In 2002 the Universal Music Publishing Group purchased the Koch Musikverlage catalog from Franz Koch, president and owner of the Koch Music and Media Group. The catalog includes more than 50,000 original copyrights, most of them are of German origin. About Koch: Koch Musikverlage (Koch Music Publishing) was founded in 1978 by Franz Koch in Austria and started its activities with German country and ethnic music. Within a short period of time Koch became the leading publishing company for this music genre in the German speaking territories. In the mid-nineties Koch started to concentrate on working in pop, rock and dance music fields as well as on acquiring sub-publishing rights for GSA and Europe. Koch was one of the largest independent music publishers in Europe with own companies in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, United Kingdom, Benelux, Hungary and Czech Republic. Koch Musikverlag’s Exclusive Songwriters include: Marco Spürgin (writer and producer of Oli.P, etc.) Armin Pertl (writer and producer of several Koch Universal’s artists, Nicole, etc.) Alex Kahr (writer and producer of Manuel Ortega, Two In One, Christina Stürmer, etc.) Andreas Lebbing (writer and producer of Wind, etc.) *Note: This is not a complete list Songs in Koch Musikverlag’s catalog have been recorded by some of the most important German speaking artists. These include: "Schenk’ mir diese eine Nacht" by Brunner & Brunner "Ich schwör" by Kastelruther Spatzen "Düsseldorfer Girl" by Die Paldauer "Dort auf Wolke 7" by Nockalm Quintett & Stephanie "Only Fantasy" by Monika Martin & Daniel O’Donnell "Inno d’Amore" by Andreas & Petra Frey "Ich gehör’ zu Dir" by Michael Morgan & Rosanna Rocci "Ich zeig Dir die Berge" by Oswald Sattler & Jantje Smit "Mitten in’s Herz" by Judith & Mel "Im Garten meiner Seele" by Francine Jordi "Ein kleines Lied" by Leonard "Herzerltanz" by Zillertaler "Palma de Mallorca" by Chris Wolff "Bäng Boom Bäng" by Klostertaler "Ohne Holland fahr’n wir zur WM" by Helmut aus Mallorca Pop Songs in Koch Musikverlag’s catalog which have been recorded by artists in the GSA-territories include: "Der Berg ruft" by K2 "Reflection" by Bobby Singer "All To You" by Rounder Girls "Say A Word" by Manuel Ortega "El Amor La Vida" by Manuel Ortega "My Best Friend" by Whatever "Everybody Knows Her" by Whatever "Fiesta Amigo" by X-Ray "Willy’s Schihüttenmarsch" by Munzert "I Wanna Feel" by Stephanie Coker "Paranoid" by Paranoid Koch Music Library (KML) Part of Koch Musikverlag’s catalog is a music library which consist of more than 700 recorded songs on 60 CD's, where by Koch owns the master and publishing rights worldwide. KML presents various styles of music for professional movie illustration to film/video producers, to radio stations, advertising agencies, media companies and web-producers. Sheet Music Distribution: Echo Musikverlag ( www.echomusikverlag.com).