Rental material
Orchestral music & stage works

We have over 1200 works for orchestra in our catalogue: symphonies, solo concertos, songs, oratorios, operas and more.

Our orchestral works are normally delivered on a rental basis and you pay per performance according to our tariffs. According to practice, the rental rate is calculated based on the work's duration and number of performances. An amateur orchestra also has a lower tariff than a professional orchestra. For recordings where rental material is used, a fixed rate per recorded minute applies. Special regulations apply to opera and ballet works.

Scores can be purchased for most works. If you are planning a performance, you may borrow a score for perusal free of charge.

We also represent other publishers, such as Boosey & Hawkes and Schott (see below), in our territory. You can find information about and order materials for most of the repertoire of other publishers that we represent in Zinfonia.

Do not hesitate to contact us with questions or if you need help.

Foreign customers are referred to our local representatives in their respective countries. Here you find a list of Our agencies world wide.

Ordering

When ordering rental materials, you will be linked to our partner Zinfonia .

Zinfonia combines up-to-date information from many of the world's largest rental catalogues into one place. In order to search and place orders, you must first register.

Registered users of Zinfonia can:

  • Quickly find and view information and links to thousands of composers, works and publishers
  • Communicate directly with your local distributor to ask questions, get quotes and place orders
  • Use the "My Catalogue" section to save your search results in one place
  • Collect all your orders in one place and receive automatic status updates directly from Zinfonia Connect

Here is a direct link for registration. Registration is free of charge.

Please note that the above refers to orchestral materials on rental basis. Scores, piano reductions etc. for many of the orchestral works can be purchased directly in the online store .

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Representations & rental conditions
Rental Representations

In addition to our own music, we also represent several international publishers who together have a significant share of the repertoire played in our territory.

We represent the following publishers in terms of rental materials and stage works:

  • Boosey & Hawkes incl. Bote & Bock and Sikorski
    for Sweden
  • Breitkopf & Härtel
    for Sweden and Norway
  • Fennica Gehrman incl. Fazer and Warner/Chappell Finland
    for Sweden
  • Körling Music Publishing
    for the whole world
  • PWM Edition
    for Sweden, Norway and Denmark
  • Schott incl. Lienau/Zimmermann and Thomi-Berg
    for Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Latvia and Lithuania
  • Universal Music Publishing Classical incl. Ricordi, Editions Durand, Salabert, Eschig, Editio Musica Budapest, Rob Forberg Musikverlag and Decca Publishing
    for Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Latvia and Lithuania


Rental conditions

When you rent sheet music from Gehrmans Musikförlag the following conditions apply:

  1. The material may only be used publicly for agreed performances.
  2. Complaints about delivered material must be notified to the publisher no later than 10 days after the material has been received.
  3. Appropriate agreement between your performance rights society and the institution giving the concert is assumed.
  4. The material may not, without special agreement with the publisher:
    - be used for radio or television broadcasting (including digital broadcasting) or recording for such.
    - be used for broadcasts via the internet, neither for streaming or download.
    - be used for mechanical reproduction, including cassette, CD, DVD or other image or sound carrier is copied or copied.
    - be lent, rented, sold or given away.
    - be performed in a different way than in the original version.
  5. The customer is responsible for returning the material in good condition after use. Notes, strokes, etc. may only be made with pencil.
  6. The parts must be returned according to score order (with the string parts at the bottom).
  7. The material is returned with a traceable shipping method and the sender is responsible for the material arriving at the publisher.
  8. Complete material must be returned to the publisher without warning ( return addresses can be found here ) no later than 14 days after the (last) performance. If the time is exceeded, an additional fee of 50% of the basic rental fee per started 30-day period is payable. Missing scores and parts will be charged immediately without reminder according to the original publisher's requirements. Minimum fee SEK 150 excluding VAT. Should the missing parts of the material be fixed at a later stage, crediting of invoiced amounts will not be allowed.
  9. Return of unused material must take place immediately and at the latest before the planned performance in order for partial crediting of the rental fee to be considered. Contact Us!
  10. The rental cost is invoiced when the order is placed.
  11. Brokerage fee and costs for shipping and packaging are charged.
  12. The music publisher has the right, on request, to receive two free tickets for each performance.
  13. In the case of stage music works, special conditions apply and a special written agreement with the publisher is required.