Incorporated in 1993 in Boston, Massachusetts, ECS Publishing is the parent company of E.C. Schirmer Music Company, Galaxy Music Corporation, Highgate Press, Ione Press, and the record label, ARSIS Audio.
E.C. Schirmer Music Company remains one of a few American independent classical music publishers in business today. Although it was founded in Boston in 1921 by Ernest C. Schirmer (nephew of music publisher Gustav Schirmer), there has never been a direct relationship between the E.C. Schirmer and G. Schirmer music companies. The company remained in the hands of the Schirmer family until 1985, when Robert Schuneman became the principal owner and President.
Galaxy Music Corporation was founded in New York in 1931 by George Maxwell. In 1989, E.C. Schirmer (Galaxy’s distributor in the U.S. at the time) purchased Galaxy and moved all operations to Boston.