You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone be respected

Re:You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone... by squeaky-clean on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:43PM (#32488645)

Bach had a salary while he was the Cantor at Thomasschule, but most of his income came from funerals and weddings.

https://bachnetwork.org/ub12/ub12-heber.pdf

There were a lot of great composers in that period, but that's over 200 years and there were probably many more who are forgotten or were never even given the opportunity. And today there are probably more songs released on Spotify daily than were written in all of the 1700s.

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Re:You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone... by pyuser583 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @08:26PM (#32490841)

Backs descendants worked as court musicians for the various Germanic states right up until WWI.

Wagoners family is still in charge of the Bayreuth festival in Germany.

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