Repertoire Lists are LIVE!

We are thrilled to announce the official release of Repertoire Lists for our InCopyright publishers! This feature has been on our wish-list for a long time, and we are excited to make it generally available today.

A Repertoire List allows you to curate a collection of Zinfonia titles of any size and share it with your customers using a single, simple link. What makes these lists truly special is that you can include ANY title from any publisher in Zinfonia—when customers click the link, they will automatically see only the titles available within their respective territory.

Here is an example of what a shareable Repertoire List looks like:

Zinfonia Top 100 100 Titles 2024-2025

While the original curated list contained 121 titles, territory permissions mean that the number of visible works dynamically adapts depending on the user’s country.

Creating Your Own Repertoire Lists

To get started, navigate to the new Repertoire Lists option under the Zinfonia Catalogue menu. Here, you can view, create, edit, and delete all of your lists.

To build a new list, click the Add Repertoire List button to open the setup dialog box:

The Name and Description fields are strictly for your internal use to help you organize and locate your lists (they will not be shown to recipients).

Enable the Hidden toggle if you want to prevent a list from appearing in standard dropdowns or the main overview screen (unless “Show Hidden” is selected). This is ideal for tailored, single-use lists.

The optional Expire date field lets you set an automatic deletion time (at 12:00 AM GMT on the selected date). Please note that once a list is deleted, it cannot be recovered.

In the Add Work IDs field, you can paste a list of Zinfonia work IDs you wish to add. If you don’t have these IDs handy, don’t worry! You can easily add works later using other tools detailed below, or contact us to receive a file containing all your Zinfonia IDs.

Once your Repertoire List is saved, you can manage it using the toolbar actions:

View the Repertoire List directly in InCopyright

Create a shareable link pointing to the list in Zinfonia

 Edit the repertoire list properties or content

Delete the repertoire list. Note: Once deleted, repertoire lists cannot be recovered

Other Ways to Add Content to Your Repertoire Lists

From the Work Action Dialog

From the Work Edit Screen

Alternatively, you can use the Bulk File Importer to upload multiple items at once using a tab-delimited file (feel free to contact us for specific formatting details).

Sharing QR Codes

Don’t forget you can use the InCopyright Music QR system to create a QR code to share with your users (and track the clicks) if that is easier for you!

Ready to Streamline Your Repertoire Sharing?

Log into your Zinfonia account today, navigate to the Catalogue menu, and try creating your first Repertoire List! If you need any assistance setting up your lists or using the bulk import tool, our support team is here to help.

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Effective Communication

Why In-Platform Messaging Beats Email

The Zinfonia ecosystem was built with a singular focus: bridging the gap between publishers and customers. In today’s global market, direct and clear communication is the backbone of successful transactions.

We are committed to evolving our communication pathways to ensure you can reach the right person, in the right language, at the right time. Our latest enhancement—a powerful new message search facility in in©—is designed to do just that.

The Hidden Pitfalls of Email Communication

While email is a familiar tool, it often falls short in a professional transactional environment. Here are the primary challenges that can hinder your workflow:

  • Security Filters & Spam: Modern security layers are essential but aggressive. Important messages—especially those with PDF attachments—are frequently miscategorized or stripped of content without the sender ever knowing.
  • Fragmented Conversations: Email is inherently private. In business, multiple team members often need access to a transaction. Relying on individual inboxes creates silos and risks missing critical updates if a specific contact is away.
  • Inbox Overload: High volumes of daily mail make it nearly impossible to prioritize effectively. Vital information can easily be buried under a mountain of unrelated notifications.

The in© Advantage: Purpose-Built Messaging

Every order within Zinfonia features a dedicated message queue. This system provides a centralized, transparent, and reliable alternative to email:

  • Contextual Continuity: The entire conversation is permanently linked to the specific order, providing a full audit trail.
  • Real-Time Visibility: Stay informed about unread messages with desktop alerts and daily summary notifications.
  • Team Collaboration: Messages are accessible to all authorized users on both sides, ensuring no one is left out of the loop.
  • Secure Sharing: Safely upload PDFs or images directly within the in© platform, where they remain available to all stakeholders.
  • Global Reach: Integrated Google Translate functionality allows you to read and respond to messages in your preferred language.

