Steve Schwartz writes: >People complain about composers who make too much money, as if we can't get >out of our heads the picture of the pure-souled artist, the Muse's acolyte, >starving in his garret. We conveniently forget about Beethoven, Brahms, >Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Richard Strauss. This set me thinking. Of the six composers cited by Steve, four concentrated mainly on opera. I wonder if, historically, opera composers have tended to make more money from their music than symphonic composers? Perhaps they tend to be better businessmen! Julia Werthimer <[log in to unmask]> California, USA