American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers

Singkatan	ASCAP
Tanggal pendirian	13 Februari 1914; 110 tahun lalu (1914-02-13)
Tipe	Nirlaba
Kantor pusat	New York City, New York, Amerika Serikat
Situs web	ascap.com

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP /ˈæskæp/) adalah sebuah organisasi hak pentas (performance-rights organization, PRO) nirlaba Amerika yang melindungi hak cipta musikal para anggotanya dengan memantau pentas publik dari musik mereka, entah melalui penyiaran atau penampilan langsung, dan mengkompensasi mereka.^[1]

Di Amerika Serikat, ASCAP bersaing dengan empat PRO lainnya — Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), Society of European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC), & Pro Music Rights, LLC. (Pro Music Rights)^[2]

• ASCAP (1948) The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1st ed., 483 p. ("1,890 writers, 309 publishers: 1,887 biographies") .
• ASCAP (1952) The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 2nd ed., 636 p. ("2,297 writers (including 203 women), 453 publishers: ? biographies") LC: 52-7038 .
• ASCAP (1966) The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 3rd ed., 845 p. ("8,500 writers, 2,800 publishers: 5,238 biographies') LC: 66-20214 .
• ASCAP (1980) The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 4th ed., 589 p. ("? writers, 7,000 publishers: 8,200 biographies") LC: 80-65351, ISBN 0-8352-1283-1 .

• Blume, Jason (2006). This Business of Songwriting. Billboard Books (New York City). ISBN 978-0-8230-7759-5.
• Choquette, Frederic, "The Returned Value of PROs", Music Business Journal, Berklee College of Music, May 2011
• Passman, Donald S. (2003). All You Need to Know about the Music Business. Free Press (New York City). ISBN 978-0-7432-4637-8.
• Shemel, Sidney; Krasilovsky, M. William (1990). This Business of Music. Billboard Books (New York City). ISBN 978-0-8230-7706-9.

• Situs web resmi
• ASCAP archives, 1914-1986 Music Division, The New York Public Library.