The Wa-Wan Press was an American music publishing company founded in 1901 by composer Arthur Farwell in Newton Center, Massachusetts.
The firm concentrated on publishing compositions by so-called Indianist movement members—composers who incorporated traditional Native American music into their works.
Although it never achieved its founder's intentions of fomenting a classical musical revolution in the United States, the company saw success during its eleven-year history before being acquired and abandoned by G. Schirmer in 1912.
[1] During Farwell's own brief foray into academia at Cornell University (1899-1901), he started composing short pieces based on Native American melodies.
[5] During its 11-year history, the press had published 37 composers (nine of whom were women), including Caroline Holme Walker, Carlos Troyer, Rubin Goldmark, and Henry F.