Description |
1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Frontcover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Opportunities for British Composers -- Economic Factors -- Attitudes to Work -- Rational Recreation -- Religious Influences -- The Reordering of Music -- Sacred Music -- Parish Churches -- Cathedrals -- Choral Societies -- The English Musical Renaissance -- Concerts and Opera -- 2 Authors, Painters and Composers -- Authors -- The Terms Available -- Distribution -- Literary Agents -- Authors' Earnings -- Anthony Trollope -- Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) -- Charles Dickens -- The Society of Authors -- Painters -- The Demand for Paintings -- The Artist and the Market -- Artists' Earnings -- Composers -- The Performing Right -- The Law -- The Copyright Commission 1875-76 -- Some Practical and Commercial Considerations -- The Thirteen as Twelve Trade Custom -- The Sale or Hire of Parts -- Other Points -- The Failure to Come Together -- Sir Arthur Sullivan -- 3 Novello and the Music Publishing Business -- The Rise of Novello up to 1866 -- The Catalogues 1904 to 1907 -- Church Services, Canticles, Anthems and Hymns -- Glees, Madrigals, Part-Songs and Choruses -- Oratorios, Cantatas and Other Works -- Tonic Sol-fa -- Other -- The Business 1898 to 1914 -- The Business 1915 to 1934 -- Novello's Financial Arrangements with its Composers -- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor -- Charles Gounod -- Sir John Stainer and Sir Charles Stanford -- 4 Novello, Royalties and Copyrights to 1914 and the 1904 Royalty Agreement -- The Early Days to 1900 -- The Period 1901 to 1914 -- The 1904 Royalty Agreement -- The End of the Agreement -- 5 Novello, Royalties and Copyrights 1914 to 1934 and other Music Publishers -- The War Years 1915 to 1918 -- The Period 1919 to 1921 -- The Period 1922 to 1934 -- Music Publishers -- Boosey and Co. -- Major Works -- Songs and an Instrumental Work -- The Royalties 1928 to 1933 |
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Elkin and Co. Ltd -- Enoch & Sons -- Keith Prowse -- Other Music Publishers -- 6 Royalties and Copyrights on Elgar's Major Works -- Enigma Variations -- The Dream of Gerontius -- The Apostles -- The Kingdom -- Symphony No. 1 -- Violin Concerto -- Symphony No. 2 -- Cello Concerto -- 7 Elgar's Performing Fees and George Bernard Shaw -- Novello and the PRS -- Symphony No. 1 -- Violin Concerto -- Symphony No. 2 -- Falstaff -- Cello Concerto -- Boosey, the PRS and Elgar -- Elgar and the PRS -- Elkin, the PRS and Elgar -- George Bernard Shaw -- Shaw as Publisher -- Shaw and America -- Shaw the Businessman -- Shaw and his Earnings -- 8 Elgar's Earnings from Broadcasting, Recording and Conducting -- Broadcasting Fees -- The BBC and the PRS -- The PRS, the BBC and Elgar -- Novello, the BBC and Elgar -- Boosey, the BBC and Elgar -- Elkin, the BBC and Elgar -- Recording: Mechanical Fees and Royalties -- Elgar and The Gramophone Co. -- Conducting Fees -- The Early Years to 1899 -- The Period 1900 to 1913 -- The War Period 1914 to 1918 -- The Period 1919 to 1934 -- Summary -- 9 A Matter of Wills -- 10 Epilogue -- Appendix: Bank of England, Inflation Calculator -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backcover |
Summary |
Although Elgar achieved fame, status and recognition in his lifetime, his earnings did not match the standard of living to which he aspired |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.
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SUBJECT |
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934 fast |
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Music publishers -- Great Britain
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Wages -- Composers
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
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MUSIC -- Business Aspects.
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Music publishers
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Great Britain
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781782041238 |
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1782041230 |
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1843837412 |
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9781843837411 |
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