Pro Tip: Find Exactly What You Need with Message Search

To further streamline your workflow, we’ve introduced a new search feature in the My Orders section on in©. You can now locate any order simply by searching for keywords within the message text.

Simply enter your search term and click the MESSAGES button to instantly filter your history.

Any order containing that specific phrase will be displayed. Please note that while searches are not case-sensitive, they do require an exact match of the words or phrases used.

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Create B2B requests with in©

This week’s update to Zinfonia and in© introduces several new features designed for ALL of our publisher and distribution partners. Highlights include the ability to create private notes on orders, order materials directly from the source using the new B2B functionality, and enhanced UIC tools.

Private Notes

We have introduced a new message type: Private Note. This allows distributors to add internal notes to an order that are visible only within In© to the distributor—they remain hidden from the customer.

Private notes are created using the standard messaging option:

Order New Materials by B2B

When you receive an order for a piece of music you do not have in stock, In© now provides a simple way to create a request with the source publisher with the new B2B button found in the Performing Details section of the order:

Upon selecting the button, you will be prompted to enter the delivery address. This defaults to your own address, but you can update these details if you wish to send the parts directly to the customer.

You can also enter a B2B message which is sent along with the request to the original publisher.

You can also include a custom B2B message for the publisher. Next, you will be prompted to confirm the required parts, which is based on the customer’s original request. You can add new instruments and specify the delivery date at this stage.

Note: Empty instrument values will be ignored by the publisher.

Click the SAVE button to create the B2B request. The Zinfonia ID for the B2B request will appear as a Private Note:

You can click the provided link to view the order in the B2B order section of In©. This section also serves as a hub to read and send messages to the publisher for all B2B requests.

B2B Orders are visible in the “My Orders” section by selecting:

The red indicator identifies unread messages. You can use the In© messaging facility to respond directly: 

Unread B2B messages are also displayed in the main menu:

Special Note for HLMSW Users

We recommend using In© for all B2B requests and messaging. You can now create requests in just a few clicks with all In© publisher partners—not just other HLMSW customers.

To make this transition, ensure you are using the most recent versions of HLMSW and ancillary systems (current build: 8.3.2.6). With the update installed, we recommend two changes:

  • Move all B2B messaging to In© via the HLMSW2B2B program
  • Enable the “Use In© for New Set Orders” option in HLMSW so the system knows to use In© for B2B messaging:

Please contact us if you need assistance with this transition.

New UIC Functions

The UIC Toolbox has been updated to include new search capabilities, including a reverse UIC search (to locate UICs by number) and a “quick-UIC locator” based on common system usage.

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Advanced Searches are Live

This week, Zinfonia is excited to announce the launch of our new Advanced Search Tools, designed to help our users explore the vast Zinfonia catalogue with greater precision than ever before. Whether you are looking for specific instrumentation, thematic genres, or works based on composer origins, our latest updates make finding the perfect piece easier and more intuitive. 

Accessing the Advanced Searches

The Advanced Search options are available in In© by clicking here:

and in Zinfonia by clicking the same option (which is only available if the user has the Zinfonia Export Mode option enabled in the user account options).

Discover Music Using Our New Tag System

Because composer and title searches only go so far, we have introduced a comprehensive Tag system. This allows both publishers and users to categorize pieces, helping everyone locate music based on specific predefined genres.

While some tags are applied automatically by our systems, publishers AND users can now contribute by assigning relevant tags to specific works.  Publishers can also remove any system assigned tags on their works. Users can tag works for their own use, or if they are part of a Zinfonia Group with Edit facilities, they can apply tags which are available to the entire group.

Below is a complete list of available tags:

Period and Era

  • Baroque/Rococo (5017)
  • Classical/Enlightenment (5018)
  • Contemporary/Living (5021)
  • Medieval (5015)
  • Modern (5020)
  • Renaissance (5016)
  • Romantic (5019)

Form and Genre

  • Ballet/Dance (5006)
  • Choral (5002)
  • Christmas (5003)
  • Excerpt (5010)
  • Film/Movie (5005)
  • Game (5013)
  • Light Music/Pops (5014)
  • Musical/Broadway (5004)
  • Opera (5007)
  • Operetta (5008)
  • Orchestral (5000)
  • Sacred/Church (5011)
  • Television (5012)
  • Vocal (5001)

