largest part of its inventory to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, through the initiative of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research and the School of Music. The consolidation of Tams and Witmark mostly affected operatic music and musical theatre. It did not affect the separate concern of M. Witmark & Sons, music publishers, who continued publishing popular and classical music. Warner Bros. In 1929, M. Witmark was purchased by Warner Bros. Warner Bros. merged its music publishing companies (which included Witmark, Remick, and Harms) into one company, Warner Bros. Music (now Warner/Chappell Music). Alfred Music In 2005, Alfred Music purchased Warner Bros. Publications — acquiring the publishing rights to Warner/Chappell Music and the EMI Music Publishing Catalogue Partnership. Through this deal, Alfred Music gained the print rights of publishers that include M. Witmark & Sons, Remick Music Corp., and T.B. Harms, Inc. Among the EMI holdings are the Robbins and Leo Feist catalogs, plus film music from United Artists, MGM, and 20th Century Fox. See also American popular music Tams-Witmark Competitor music publishing firms in Tin Pan Alley Leo Feist, Inc. – 231 W 40th St, New York, NY T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc. – 62 W. 45th St., New York, NY Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. – 218 W. 47th St., New York, NY Watterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc. – 1571 Broadway, New York, NY (sold in bankruptcy to Mills Music in 1929) References External links Mills Music Library Special Collections, Tams-Witmark / Wisconsin Collection Pro Culture Editions Tin Pan Alley Publishing House Witmark Companies based in New York City Publishing companies established in 1886