Robbins Music Corporation

Robbins Music Corporation A new company was formed on January 1, 1922, when Maurice Richmond, a major jobber and a minor publisher (who had bought the F. A. Mills catalog in 1915), created a firm with his nephew and general manager, John J. Robbins (whose nickname was Jack; 1894–1959), to form Richmond-Robbins, at 1658 Broadway. When Robbins became a partner with Harry Engel two years later (Robbins-Engel), the new firm stayed at the same address. From 1927 to 1935 (when Robbins sold out to…