About Us

HISTORY
Our firm was established in 1977 by John and Jude Lubrano. Since that time, we have issued over sixty catalogues and specialized lists offering musical autographs and manuscripts; rare printed music; rare books on music and dance; and music- and dance-related iconography, and have come to be recognized as among the leading international dealers in antiquarian music and dance material.
 
CLIENTELE
Our clientele includes both private collectors and many of the most prestigious libraries worldwide. We continually strive to offer material that will complement our customers' interests, whether they be scholars, collectors, or institutions. We pride ourselves on individualized service, and actively offer new acquisitions to customers whose particular interests are known to us. All of our catalogued inventory may be viewed on our website, which is updated regularly. We also publish printed catalogues and specialized lists from time to time and would be glad to add your name to our mailing list should you wish to receive these.
 
SELLING
We are always interested in purchasing both individual items and collections in our specialties and welcome inquiries from individuals, estates, and institutions.

We have been involved in the appraisal and/or sale of many music and dance archives over the years, including those relating to the following figures:

Composers
Bela Bartok/Etelka Freund; Irving Berlin; George W. Chadwick; Edward T. Cone; John Corigliano; Richard Danielpour; David Del Tredici; David Diamond; David Felder; Morton Feldman; Arthur Foote; Vittorio Giannini; Ray Green; Lorenz Hart; Howard Hanson; Karel Husa; Erich Itor Kahn; Ulysses Kay; Earl Kim; Ernst Krenek; Steve Lacy; Richard Mohaupt; Julian Orbon; Wallingford Riegger; Ned Rorem; Hugo Weisgall

Instrumentalists
Igor Kipnis; Louis Krasner; Wanda Landowska/Denise Restout; Artur Rubinstein; Isaac Stern

Opera
Lorenzo Alvary; Patricia Brooks; Sarah Caldwell; Roberta Peters

Jazz
Duke Ellington; Gil Evans; Mabel Mercer; Charlie Mingus; Billy Strayhorn

Musicologists
Howard Mayer Brown; James Coover; Edward O.D. Downes; David Lewin; Tillman Merritt; Laurence Picken; Franklin Zimmerman

Collectors
Sidney Cox (Verdi); Sam de Vincent (American popular sheet music); Kurt Ganzl (musical theatre); Kurt Stein (American military sheet music)

Dance 
Parmenia Migel Ekstrom (the Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation); George Verdak (ballet master of the Indianapolis Ballet)

Libraries and Collections
The BMI Collection; the Harvard Musical Association; the Louisville Project

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
We are long-standing members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America; the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers; the Professional Autograph Dealers' Association; the Manuscript Society; the Music Library Association; the American Musicological Society; the Society for American Music; the Society of Dance History Scholars.