Nonesuch Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Records.
Nonesuch was founded in 1964 by Jac Holzman to license European recordings of classical music. Originally it concentrated heavily on chamber and baroque music, often with (then) unique repertory, and typically sold at less-than-premium prices. Upon its formation, Nonesuch operated as a subsidiary label of Elektra Records—which Holzma...
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Nonesuch Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Records.
Nonesuch was founded in 1964 by Jac Holzman to license European recordings of classical music. Originally it concentrated heavily on chamber and baroque music, often with (then) unique repertory, and typically sold at less-than-premium prices. Upon its formation, Nonesuch operated as a subsidiary label of Elektra Records—which Holzman launched in 1950. In 1970, Holzman sold Elektra and Nonesuch to Kinney National Company, which later became Warner Communications and later part of Time Warner's Warner Music Group. In 2004, the Warner Music Group (WMG) became an independently owned, publicly traded company.
Teresa Sterne was the coordinator of the company from 1965 until 1979; she was responsible not only for all of the artists & repertory decisions but also for overseeing the increasingly distinctive look of the record jackets. Her abrupt termination in 1979 ushered in a...
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