Kassel is home to several internationally renowned music publishers and important associated institutions such as the Verwertungsgesellschaft Musikedition. These regional characteristics are taken up for the master's degree program "Music Publishing" and transferred into a new type of study program.
Nowadays, music publishing no longer means only the classic printing of sheet music and books, but also digital distribution and license management to a considerable extent. Almost every time music is played on YouTube or in the concert hall, royalties have to be paid to the rightful owners, and very often music publishers act as venues for license administration. The study program is made attractive and practical above all by the fact that regionally based publishers have been firmly integrated into the course. During the four semesters of the standard period of study, students can always take advantage of an accompanying offer from a total of four practice partners.
Within the University of Kassel, there is cooperation with the Institute for Business Law. Furthermore, a cooperation with the University of Paderborn (Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn) has been agreed upon. Last but not least, the new course of studies promotes the networking of the university with the region and yet remains a unique selling point - no other German-speaking university offers such a course of studies.
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