RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Křupková, Lenka
T1 The Dependence of Composers on Their Publishers
JF Musicologica Olomucensia
YR 2022
VO 33
IS 2
SP 459
OP 471
DO 10.5507/mo.2021.027
UL https://musicologica.upol.cz/artkey/mus-202102-0012.php
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.