Robert Schumanns and Hector Berliozs careers took
place during a period in western Europe when royal
patronage had given way to the middle-class music
consumer and when composers and performers had
begun to earn their livelihoods by serving this new
audience. Prior to this time, music publishing was
concerned with the needs of a smaller, more select
and mostly aristocratic audience. Both composers
needed the income and recognition that publication
could bring yet there is little academic literature
that provides an in-depth examination of these
crucial relationships. In this study...