Table of Contents

Introduction
Opportunities for British Composers
Authors, Painters and Composers
Novello and the Music Publishing Business
Novello, Royalties and Copyrights to 1914 and the 1904 Royalty Agreement
Novello, Royalties and Copyrights 1914 to 1934 and other Music Publishers
Royalties and Copyrights on Elgar's Major Works
Elgar's Performing Fees and George Bernard Shaw
Elgar's Earnings from Broadcasting, Recording and Conducting
A Matter of Wills
Epilogue
Appendix

Reviews

A fascinating book ... I commend this book to anyone interested in how composers of the time earned an income.
*SPIRITED MAGAZINE, ENGLISH MUSIC FESTIVAL*

This study widens our understanding of the place of Elgar's music in terms of social, cultural and economic context ... Drysdale's excellent analysis of Elgar's earnings shows the benefits that economically-focused studies of composers bring to the more contextual understanding of the life decisions and artistic choices they made.
*MUSICAL TIMES, December 2013*

Drysdale [...] should be congratulated on adding a new chapter in Elgar studies.
*MUSICAL OPINION*

This is a rare, maybe even unique, book. [...] An unexpected, revealing, and truly fascinating book and one which I recommend wholeheartedly.
*ELGAR SOCIETY JOURNAL*