William Boosey
William Boosey (* 1864 ; † 1933 ) was an English music organizer and publisher.
Boosey first worked in the music publisher founded by his great-great-grandfather John Boosey in the 18th century (from 1930 Boosey & Hawkes ). In 1892 he changed to the Chappell & Co publishing house as managing director . Here he took over the London Ballad Concerts established by his father in St James's Hall in 1867 and continued them as Chappell Ballad Concerts , at which mostly popular soulful royalty ballads from the publishing program were performed. Singers such as Edward Lloyd , Sims Reeves and Hubert Eisdell appeared. As a publisher, he campaigned for the modernization of copyright law and the establishment of the Performing Right Society . Boosey is the author of the 1931 book Fifty Years of Music .
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- Victorian Web - Chapter 6. Promoters, Publishers, and Professional Performers
- William Boosey in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Michael Talbot (Ed.): "The Business of Music" , Liverpool University Press, 2002, ISBN 9780853235385 , p. 109
- Tobias Becker: "Staged Modernism: Popular Theater in Berlin and London, 1880-1930" , Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2014, ISBN 9783110353716 , p. 367
- Birkbeck Institutional Research Online - Music copyright after collectivization
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| SURNAME | Boosey, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English music organizer and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1864 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1933 |