Elgar's Earnings. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Drysdale.
• Other Names: Drysdale, John
• 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. ComposersThe 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 ComposersSamuel 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 & SonsKeith 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 ConductingBroadcasting 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.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 780.92; Composers -- England -- Economic conditions -- 19th century; Composers -- England -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Music publishing -- England -- History -- 19th century; Music publishing -- England -- History -- 20th century; Composers -- England -- Biography; Composers; Finance, Personal; Music publishing; England; Electronic books; Biography; History; Finance, Personal
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782041238; 1782041230
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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