Ibbs and Tillett was a London-based
classical music artist and
concert
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management
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Management includ ...
agency that flourished between 1906 and 1990 in the United Kingdom. It was described as "one of the legendary duos in classical music artist management".
Founding
Ibbs and Tillett was founded by Robert Leigh Ibbs and John Tillett, who trained under
impresario
An impresario (from the Italian ''impresa'', "an enterprise or undertaking") is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film or television producer.
His ...
Nathaniel Vert (Narciso Vertigliano).
It was Vert who, as
Edward Elgar's concert manager,
sent Elgar's ''
Enigma Variations
Edward Elgar composed his ''Variations on an Original Theme'', Op. 36, popularly known as the ''Enigma Variations'', between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme.
Elgar ...
'' to another of his concert management clients,
Vienna Philharmonic
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The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...
Orchestra
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There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
conductor Hans Richter,
who
premiered the work in London in 1899.
Management
John Tillett's widow, Emmie Tillett,
managed the agency after the deaths of the founders, and became one of the world's best-known managers; she was nicknamed the "Duchess of
Wigmore Street
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See also
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Classical music of the United Kingdom
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References
English music managers
Music promoters
Arts managers
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