United Kingdom & Ireland

The Music Publishers Association is the National Agency for the dissemination of International Standard Music Numbers (ISMNs) in the UK & Eire and has been operating since August 1996.
The UK ISMN Agency allocates prefixes both to publishers in the UK & Eire. Information received by the UK ISMN Agency on publications carrying ISMNs is processed for inclusion in the MPA Catalogue of Printed Music at the earliest possible opportunity.

Contact Address:

UK ISMN Agency
Music Publishers Association
Att.: Mr. Jake Kirner
6th Floor, British Music House
26 Berners Street
London W1T 3LR

Tel: (+44 20) 7637 4052
Fax: (+44 20) 7637 3929
E-mail: catalogue@mpaonline.org.uk
URL: http://www.mpaonline.org.uk

Statistics:

320 UK publishers have obtained ISMNs over the years. They allocated these to approximately 175,000 publications.

See also ...

• The Shift of ISBN Users Among Music Publishers to the ISMN (2000).