Standard Concert Types

  • Autumn (5031)
  • Critical Edition (5059)
  • Easter (5028)
  • Educational (5027)
  • Family (5025)
  • Overture/Concert Opener (5009)
  • Spring (5029)
  • Summer (5030)
  • Winter (5032)
  • Youth (5026)

Regions, Peoples and Cultures

  • African (5045)
  • Arabic (5039)
  • Asian (5044)
  • Baltic (5034)
  • BIPOC (5066)
  • Caribbean (5040)
  • Celtic (5038)
  • European (5024)
  • Female Composer (5056)
  • First Nation/Indigenous (5043)
  • Hispanic (5037)
  • Indian (5047)
  • Jewish (5041)
  • Latin American (5049)
  • Middle Eastern (5046)
  • Nordic (5035)
  • Northern America (5057)
  • Pacific/Oceania (5048)
  • Romany/Gypsy (5042)
  • Scandinavian (5036)
  • Slavic (5033)

Schools and Movements

  • Experimental (5062)
  • Impressionist (5065)
  • Jazz/Swing (5023)
  • Minimal (5063)
  • Nationalism (5064)
  • Postmodern (5060)
  • Serialism (5061)
  • Traditional (5022)

Moods and Characters

  • Calm/Reflective (5052)
  • Celebratory (5050)
  • Comedic/Humorous (5055)
  • Energetic/Vibrant (5051)
  • Nostalgic (5053)
  • Rhythmic/Driving (5054)

Tags can be managed via the Tag tab of the work detail dialog in both Zinfonia and In©.

In In© you can also edit tags on the Work Edit page (accessed via the Pencil icon), and you can bulk upload tags using a tab-delimited list with the Zinfonia Work ID and Tag ID separated by tab via the Zinfonia Catalogue upload feature (Note: if the Tag ID has a minus symbol before the number, it will be treated as a request to REMOVE a tag) eg:

126809 5001
126809 -5013

Feel free to let us know if there are some new tags you would like to see in Zinfonia.

Search by Instrumentation with the UIC

When the Universal Instrumentation Code (UIC)  was created, one of its prime objectives was to give users the ability to easily search listings based on the instrumentation without needing to worry about language or format.

In Zinfonia and In©, the UIC searching facility provides expert users with a way to quickly and easily search for listings based on standard performing combinations (like chamber orchestra or string orchestra), or more specific searches based on the number of specific instrumental groups like flutes, clarinets, trumpets, violins etc.

UIC searches can search for locate works by using a specific set of search parameters against instrumental groups :

In this example, the search will include all types of flutes (eg. flute, piccolo and alto flute).

We also now provide a search to find works with the SAME instrumentation using the option in the UIC screen here:

Of course these searches require the provision of your catalogue in UIC format which is recommended because UICs are also used in the order process when presenting users with a list of instruments to select (otherwise a generic instrument request is provided with no reference to the actual parts in the set).

UICs can be added to any existing title via the Work Edit screen, and bulk upload of UICs is also available.  Please contact us for details.

Additional Search Enhancements

We have also expanded our search filters to include:

  • Difficulty Search: While previously available, difficulty levels (Easy, Moderate, Hard) are now searchable, making it easier to find repertoire accessible for non-professional performances.
  • Country Search: You can now locate titles based on a composer’s place of birth, death, or nationality, leveraging our meticulously maintained composer database.

Important Note for Content Owners

To get the most out of these new features, we encourage content owners to ensure their listings are updated with this data—especially for Tags, Difficulty, and UIC. If you need assistance updating your catalogue or want to suggest new tags, please reach out to us.

We are committed to making Zinfonia the most powerful tool for your music discovery needs. Try out the new Advanced Search options today and explore our catalogue in a whole new way. 

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It’s about Time

We know transitioning from the long-standing industry standard HLMSW for rental library management to our new suite of tools — In© (including the Logistics modules) and Chordata—involves many changes. To make your day-to-day work easier, we’re committed to bringing back your favorite features. That’s why we’re excited to announce the return of a very popular HLMSW tool: the World Clock.

Introducing the In© World Clock

The current build of In© now features a fully customizable and shareable World Clock, accessible from the Tools menu for all publishers with an active subscription to our services.

