated as a subsidiary label of Elektra Records—which Holzman launched in 1950. Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records In 1970, Holzman sold Elektra and Nonesuch to Kinney National Company, which later became Warner Communications and later part of Time Warner). Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kinney National Services Inc was formed in 1966 when the Kinney Parking Company and the National Cleaning Company merged Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City.

Teresa Sterne was the coordinator of the company from its inception until 1979; she was responsible not only for all of the artists & repertory decisions but also for overseeing the increasingly distinctive look of the record jackets. Her abrupt termination in 1979 ushered in a period of uncertainty and decline (she was replaced by the founder's younger brother, Keith Holzman, who had been the production chief and who had no musical background. He moved its base and focus on West Coast music and artists. With the hiring of Robert Hurwitz as coordinator in 1984 the company's fortunes began to stabilize. The label was known as Elektra Nonesuch from 1987 to 1995.

In the late 1990s, as Elektra began to falter, many of Nonesuch's releases were distributed outside of the Elektra umbrella—through other Warner Music Group labels. In the early 2000s, Nonesuch briefly operated under Atlantic Records, before moving to Warner Bros. Records in 2004, although it is technically still part of Elektra because of its UPC prefix. Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Nonesuch Explorer Series

In the late 1960s, the Nonesuch Explorer Series made Nonesuch a pioneer in the field of world music, before the term had even been coined. The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians The series, which Nonesuch released from 1967 to 1984, consisted of field recordings made primarily in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Eastern Europe.

For non-travelers, it was the first exposure to musical idioms such as music produced by a gamelan. A gamelan is a musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones xylophones drums and gongs bamboo flutes bowed and In 1977, a few of the recordings were chosen for the Voyager Golden Record, and sent into outer space aboard the Voyager spacecraft. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Voyager Golden Record is a Phonograph record included in the two Voyager Spacecraft launched in 1977 The analogue original recordings have been digitized, and the series, remastered and with new packaging, is currently being re-released in CD format.

See also

External links

The following is a list of bands past and present who have had recordings released on the Nonesuch Records label A John Adams This is a list of notable Record labels Due to the large number of entries the list has been divided by the first character of the label's name See also
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