PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Křupková, Lenka
TI  - The Dependence of Composers on Their Publishers
DP  - 2022 Feb 22
TA  - Musicologica Olomucensia
PG  - 459--471
VI  - 33
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/mo.2021.027
IS  - 27879186
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. Novák, 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.