Easy Customization

  • Quickly build a customized list of regions you regularly communicate with by clicking any existing time or using the ADD/CLEAR buttons. (Remember to hit SAVE to ensure the system uses your modifications every time.)
  • The system uses the industry-standard TZ database of time zones, with more details available here.
  • There is also a special time zone option called local that uses your IP address to display your linked time zone wherever you may be.

Find the Perfect Meeting Time – Instantly

Use the SHARE button to generate a URL of your clock configuration that can be accessed by anyone, which is a great way to find mutually agreeable times for a meeting.

The In© World Clock uses color coding to help you quickly identify the best time slots:

  • GREEN: Any time between 9am-5pm
  • BLUE: After 6am and before 10pm
  • RED: All other times

For teams with participants in various locations (like our own), using the time table and color coding makes the selection process easier. 

For example, were we to have a meeting with someone based in New York, we could create a clock like this to share with all participants:

Example shared link: 
https://www.incopyright.com/worldclock?a=0&t0=Australia%2FAdelaide&l0=Adelaide%20(Peter)&t1=America%2FNew_York&l1=New%20York&t2=Europe%2FStockholm&l2=Lund%20(Ulrich)

As you can see, in this case there are only three hours in a day where no times are in RED.

The In© World Clock is designed to keep you connected and productive, no matter where your team or clients are based.

Log in to In© and check it out under the Tools menu today!

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Hello Hallo Hola Bonjour Ciao Cześć

Introducing Real-Time Translation in In©: Bridging the Language Gap

This week, we’re excited to announce the release of new tools in In© designed to revolutionize how you communicate with your global customer base. The new feature provides real-time translation for all messages received and sent, making multilingual communication effortless.

Zinfonia has always been focused on connecting performers, librarians, and academics with publishers and their distributors. A major challenge in this mission has been the vast linguistic diversity of our users: our statistics show that our 102k Zinfonia users natively speak 40 different languages. This diversity often meant that responding to some customer inquiries required time-consuming, external translation.

Our new system leverages Google AI to translate incoming messages upon request, as well as the messages you write in your native language. By integrating these powerful translation capabilities directly into InCopyright, we aim to save you significant time previously spent copying and pasting text into separate tools.

A Note on Accuracy: While these translation tools are improving daily, we must advise that the results may not always be perfectly accurate. We recommend using them with a degree of caution.

How to Translate an Incoming Message

A new translation option will automatically appear whenever the system detects that the customer’s primary language differs from your own.

Note: Translations are temporary and are not visible to your customer.

How to translate an Outgoing Message

When sending messages, you can use the option here:

Note: We recommend using the In© messaging facility for all communications as these messages are much more easily managed by teams (both by the distributor and the customer).

Importantly, using internal messages also avoids the common issues associated with modern email transmission, particularly the frequent blocking of attachments (such as PDFs) by many email systems.

Top 10 Native Languages on Zinfonia

For insight into our most frequently used languages, here are the top 10 native languages spoken by Zinfonia users:

  1. English
  2. Deutsch
  3. Français
  4. Polski
  5. Español (Castellano)
  6. Italiano
  7. Svenska
  8. Suomi
  9. Norsk Bokmål
  10. 中文 (Zhōngwén), 汉语; 漢語 (Hànyǔ)
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Sending made easy with ShipStation

We would like to announce the availability of a connection from the recently released in© Logistics modules to the cloud-based ShipStation shipping and order fulfilment platform.

ShipStation streamlines logistics, reduces shipping costs, and automates tasks through the integration with hundreds of platforms, carriers, and marketplaces to import orders, manage inventory, generate shipping labels in batches, and track shipments from a single dashboard and is available for businesses in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, France, and Germany.

What makes ShipStation special?

ShipStation connects to the new in© logistics routines so that when a shipment is required, all of the required information is passed automatically to ShipStation for processing. Once there, the system will automatically verify the address, help you find the best rates from ShipStation’s own carrier partnerships or directly with your own accounts and logistics providers, print all labels (including return labels), customs documentation and provide your customers with a branded landing page for all customer enquiries and tracking.

How the in© Integration Works

While ShipStation requires its own subscription (with different levels based on the number of parcels you send each month), access to this connection is available at no additional cost to all in© publishers with an active Zinfonia Connect subscription with the Logistics routines enabled. Please contact us for details.

