Mds Partner

At MDS PARTNER the love for music is not only a profession but also a mission, a passion shared by the whole team. Their overall goal is to make the manifold facets of music simply and fast accessible to different target audiences.

Today a combination of unique know-how, modern logistics and the cooperation with more than 100 publishers are the basis for a prompt, reliable and efficient delivery of roughly 100 000 titles to the trade. The entire team shares a commitment to high quality standards, efficiency and a strong customer orientation.

At the beginning Music Distribution Services was the distributor of the music publisher Schott Music and it was handling all orders of Schott Music directly from the publisher’s head office in downtown Mainz to customers throughout the world. Gradually, the publishing house became more and more successful and the publishing catalogue more and more comprehensive so that in the early 1970s the management looked for premises that would be suitable for setting up a distribution centre which eventually found its place in the industrial park of Mainz-Hechtsheim.

On 1^st July 2004, Schott Music's distribution was founded as an independent limited company under the name “mds – music distribution services”. Other publisher catalogues from Germany and abroad were welcomed, and along with articles on a consignment basis from publishing partners, other articles were added to the mds distribution portfolio such as music accessories, audiobooks, manuscript paper and CDs. Nowadays, around 100,000 titles from more than 100 music publishing houses are consolidated via Mds partner and sent to customers all over the world.