Midtown in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

BMI

Broadcast Music, Inc.

Photographed by Kevin Hoch, October 11, 2012

1. BMI, Broadcast Music, Inc. Marker

Inscription. BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), an organization that collects performance royalties for songwriters and music publishers in all genres of music, opened its doors in New York in 1940. BMI was the first performance rights organization to represent what was then commonly referred to as rural and race music in the forms of country, gospel, blues, and jazz. In 1958, BMI established a permanent Nashville office and hired Frances William Preston as manager. BMI constructed the first wing of this building in 1964 and expanded it in 1995. This office represents songwriters and music publishers in Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, Muscle Shoals and Austin, and played a key role in developing Nashville as Music City, U.S.A.

Erected 2012 by The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. (Marker Number 144.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee, The Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940.

Location. 36° 9.059′ N, 86° 47.5′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Midtown. It is at the intersection

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of Music Square East and Music Circle North, on the right when traveling north on Music Square East. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10 Music Square East, Nashville TN 37203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Music Row (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); RCA Studio B (about 500 feet away); Bradley Studios (about 600 feet away); The Edgehill Community (approx. 0.2 miles away); Belmont Church and Koinonia Coffeehouse / Contemporary Christian Music (approx. 0.3 miles away); Centennial Celebration of Scarritt in Nashville (approx. 0.4 miles away); Wallace University School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Scarritt College for Christian Workers (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Also see . . . BMI - Broadcast Music, Inc. (Submitted on October 15, 2012.)

Photographed by Kevin Hoch, October 11, 2012

2. BMI, Broadcast Music, Inc. Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2012, by Kevin Hoch of Waco, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,453 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 11, 2012, by Kevin Hoch of Waco, Texas. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.