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Zinfonia 2025 Review

Most Performed works in 2025

    1. Arturo Márquez Danzon No. 2 (Peermusic Classical) attach
    2. Leonard Bernstein West Side Story. Symphonic Dances (Boosey & Hawkes) attach
    3. Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring Suite (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers [US]) attach
    4. Samuel Barber Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (G. Schirmer) attach
    5. Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring. Suite [Chamber Version] (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers [US]) attach
    6. Leonard Bernstein Candide. Overture [Standard Concert Version] (Boosey & Hawkes) attach
    7. Carl Orff Carmina Burana (Schott Music) attach
    8. Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    9. Florence Price Symphony No. 1 in e minor (G. Schirmer) attach
    10. Benjamin Britten Four Sea Interludes (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    11. Aaron Copland Lincoln Portrait (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers [US]) attach
    12. Erich Wolfgang Korngold Konzert D-Dur (Schott Music) attach
    13. John Rutter Requiem [ensemble version] (Oxford University Press) attach
    14. Arturo Márquez Conga del Fuego Nuevo (Peermusic Classical) attach
    15. Max Richter Four Seasons Recomposed, The (Mute Song) attach
    16. Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    17. Alberto Ginastera Estancia. Dances (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers [US]) attach
    18. Sergey Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    19. Maurice Ravel Concerto en Sol (Editions Durand) attach
    20. Leonard Bernstein On the Town. 3 Dance Episodes (Boosey & Hawkes) attach
    21. John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon)) attach
    22. Zoltán Kodály Tänze aus Galanta (Universal Edition AG) attach
    23. Howard Blake Snowman (Concert Version), The (Chester Music) attach
    24. Gian Carlo Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors, Opera (G. Schirmer) attach
    25. José Pablo Moncayo Huapango (Peermusic Classical) attach
    26. Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella. Suite (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    27. Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms [Full Version] (Boosey & Hawkes) attach
    28. Aaron Copland Symphony No.3 (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers [US]) attach
    29. George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin Music) attach
    30. Aaron Copland Clarinet Concerto [Standard Version] (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers [US]) attach
    31. Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony (Chester Music) attach
    32. Karl Jenkins The Armed Man [Reduced Version] (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    33. Samuel Barber Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (G. Schirmer) attach
    34. Mack Wilberg O Come, All Ye Faithful [index no. 291] (Oxford University Press) attach
    35. Ralph Vaughan Williams Lark Ascending [full version], The (Oxford University Press) attach
    36. Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (Schott Music Mainz / Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo) attach
    37. John Rutter Gloria [full orchestra version] (Oxford University Press) attach
    38. Richard Strauss Four Last Songs (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    39. Margaret Bonds The “Montgomery Variations” (Hildegard Publishing Company) attach
    40. Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring. Ballet [13 Instruments] (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers [US]) attach
    41. Leonard Bernstein Somewhere (Boosey & Hawkes) attach
    42. Sergey Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    43. Francis Poulenc Concerto en sol mineur (Salabert) attach
    44. Francis Poulenc Gloria (Salabert) attach
    45. Gabriela Ortiz Kauyumari (Boosey & Hawkes (Hendon)) attach
    46. Igor Stravinsky Petrushka [Revised] (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    47. Paul Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis (Schott Music) attach
    48. Sergey Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    49. John Rutter Magnificat (chamber orch version) (Oxford University Press) attach
