Licensing Services
For years, music published by Peters Edition has been licensed extensively in public performance, for use in TV Ads, Radio, Film, DVD and ballet. We continue to offer an incredibly focused and select range of titles, all of the highest possible standard, and suitable to every situation.
With an expert team and system, we are able to offer a fast and comprehensive service to suit your every licensing requirement.
Visit our brand new New Classics Licensing website, to listen to our catalogue on-line.

Since its use in Stanley Kubrick's film "2001: A Space Odyssey" our most famous copyright "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss has taken on a new dimension for a whole generation as music's most powerful evocation of the majesty of the universe. It has been featured in major international blockbuster films including 2010, Magnolia, Mission Impossible 2, Man on the Moon, Toy Story 2, and Casino as well as numerous significant advertising campaigns and television programmes.
Other major licensed usages of our copyrights in film include:
George Crumb: Black Angels (The Exorcist)
György Ligeti: Requiem and Lux Aeterna (2001: A Space Odyssey)
György Ligeti: Lux Aeterna: (2010)
Gyorgy Ligeti: Cello Concerto (Heat)
Christian Sinding: Rustle of Spring (Outrageous Fortune)
One Stop Shop
Obtaining licenses for music and recordings can be a laborious process, which often involves numerous contracts and negotiations with various parties, and often under strict time contstraints.
However, since in many cases we have control of both the Synchronization right and the Master, or recording right, we can make the process of obtaining music for your usage incredibly simple. The ablilty to offer both intellectual property and a recording of the work provides our customers with by far the most straight-forward way of getting the music you want for your production, in one move.
Applying for a Licence
The use of copyright music requires the appropriate licence to be obtained in advance.
Concert performances and broadcasts
Concert performances and broadcasts of our repertoire are licensed via the Performing Right Society (PRS) or its affiliated societies overseas.
www.prs.co.uk
CD recordings
CD recordings of our repertoire are licensed via Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) or its affiliated societies overseas.
www.mcps.co.uk
To apply for all other music licenses including:
Media Synchronisation licensing for use in film, television, DVD and online contact us
Grand right licensing for opera and ballet contact us
Reprint Licensing to reproduce a copyright work in print, electronic or digital form contact us
Permission to make an arrangement of a copyright work contact us
Permission tosample a recording of a copyright work into another work contact us
If you have any questions relating to any of our copyrights, please contact us directly with full details of your licensing requirements and we will be pleased to guide you through the licensing process.
Contact:
Andrew Kemp
Head of Business Affairs
Peters Edition Limited
Hinrichsen House
2-6 Baches Street
London N1 6DN UK
Tel. +44 (0)20 7553 4031
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