Robert Lecker Agency is pleased to announce that it is now the exclusive agent for foreign rights sales on all titles published by the Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group including the following imprints:

Amadeus PressApplause Cinema and Theatre Books – Limelight Editions – Backbeat BooksHal Leonard Books

For more information about Hal Leonard titles, go here. For the current Hal Leonard catalog, please view the frontlist and the full catalog (backlist).

Please send us a detailed inquiry concerning rights for any of the titles published under these Hal Leonard imprints.


Recent Foreign Rights Sales

SOLDJimi Hendrix, The Ultimate Lyric Book, compiled by Janie L. Hendrix, to DeAgostini (Italy and France)


SOLDThe Little Blue Book for Filmmakers: A Primer for Directors, Writers, Producers, and Actors, by Carl Gottlieb and Toni Attell, to Post Wave Publishing Consulting (China)


SOLDYour Pretty Face is Going to Hell - The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed, by Dave Thompson, to Editora Veneta (Brazil)


SOLDPiano Essentials, by Ross Ramsay, to SRM (Korea)


SOLDVocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer, by Anne Peckham, to SRM (Korea)


SOLDThe Contemporary Singer, by Anne Peckham, to SRM (Korea)


SOLDThe Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius, by Bill Milkowski, to Altervision Design (Georgia)


SOLDThe Art of Acting, by Stella Adler, to Post Wave Publishing Consulting (China)


SOLDBeatles Gear: Instruments, From Stage to Studios, by Andy Babiuk, to Disk Union (Japan)


SOLDGuitar Effects Pedals, by Dave Hunter, to Disk Union (Japan)


SOLDThe Guitar Amp Handbook, by Dave Hunter, to Disk Union (Japan)


SOLDThe Soul of Tone: Celebrating 60 Years of Fender Amps, by Tom Wheeler, to Space Shower Networks (Japan)


SOLDHistory of the American Guitar: 1833 to the Present Day, by Tony Bacon, to Disk Union (Japan)


SOLD, John Bonham: A Thunder of Drums, by Chris Welch & Geoff Nicholls, to Editions Camion Blanc (France)


SOLD, December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, by Keith Elliot Greenberg, to Ediciones Quarentena (Spain)


SOLD, Madonna: Blond Ambition, by Daryl Easlea & Eddi Fiegel, to Wydawnictwo PASCAL (Poland)


SOLD, Irvine’s Writing About Music (Third Edition), by Demar Irvine, revised and enlarged by Mark A. Radice, to Central Conservatory of Music Press (China)


SOLD, Hard Bop Academy, by Alan Goldsher, to Blues Interactions (Japan)

SOLDMingus/Mingus: Two Memoirs, by Janet Coleman and Al Young, to Blues Interactions (Japan)


SOLDI Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly and the Family Stone, by Jeff Kaliss, to Blues Interactions (Japan)


SOLDStella Adler – The Art of Acting, by Howard Kissel to Film Art Sha (Japan)


SOLDJimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography, by George Case, to Toho Shuppan (Japan)


SOLDThe Yardbirds, by Clayson, to Toho Publishing (Japan)


SOLDThe Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals, by Frederic B. Vogel & Ben Hodges, to GimmYoung Publishers, Inc (Korea)


SOLDHarpo Speaks!, by Harpo Marx and Rowland Barber, to Directora Editorial Seix Barral (Spain)


SOLDThe Early Years of the Les Paul Legacy 1915-1963, by Robb Lawrence, to Blues Interactions (Japan)


SOLDIn the Studio With Michael Jackson, by Bruce Swedien, to Hobo Forlag (Norway)


SOLDDecember 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, by Keith Elliot Greenberg, to Law Press (China)


SOLD, Jazz on Film: The Complete Story of the Musicians and Music Onscreen, by Scott Yanow, to Random House, Korea, Inc. (Korea)


SOLD, December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, by Keith Elliot Greenberg, to Blues Interactions, Inc. (Japan)


SOLD, December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, by Keith Elliot Greenberg, to AST (Russia)


SOLD, A Guide to the Harpsichord, by Ann Bond, to Scripta Musicali Ltd. (Estonia)


SOLD, What Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich, by, to Kokushokankokai (Japan)


SOLD, The Modern Era of the Les Paul Legacy 1968-2009, by Robb Lawrence, to Blues Interactions (Japan)


SOLD, Complete Guide to Film Scoring, by Richard Davis, to Posts and Telecommunications Press (China)


SOLD, Prince: Chaos, Disorder and Revolution, by Jason Draper, to Publicat-Wydawnictwo Dolnoslaski (Poland)