    50. Ástor Piazzolla The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires (Warner Chappell) attach
    51. Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring [1911-13, rev.1947] (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    52. John Rutter Twelve Days of Christmas CC2 [orch][Index 107] (Oxford University Press) attach
    53. Dmitri Shostakovich Kammersinfonie für Streichorchester nach dem Streichquartett Nr. 8 (VAAP) attach
    54. Morten Lauridsen Lux Aeterna (Peermusic Classical) attach
    55. Sergey Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet. Suite No. 2, Op. 64b (G.Schirmer/Sergei Prokofiev Estate) attach
    56. Dmitri Shostakovich Sinfonie Nr. 5 (VAAP) attach
    57. Leonard Bernstein Glitter and Be Gay (Boosey & Hawkes) attach
    58. Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (Dmitri Shostakovich Estate) attach
    59. Karl Jenkins The Armed Man (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    60. Mack Wilberg Joy to the World [orch] [Index No. 273] (Oxford University Press) attach
    61. Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo) attach
    62. Aaron Copland Billy the Kid. Suite (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers [US]) attach
    63. John Adams Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra, The (Associated Music Publishers) attach
    64. William Grant Still Afro-American Symphony (Novello & Co) attach
    65. Jean Sibelius Violin-Konzert d-Moll (Robert Lienau Musikverlag) attach
    66. Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps (Editions Durand) attach
    67. Francis Poulenc Sinfonietta (Chester Music) attach
    68. Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (Universal Edition AG) attach
    69. Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1 (Associated Music Publishers) attach
    70. Sergey Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet. Suite No. 1, Op. 64a (G.Schirmer/Sergei Prokofiev Estate) attach
    71. William Dawson Negro Folk Symphony (AMSCO/Wise Music) attach
    72. Igor Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919), The (Chester/Firebird) attach
    73. John Rutter Requiem [orchestral version] (Oxford University Press) attach
    74. Gian Carlo Menotti Medium (chamber orchestra accompaniment), The (G. Schirmer) attach
    75. Mack Wilberg The First Nowell [Index No. 269] (Oxford University Press) attach
    76. Florence Price Symphony No. 3 in c minor (G. Schirmer) attach
    77. John Adams Shaker Loops, for Strings (Associated Music Publishers) attach
    78. Wojciech Kilar Orawa (PWM Edition) attach
    79. Anna Clyne Restless Oceans (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers [US]) attach
    80. Bernard Herrmann Psycho: A Short Suite for String Orchestra (Sony/ATV Melody) attach
    81. Dmitri Shostakovich Sinfonie Nr. 9 (VAAP) attach
    82. Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus arcticus (Revised edition 2024) (Fennica Gehrman) attach
    83. Gabriela Lena Frank Three Latin-American Dances for Orchestra (G. Schirmer) attach
    84. Dmitri Shostakovich Concerto for Piano No. 2, Op. 102 (Dmitri Shostakovich Estate) attach
    85. George Gershwin Concerto in F (Gershwin Music) attach
    86. Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 in E♭ major (VAAP) attach
    87. Gustav Mahler 2. Symphonie (Universal Edition AG) attach
    88. Florence Price Andante moderato for string orchestra (G. Schirmer) attach
    89. Jacques Ibert Flute Concerto (Éditions Alphonse Leduc) attach
    90. George Gershwin An American in Paris (Gershwin Music) attach
    91. Gustav Mahler Sinfonie Nr. 5 (Edition Peters) attach
    92. Leonard Bernstein Make Our Garden Grow (Boosey & Hawkes) attach
    93. Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier. Suite (Boosey & Hawkes) attach
    94. Sergey Prokofiev Classical Symphony (Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers) attach
    95. Charles Ives Variations on “America” (Merion Music, Inc.) attach
    96. Dmitri Shostakovich Sinfonie Nr. 10 (VAAP) attach
    97. George Gershwin Girl Crazy (Gershwin Music) attach
    98. George Gershwin An American in Paris (Final Version) (Gershwin Music) attach
    99. George Walker Lyric for Strings (Lauren Keiser Music Publishing) attach
    100. Paul Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis (Schott Music) attach

