Ibbs and Tillett : the rise and fall of a musical empire

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Ibbs and Tillett : the rise and fall of a musical empire

Christopher Fifield

Ashgate, c2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [647]-649) and index

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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. It begins in the latter years of the 19th century with the concert and theatrical manager Narciso Vert, for whom both Ibbs and Tillett worked until his death in 1905. The story then becomes a history of musical life in twentieth-century Britain, illuminating aspects of the day-to-day management of concerts and festivals, the lives and livelihoods of professional musicians, as well as those who strove to join their ranks through audition or recommendation. The changing profile of artists represented by Ibbs and Tillett and their reception in the press can be viewed as a barometer of musical taste. The demise of the agency in 1990 was indicative of just how much the world of British music had changed by the end of the century, but despite its loss to the profession, the legacy and influence of Ibbs and Tillett has remained a benchmark in today's highly competitive world of artist management and concert promotion, many of whose principal operators began their working lives as 'Ibblets'.

目次

  • Preface
  • N Vert
  • 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
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.

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