Leader and Cock

Historical Publication Info

History

The Leader & Cock firm was established by Frederick Christopher Leader and James Lamborn Cock. Leader had his own business at 63, New Bond Street from 1842, and was joined by Cock in 1843; the two continued their work together until 1862.

Leader & Cock published music from a wide variety of genres including large quantities of piano music, songs, and part-songs. Many contemporary British composers were represented in their catalogue, including Bennett, Parish, Alvers, John Barnett, William Callcott, Michael Costa, W.H. Cummings, W.G. Cusins, W.H. Holmes, John Hullah, Walter Macfarren, Arthur Sullivan, John Thomas, and Thomas Wingham. Leader & Cock also published music by foreign composers, including Beethoven, Clementi, Dussek, Haydn, and Mozart.

In 1862 Lamborn Cock split with Leader, operating as Lamborn Cock, Hutchings & Co.

Imprints, Agencies, Addresses

Imprints

Leader (1842-1843)
Leader & Cock (1843-1862)

Addresses

63 New Bond Street (1842-1862)
61 Brook Street (1857-1862)
62 New Bond Street (1860-1862)

Plate numbers

Plate	Composer	Work	Year
L. C. 16	Mozart	Idomeneo
L. & C. 893	Loder	Persian March from 'Noureddin'	1849
L. C. 1811	Bennett	Preludes and lessons, op.33	1853
L. & C. 2354	Bennett	Fantaisie, Op.16	1856

Sources consulted

Williamson, Rosemary. William Sterndale Bennett : A Descriptive Thematic Catalogue. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996.
Humphries, Charles., and William C. Smith. Music Publishing in the British Isles from the Beginning until the Middle of the Nineteenth Century : A Dictionary of Engravers, Printers, Publishers and Music Sellers, with a Historical Introduction. Second Edition. Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1970.