During the semester we have at times talked about the money woes of many composers. The link below shows us the earnings of a successful composer, the Finnish Jean Sibelius. Sibelius's estate still pays out to Finnish composers. On the chart - earnings are in green, debts in red.
http://www.sibelius.fi/english/erikoisaiheet/raha/raha_01.htm
Exploring the site also demonstrates Sibelius's taste in cigars and spirits.
A blog for students of Todd Tarantino's Music Humanities Class at Columbia University.
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