Leonard Cohen’s property has offered the whole thing of his songwriting catalog to Hipgnosis Songs Fund for an undisclosed sum. In response to Rolling Stone, the deal contains all 278 songs penned by Cohen, together with fashionable songs comparable to ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Suzanne’, ‘So Lengthy, Marianne’, and ‘First We Take Manhattan’.
Hipgnosis Songs has obtained the “songwriter’s share” of 127 songs in Cohen’s “Stranger Music” catalog, which covers every thing revealed from the inception of his profession by way of 2000, in addition to an extra 84 spinoff works. The agency has additionally acquired the possession of 100% of the copyrights, “writer’s share” and “songwriter’s share” of royalties within the “Outdated Concepts” catalog, spanning from 2001 till his dying in 2016.
“To now be the custodians and managers of Leonard Cohen’s incomparable songs is a superb but very critical duty that we strategy with pleasure and absolutely perceive the significance of,” Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis stated in an announcement. “Leonard wrote phrases and songs which have modified our lives, none extra so apparent than ‘Hallelujah’ however there are such a lot of extra that we sit up for reminding the world of each day. He’s revered all around the globe due to the magnitude of his work.”
Hipgnosis has acquired main publishing catalogs from artists like Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham, Jimmy Iovine, and Neil Younger. The agency reached the deal in partnership with Cohen’s household and the late singer’s supervisor Robert Kory.
“Merck Mercuriadis is exclusive within the music publishing world together with his background as an artist supervisor,” Kory stated in an announcement. “We all know he cares about artists, and as a Québécois he has a very deep appreciation of Leonard’s distinctive standing in fashionable music. {The catalogue} is in good fingers. The Hipgnosis staff has been a pleasure to work with all through the transaction.”
