Broude Brothers

History

Irving and Alexander Broude founded the firm in 1929. Much of what the company issues is reprint, but it also publishes Monuments of Music and Music Literature in Facsimile, which is full of important source material. Babbitt, Bloch, and Messiaen are represented by them. The firm is currently operated by Ronald Broude, the son of Irving. In 1954, Alexander split off from the firm to found his own company; Ruth Crawford and Dallapiccola are represented.

In 2016 Broude Brothers announced that they were withdrawing from the reprint business:

"Orchestra reprints were among Broude Brothers’ first publishing ventures, way back in the 1940s. And there was a need for them then: the only editions of orchestra music that had been published were German editions, and they were no longer accessible. But during the past 75 years, lots of new and respectable editions of works in the standard orchestra repertoire have been published. At Broude Brothers, we have published editorially sophisticated new editions of works in various genres, but we never seriously considered preparing and publishing new editions of standard orchestra works ourselves. What purpose would it serve, we wondered, to compete with offprints from Baerenreiter’s new Mozart or Schubert editions. And now, we think, our reprints have served their purpose, and it’s time to withdraw them."

Quoted from orchlibinfo@yahoogroups.com, March 4, 2016.

According to the 2017 website announcement, the actual operation of the retail business was transferred to the California retailer, Theordore Front Musical Literature, while the rental and wholesale side of the operation was taken over by C.F. Peters of New York. The Broude Trust for the Publication of Musicological Editions continues in operation under the management of the Broude family.

Editions

• Monuments of Music and Music Literature in Facsimile

Imprints, Agencies, Addresses

Imprints

• Broude Brothers
• Broude International Editions
• The Broude Trust
• Performers' Reprints
• Rongwen Music

Addresses

• New York
• Williamstown, MA

Plate Numbers

Sources Consulted

• 1. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie.

New York and London: Macmillan Publications, 1980.

Authority control

• VIAF