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Author Drysdale, John D

Title Elgar's earnings / John Drysdale
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press, 2013

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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
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.
SUBJECT Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934 fast
Subject Music publishers -- Great Britain
Wages -- Composers
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
MUSIC -- Business Aspects.
Music publishers
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782041238
1782041230
1843837412
9781843837411