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Ibbs and Tillett : the rise and fall of a musical empire / Christopher Fifield.

By: Fifield, Christopher.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Aldershot, Hants ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2005Description: xiii, 678 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 1840142901 (hbk.).Subject(s): Ibbs and Tillett | Concert agents -- England -- BiographyDDC classification: 780.922
Contents:
N. Vert -- An American venture and the death of Vert : 1902-1905 -- Memoirs of Pedro Tillett -- The first year : 1906 -- Clara Butt's Australian tour : 1907 -- Artists and auditionees : 1906-1912 -- Artists and auditionees : 1912-1914 -- Concerts and festivals : 1910-1914 -- Artists and auditionees : 1914-1918 -- Agencies and artists : 1918-1923 -- Artists and auditionees : 1920-1929 -- Letters from artists : 1920-1929 -- Letters from conductors : 1930-1939 -- Letters from pianists : 1930-1939 -- Letters from instrumentalists, singers and composers : 1930-1939 -- Artists and auditionees : 1930-1939 -- The politics of music 1930-1939 -- A conductor in 1933 -- Concerts, artists and auditionees : 1940-1949 -- Agency changes : 1940-1949 -- Kathleen Ferrier -- Artists and agents : 1950-1959 -- The winds of change : 1960-1969 -- End of an era : 1970-1982 -- The final decade : 1980-1990.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 780.922 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00102192
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

For the greater part of the twentieth century, Ibbs and Tillett's concert agency was to the British music industry what Marks and Spencer is to the world of the department store. The roll-call of famous musicians on its books was unmatched, and included such international stars as Clara Butt, Fritz Kreisler, Pablo Casals, Sergei Rachmaninov, Andres Segovia, Kathleen Ferrier, Myra Hess, Jacqueline du Pre, Clifford Curzon and Vladimir Ashkenazy, to name but a handful. From 1906, the success of the company was due to the dedication of its founders, Robert Leigh-Ibbs and John Tillett. After their deaths, the agency was run by the latter's wife, Emmie, who, dubbed the 'Duchess of Wigmore Street', became one of the most formidable yet respected women in British music. The history of this unique institution and its owners is told here for the first time, often through the fascinating letters that were exchanged between the artists themselves and the agency.

Bibliography: p. 647-649. - Includes index.

N. Vert -- An American venture and the death of Vert : 1902-1905 -- Memoirs of Pedro Tillett -- The first year : 1906 -- Clara Butt's Australian tour : 1907 -- Artists and auditionees : 1906-1912 -- Artists and auditionees : 1912-1914 -- Concerts and festivals : 1910-1914 -- Artists and auditionees : 1914-1918 -- Agencies and artists : 1918-1923 -- Artists and auditionees : 1920-1929 -- Letters from artists : 1920-1929 -- Letters from conductors : 1930-1939 -- Letters from pianists : 1930-1939 -- Letters from instrumentalists, singers and composers : 1930-1939 -- Artists and auditionees : 1930-1939 -- The politics of music 1930-1939 -- A conductor in 1933 -- Concerts, artists and auditionees : 1940-1949 -- Agency changes : 1940-1949 -- Kathleen Ferrier -- Artists and agents : 1950-1959 -- The winds of change : 1960-1969 -- End of an era : 1970-1982 -- The final decade : 1980-1990.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • N. Vert: 'a veritable Napoleon of managers'
  • An American venture and the death of Vert: 1902-5
  • Memoirs of Pedro Tillett
  • The first year: 1906
  • Clara Butt's Australian tour:1907
  • Artists and auditionees: 1906-12
  • Artists and auditionees: 1912-14
  • Concerts and festivals: 1910-14
  • Artists and auditionees: 1914-18
  • Agencies and artists: 1918-23
  • Artists and auditionees: 1920-29
  • Letters from artists: 1920-29
  • Letters from conductors: 1930-39
  • Letters from pianists: 1930-39
  • Letters from instrumentalists, singers and composers: 1930-39
  • Artists and auditionees: 1930-39
  • The politics of music: 1930-39
  • A conductor in 1933
  • Concerts, artists and auditionees: 1940-49
  • Agency changes: 1940-49
  • Kathleen Ferrier
  • Artists and agents: 1950-59
  • The winds of change: 1960-69
  • End of an era: 1970-82
  • The final decade: 1980-90
  • Appendices
  • Select bibliography
  • General index

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