Ibbs and Tillett

Ibbs and Tillett, « un des mythiques duos d'une agence artistique de musique classique »^[1], était une agence basée à Londres de gestion d'artistes et de concerts de musique classique ayant prospéré entre 1906 et 1990 au Royaume-Uni.

Fondateur

Ibbs and Tillett a été fondée par Robert Leigh Ibbs et John Tillett, formés avec l'impresario Nathaniel Vert (Narciso Vertigliano)^[2]. Vert était notamment l'organisateur des concerts d'Edward Elgar^[3] et a envoyé les Variations Enigma d'Elgar à un autre client^[4] pour qui il exerçait également, le chef d'orchestre Hans Richter^[5], chef de l'Orchestre philharmonique de Vienne qui a créé l'œuvre à Londres en 1899.

Organisation

La veuve de John Tillett, Emmie Tillett^[1] a dirigé l'agence après la mort des fondateurs et est devenue l'une des organisatrices les plus connues dans le monde ; si bien qu'elle fut surnommée la « duchesse de Wigmore Street » (Duchess of Wigmore Street)^[6].

« Pendant la plus grande partie du XX^e siècle, l'agence de concert Ibbs and Tillett était à l'industrie de la musique britannique ce que Marks and Spencer est pour le monde des grands magasins. La sollicitation des musiciens célèbres sur ses « carnets d'adresses » était inégalée, et comprenait des stars internationales comme Clara Butt, Fritz Kreisler, Pablo Casals, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Andrés Segovia, Kathleen Ferrier, Myra Hess, Jacqueline du Pré, Julian Lloyd Webber, Clifford Curzon et Vladimir Ashkenazy, pour n'en citer que quelques-uns... l'héritage et l'influence de Ibbs and Tillett est resté aujourd'hui une référence dans le monde hautement concurrentiel de la gestion des artistes et la promotion des concerts, dont la plupart des principaux opérateurs ont commencé leur vie professionnelle comme « Ibblets. »

— Christopher Fifield, Ibbs and Tillett: The Rise and Fall of a Musical Empire.

Bibliographie

(en) Christopher Fifield, Ibbs and Tillett : The Rise and Fall of a Musical Empire, Burlington, Ashgate, 2005, 678 p. (ISBN 1840142901, OCLC 54372133)

Références

(en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Ibbs and Tillett » (voir la liste des auteurs).

↑ ^{a et b} Andrew Green, « Obituary: Wilfred Stiff », The Independent, 26 janvier 1996 : « Having developed a classical music wing to London Management through the simple expedient of buying up an existing music agency, the Wilfrid van Wyck office, Stiff then proposed acquiring Ibbs & Tillett, one of the legendary names in classical music artist management. When the deal fell through at the very last moment, Stiff had already moved into Ibbs and Tillett's offices at 124 Wigmore Street. So there he stayed, invited to become a company director by Emmie Tillett, widow of the firm's co-founder and one of the world's best-known managers. »
↑ Jonathan Woolf, critique de livre, « Ibbs and Tillett: The Rise and Fall of a Musical Empire, by Christopher Fifield », MusicWeb, 5 juin 2005 : « Vert, whose Conradian name also carried a hint of Conan Doyle, had been born Narciso Vertigliano and is one of the foundation stones of Christopher Fifield’s engrossing story and whose retrieval here is a welcome reminder of the powerful base of musicians Vert established in the late nineteenth and very early twentieth centuries. »
↑ Michael Kennedy, The Life of Elgar, p. 66, 73. Cambridge University Press, 2004. (ISBN 0-521-00907-3)
↑ Kenneth H. Meltzer, « Program Notes - Masterworks 1 », Asheville Symphony, 15 septembre 2007
↑ Simon Mundy, « The Growing Significance of Elgar », Gresham College lecture transcript, 29 juin 2007 : « Elgar had a manager called Nathaniel Vert, who decided to send it not to any of the rising stars of English music like Henry Wood, but to Hans Richter in Vienna. By sending it off to Richter, he really bounced Elgar into an international reputation, because Richter was the man who had given the first performances of Brahms's symphonies and Wagner operas; he was the principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic. »
↑ Christopher Fifield, « Ibbs and Tillett: The Rise and Fall of a Musical Empire », MusicWeb, Ashgate Publishing, Londres, in association with The Tillett Trust. (ISBN 1-84014-290-1), 2005 : « 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. »

Liens externes

Notices d'autorité :
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[GreenObitIndependent-1] {a et b} Andrew Green, « Obituary: Wilfred Stiff », The Independent, 26 janvier 1996 : « Having developed a classical music wing to London Management through the simple expedient of buying up an existing music agency, the Wilfrid van Wyck office, Stiff then proposed acquiring Ibbs & Tillett, one of the legendary names in classical music artist management. When the deal fell through at the very last moment, Stiff had already moved into Ibbs and Tillett's offices at 124 Wigmore Street. So there he stayed, invited to become a company director by Emmie Tillett, widow of the firm's co-founder and one of the world's best-known managers. »

[JWoolfReviewFifield-2] Jonathan Woolf, critique de livre, « Ibbs and Tillett: The Rise and Fall of a Musical Empire, by Christopher Fifield », MusicWeb, 5 juin 2005 : « Vert, whose Conradian name also carried a hint of Conan Doyle, had been born Narciso Vertigliano and is one of the foundation stones of Christopher Fifield’s engrossing story and whose retrieval here is a welcome reminder of the powerful base of musicians Vert established in the late nineteenth and very early twentieth centuries. »

[KennedyLifeElgar-3] Michael Kennedy, The Life of Elgar, p. 66, 73. Cambridge University Press, 2004. (ISBN 0-521-00907-3)

[MeltzerProgramNotes-4] Kenneth H. Meltzer, « Program Notes - Masterworks 1 », Asheville Symphony, 15 septembre 2007

[MundyGreshamLecture-5] Simon Mundy, « The Growing Significance of Elgar », Gresham College lecture transcript, 29 juin 2007 : « Elgar had a manager called Nathaniel Vert, who decided to send it not to any of the rising stars of English music like Henry Wood, but to Hans Richter in Vienna. By sending it off to Richter, he really bounced Elgar into an international reputation, because Richter was the man who had given the first performances of Brahms's symphonies and Wagner operas; he was the principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic. »

[FifieldAshgateMusicweb-6] Christopher Fifield, « Ibbs and Tillett: The Rise and Fall of a Musical Empire », MusicWeb, Ashgate Publishing, Londres, in association with The Tillett Trust. (ISBN 1-84014-290-1), 2005 : « 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. »

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