Boosey and Hawkes: The Publishing Story - Softcover

Wallace, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851625142 ISBN 13: 9780851625140

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). 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

About this title

About the Author:

Helen Wallace is the Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute and a Professorial Fellow at the University of Sussex. She has published many papers and books on the politics and policies of the European Union.
William Wallace is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. He has published widely on European and foreign policies.
Mark Pollack is Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University, Philadelphia. His current research focuses on the role of the supranational institutions of the European Union.

About this edition

• Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0851625142
• ISBN 13: 9780851625140
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 243