Boosey & Hawkes, the publishing story / Helen Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Helen, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boosey & Hawkes Inc.

Music publishers--England--Biography.

Music publishers.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 243 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Boosey and Hawkes, the publishing story

Place of Publication:

London : Boosey & Hawkes, [2007]

Summary:

A rare inside look at the evolution of the world's leading classical publisher and how it works with composers to shape music history. Rather than wage a price war, Leslie Boosey and Ralph Hawkes decided to merge their rival businesses in 1930. Signing Bartok and Strauss and investing in talented young composers like Britten and Copland, the company fully came of age with the acquisition of masterpieces by Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev. The 1980s saw a new flowering, with impressive signings in America and Europe, but not without internal struggles. Distinguished journalist and broadcaster Helen Wallace vividly charts the company's progress through boom years and unexpected financial threats, and reveals how artistic foresight has been balanced with commercial reality. "A surprisingly gripping narrative. For those who wonder what really goes on in music publishing, it offers a fascinating read." - BBC Music Magazine

Contents:

1930-39: Bold moves

1939-40: War

1941-42: The Wigmore Hall concerts

1943-45: "Machiavelian it may be..."

1946-50: Spoils of war

1950-58: Going on without Ralph

1958-64: Crisis and change

1960-71: History repeats itself

1966-74: Division and development

1974-80: Back to Europe

1980-86: The Boxford years

1986-95: The Górecki phenomenon

1996-2006: Music publishing breaks free

Boosey family tree

Hawkes family tree.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780851625140

0851625142

OCLC:

122913233