Musical works are typically personified by their public performers; however, the image presented in public, which is often built around the artist s star persona, usually provides a rather limited picture of musical authorship. Instead, authorial responsibility and artistic control are often divided among members of a larger creative collective. To these collective practices should be added the roles of the media and the marketing machinery. This book, therefore, sheds light on the changing authorial roles and areas of responsibility of the various agents operating within popular music...