    Most Performed composers in 2025

    1. Leonard Bernstein attach
    2. John Rutter attach
    3. George Gershwin attach
    4. Aaron Copland attach
    5. Mack Wilberg attach
    6. Benjamin Britten attach
    7. Florence Price attach
    8. Dmitri Shostakovich attach
    9. Igor Stravinsky attach
    10. Ralph Vaughan Williams attach
    11. Dmitri Shostakovich attach
    12. Sergey Prokofiev attach
    13. Arturo Márquez attach
    14. Sergey Rachmaninov attach
    15. Sergey Prokofiev attach
    16. Karl Jenkins attach
    17. Samuel Barber attach
    18. Richard Strauss attach
    19. Maurice Ravel attach
    20. Gustav Mahler attach

    Zinfonia Composers who died in 2025

    • Jean-Michel Defaye (18.ix.1932—1.i.2025) attach
    • Diane Thome (25.i.1942—12.i.2025) attach
    • Elgar Howarth (4.xi.1935—13.i.2025) attach
    • Ilkka Kuusisto (26.iv.1933—20.ii.2025) attach
    • Frédéric van Rossum (5.xii.1939—24.ii.2025) attach
    • Martin Bjelik (31.vii.1940—2.iii.2025) attach
    • Gennadi Banshchikov (9.xi.1943—7.iii.2025) attach
    • Sofia Gubaidulina (24.x.1931—13.iii.2025) attach
    • Pierre Mariétan (23.ix.1935—23.iii.2025) attach
    • Roberto De Simone (25.viii.1933—6.iv.2025) attach
    • William Finn (28.ii.1952—7.iv.2025) attach
    • Erhard Grosskopf (17.iii.1934—17.iv.2025) attach
    • Barrie Cabena (12.viii.1933—24.iv.2025) attach
    • Richard Wernick (16.i.1934—25.iv.2025) attach
    • Ronald Corp (4.i.1951—7.v.2025) attach
    • Charles Strouse (7.vi.1928—15.v.2025) attach
    • Per Nørgård (13.vii.1932—28.v.2025) attach
    • Halvor Haug (20.ii.1952—3.vi.2025) attach
    • Raymond Warren (7.xi.1928—4.vi.2025) attach
    • Lalo Schifrin (21.vi.1932—26.vi.2025) attach
    • Mark Snow (26.viii.1946—3.vii.2025) attach
    • Martin How (3.iv.1931—25.vii.2025) attach
    • Jonathan Lloyd (30.ix.1948—31.vii.2025) attach
    • Andrzej Hundziak (11.iii.1927—9.viii.2025) attach
    • Celso Garrido-Lecca (9.iii.1926—11.viii.2025) attach
    • Rodion Shchedrin (16.xii.1932—29.viii.2025) attach
    • Dieter Kaufmann (22.iv.1941—23.ix.2025) attach
    • Klaus Doldinger (12.v.1936—16.x.2025) attach
    • Thomas Daniel Schlee (26.x.1957—10.xi.2025) attach
    • Jean-Claude Éloy (15.vi.1938—19.xi.2025) attach
    • Viktor Fortin (14.iii.1936—29.xi.2025) attach
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    100k of Zinfonia Users

    Today is a momentous day for the Zinfonia team: we have officially passed the milestone of 100000 registered accounts. That so many individuals have navigated the registration process to explore what we offer is truly humbling, and I want to mark this occasion by reflecting on our journey.

    The concept of Zinfonia was first introduced at a meeting of music publishers at the Frankfurt Musikmesse back in April 2009.  At this time, most of the major rental libraries of the world were managed by a piece of software I wrote when I left my role of Head of Promotion at the Sydney office of Boosey & Hawkes  in 1998 called HLMSW.  I had the idea that combining the data of all of these individual systems would create a resource unlike any other.  Following the meeting, a new company called Zinfonia Holdings was created as a partnership between my Company (BTM Innovation) and 4 of the biggest names in Classical music at the time: Boosey and Hawkes, Music Sales (now Wise Music), Peters Edition, and the Universal Music Group.  In 2011, at the Major Orchestral Librarian Conference in London we announced the launch of the Zinfonia service which quickly grew to be a central player in the delivery of all rental materials worldwide. 

    In 2023, ownership of the Zinfonia Holdings company was transferred to me and in 2024, we launched a completely new Zinfonia site along with a new publisher-centric sister site called InCopyright (or In©). We continue to develop and expand our services, which now include some 120K works by 14K composers from 684 publisher imprints, processing more than 1.4M messages and requests from users in 155 countries.

    We are proud of many aspects of our operation, which is borne out of the complexity of creating a cohesive platform from so many different sources to fulfil orders in so many countries.  For example, every single composer in our database has been manually curated to maintain an accurate and comprehensive resource which is under constant revision. I created the now ubiquitous system for instrument identification (called the Universal Instrumentation Code or UIC) and recently introduced a similarly free to use distribution platform called Connect in Copyright (CinC) which provides important common standards for sheet music distribution, especially in this digital age.  

    We have also responded to many thousands of questions from musicians and librarians to assist them in their journey, and we take pride in the speed and personal nature of these responses (no AI bots here!).  

