a music-publishing business in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1972, the Theodore Presser Company acquired Elkan-Vogel and its locally represented agencies (including Hamelle et cie., Henry Lemoine et cie., and others), making the Theodore Presser Company a major distributor of French music in the United States. On August 31, 2004, Presser closed its retail music stores in both King of Prussia and Center City Philadelphia. The company now focuses primarily on publishing and distribution activities from its headquarters. In 2017, Presser acquired Columbia Music Company, founded by Sophocles Papas. Other subsidiaries include Editions Orphée, Elkan-Vogel, Falls House Press, and Merion Music. In addition to its own catalog, Presser represents the music of more than 70 U.S. and foreign publishers, including Universal Edition, Peermusic Classical, Éditions Alphonse Leduc, and Bärenreiter. Presser Foundation The publishing company that Presser founded was so successful that in 1906, Presser was able to express his appreciation to those who made this success possible by establishing the Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers located on West Johnson Street in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia. His philanthropic zeal is continued to this day through his foresight in forming the Presser Foundation in 1916, nine years before his death. Each year, the Presser Foundation awards scholarships, grants, and funds specifically to further the cause of music and music education in America. Composers published by Theodore Presser Samuel Adler William Albright Martin Amlin Daniel Asia P.D.Q. Bach Seymour Barab Irwin Bazelon Warren Benson Chester Biscardi William Bolcom Victoria Bond Louis Calabro Ronald Caltabiano Chen Yi Valerie Coleman Ruth Crawford Daniel Dorff John Downey Henri Dutilleux Donald Erb Eric Ewazen David Felder Carlos Gardels Ricky Ian Gordon Adolphus Hailstork Iain Hamilton Donald Harris Michael Hersch Lejaren Hiller Katherine Hoover Huang Ruo Charles Ives Stephen Jaffe Robert Jager Martin Kennedy Earl Kim William Kraft Ezra Laderman Henri Lazarof David Leisner Gerald Levinson Peter Scott Lewis Lowell Liebermann Philip Maneval James Matheson William Mayer John Melby Robert Moevs Robert Muczynski Jeffrey Mumford Jeff Nichols Carter Pann Thomas Pasatieri George Perle Vincent Persichetti Marta Ptaszynska Shulamit Ran Behzad Ranjbaran Jay Reise George Rochberg Bernard Rogers Carl Ruggles Peter Schickele Gary Schocker William Schuman Amy Scurria Sophie Seipt Roger Sessions Ralph Shapey Louise Siddall Netty Simons Nellie Bangs Skelton Hale Smith Julia Frances Smith Louise Spizizen Louise E. Stairs Steven Stucky Robert Suderburg Francis Thorne George Tsontakis J. Lilian Vandevere Cecile Vashaw Marion Verhaalen Hazel Volkart