PT Journal
AU Krupkova, L
TI The Dependence of Composers on Their Publishers
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2022
BP 459
EP 471
VL 33
IS 2
DI 10.5507/mo.2021.027
DE Josef Bohuslav Foerster; Vitezslav Novak; Josef Suk; Universal-Edition; Vienna
AB Receiving a contract with a well-known publisher provided composers with an opportunity to promote their works in the concert hall or theatre, which was of course also in the interest of the publishers - each successful performance of a composition amounted to a higher demand for the piece. Last but not least, the publishing contract provided composers with a significant source of income, although in the case of Czech composers by no means the sole one. By using the examples of one generation of Czech composers ( J. B. Foerster, V. Novak, J. Suk) the aim of this paper is to demonstrate the specific features and differences in the conditions and relations that these figures had with the renowned publishing house Universal-Edition in Vienna.
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