    The Zinfonia team is pretty small – just three of us make the system function.  While I have undertaken all of the software development myself, the platform would not exist without the support of two invaluable colleagues. Ulrich Steffen Eck has been with me on the Zinfonia project from the very first day, and it has been a wonderfully rich collaboration. Steffen has many talents – he is a musicologist, a polyglot (an essential skill for international publisher and customer assistance), a librarian with vast experience and has committed a large slab of his working life to this project. Joanne Hayley, my partner in life but also the manager of everything administrative and financial keeps everything running smoothly.  Zinfonia would not exist without these two and it has been such a joy to have such dedicated and talented colleagues and friends.

    There have been many others along the way that have contributed to Zinfonia in all its forms that I would like to mention including Kent Hoskins, Janis Susskind and Bevis Hungate (Boosey & Hawkes), Bob Wise, James Rushton, Chris Butler, Adam Harvey (Wise Music), Simon Baker, Cristiano Ostinelli, Carlo Dalla Vecchia, Simone Fuligno (Universal Music Group), Nicholas Riddle (Peters Edition), Matthew Freeman, Sonya Kim, Melinda Parent (for the Zinfonia logo) and all of our translators including  Simone Fuligno, Alessandro Olto, Anna Czajka, Jose Ferrer, Marin Fauvel and Denis Feletto.  

    Finally, I want to thank all our publishing partners and our customers, many of whom have contributed in so many ways to make the platform better every day. We look forward to continuing to serve you into the future.

    Peter Grimshaw December 15, 2025.

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    Exciting New Features for In© and Zinfonia Users

    We are thrilled to announce the preview of several powerful new features designed to enhance your experience with In© and Zinfonia! These updates bring significant advancements, particularly in logistics and data management.

    Comprehensive Logistics and Stock Management for Libraries

    One of the most impactful additions to In© is our new Logistics and Stock Management module. This comprehensive system provides complete stock management capabilities for libraries of all sizes, building on over thirty years of Zinfonia’s experience providing logistics tools to libraries worldwide.

    Integrated directly into the In© platform, our new module offers effortless management of your library’s assets.

    It empowers your team to:

    • Efficiently manage stock levels and assign stock to transactions.
    • Streamline reservations, sending, and returning materials (including missing parts) directly from the In© Zinfonia Orders screen.
    • Receive active reminders for all library events.
    • Access a complete history of performances and set allocations (even for transactions not created on Zinfonia).
    • Create custom customer messaging and printed documentation.
    • Seamlessly access all other In© tools, such as such as the paperless contracts, Connect in Copyright, the UIC, Stripe invoicing, the MQR, the Global Publisher Music Feed and enhanced reporting.

    This system is an ideal online alternative for companies currently using legacy library systems. It’s designed to work in close conjunction with all our other software products and services, including Zinfonia, HLMSW, Chordata, and the UIC.

    While access to these services will incur additional fees in the future, no additional charges will apply during this preview period.

    Ready to see it in action? Contact us today to request a demo!

    Enhanced API for Direct Data Access

    We’re in the process of updating our systems to provide direct access to your data (works, sets, and transactions) through a user-friendly API. This will enable you to easily update and retrieve data to power your external systems.

    Please note: APIs are only available to publishers with an active subscription that includes the logistics module. More information is available upon request.

    Smarter Searches in Zinfonia and In©

    Soon, Zinfonia and In© users will enjoy new and improved ways to locate titles in Zinfonia with enhanced search capabilities based on:

    • Tags: A dynamic taxonomy of descriptive words that can be assigned by publishers, end-users, or programmatically by our systems. This allows for diverse repertoire searches based on:
      • Period/Era
      • Form and Genre
      • Standard Concert Types
      • Regions, Peoples and Cultures
      • Schools and Movements
      • Moods and Characters
    • Difficulty: Filter searches by “Easy,” “Moderate,” or “Hard.”
    • Composer Nationality: Restrict searches based on a composer’s place of birth, death, or life.
    • UIC (Universal Instrumentation Code): Enable repertoire searches based on available parts, allowing you to find works for specific instrumental groups or those with similar instrumentations.

    ISWC Integration for Global Publishing

    All of our software services are implementing the storage and searching of works based on the ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code). This globally recognized system offers numerous benefits for publishing and is crucial for Performance Rights Organizations to accurately identify copyrighted works internationally. Integrating ISWC into our reporting will significantly improve the correct allocation of revenue in most situations.

    Need help getting your ISWC into Zinfonia? Let us know!

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