Schirmer Trade Books

Schirmer Trade Books is devoted to publishing educational, entertaining, and inspiring books about all aspects of music, especially the recording arts, music business, and genre histories.

The vast catalog spans from classical composer biographies such as Maynard Solomon’s ground-breaking Beethoven to reference texts like The Listener’s Companion: Great Composers and Their Works by Nicolas Slonimsky and Electra Yourke.

More contemporary genre histories are exemplified by Robert Bowman’s Soulsvile U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records, James Dickerson’s Goin’ Back to Memphis: A Century of Blues, Rock ‘N’ Roll, And Glorious Soul, and Henry Sapoznik’s exhaustive resource, Klezmer! Jewish Music From Old World to Our World.

Some of Schirmer’s bestselling titles focus on music business and the recording arts and include, Music, Money, and Success: The Insider’s Guide to Making Money in the Music Industry by award-winning authors Jeffrey Brabec and Todd Brabec, They Fought the Law: Rock Music Goes to Court by entertainment attorney Stan Soocher, and Writing Music for Hit Songs by Jai Josefs.

Schirmer Trade Books publishes 15 new titles a year and boasts an extensive backlist.