Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Opportunities for British Composers
- 2 Authors, Painters and Composers
- 3 Novello and the Music Publishing Business
- 4 Novello, Royalties and Copyrights to 1914 and the 1904 Royalty Agreement
- 5 Novello, Royalties and Copyrights 1914 to 1934 and other Music Publishers
- 6 Royalties and Copyrights on Elgar's Major Works
- 7 Elgar's Performing Fees and George Bernard Shaw
- 8 Elgar's Earnings from Broadcasting, Recording and Conducting
- 9 A Matter of Wills
- 10 Epilogue
- Appendix: Bank of England, Inflation Calculator
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Authors, Painters and Composers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Opportunities for British Composers
- 2 Authors, Painters and Composers
- 3 Novello and the Music Publishing Business
- 4 Novello, Royalties and Copyrights to 1914 and the 1904 Royalty Agreement
- 5 Novello, Royalties and Copyrights 1914 to 1934 and other Music Publishers
- 6 Royalties and Copyrights on Elgar's Major Works
- 7 Elgar's Performing Fees and George Bernard Shaw
- 8 Elgar's Earnings from Broadcasting, Recording and Conducting
- 9 A Matter of Wills
- 10 Epilogue
- Appendix: Bank of England, Inflation Calculator
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
As the nineteenth century progressed, successful authors could earn substantial sums. There was a great demand for the works of contemporary British novelists and the market responded to this in a flexible and effective manner. The distribution channels widened and literary agents came between authors and publishers to improve their clients' negotiating power. With wealth came status and respectability and an entry into polite society. While authors never came together to create a profession which insisted on entry qualifications, like the Church, law and medicine, they did join together to enhance their economic interests through The Society of Authors.
The demand for works by contemporary British painters also increased substantially in the nineteenth century, and again the market responded flexibly and effectively by increasing the financial terms which successful painters could obtain. The distribution channels also widened and commercially driven art dealers ensured that these were exploited to the full. With wealth again came respectability and an entry into polite society through the acceptance of painting as a profession which required academic study and qualifications. As a result, painters sought to distance themselves from the trade which created their wealth, ascribing a moral value to their paintings which was of service to society.
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- Elgar's Earnings , pp. 28 - 55Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2013