Button & Whitaker

History

London firm, successor to Thompson, founded by S. J. Button and Thomas Purday in 1805. Purday left the partnership c.1807, and his place was taken by John Whitaker. Around 1820, Button retired.

Editions

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprints

• Purday & Button (c.1805-1807)

Purday & Button, (Successors to Mr. Thompson)

• Button & Purday (1807)
• Button & Whitaker (1808)
• S. J. Button & J. Whitaker (c.1810)
• Button, Whitaker, & Beadnell (c.1815)
• Button & Company (c.1815)
• Button & Whitaker's Music Warehouse (c.1815)
• Button & Whitaker's Music & Musical Instrument Warehouse (c.1815)
• Button, Whitaker and Comp. (1818)
• Whitaker & Co. (1820-c.1830)

Addresses

• 75, St. Paul's Church Yard

Plate Numbers

Authority Control

Links

• Scores published by Button & Whitaker

Sources Consulted

• Kidson, British Music Publishers