Dear list,

First of all: A happy new year to you all. May you live long and 
prosper.

As to Ms. Launay's question: You might want to check Michael 
Walter.  _"Die Oper ist ein Irrenhaus". Sozialgeschichte der Oper 
im 19. Jahrhundert_.  Stuttgart/Weimar: Metzler, 1997.

If I recall correctly, Walter gives some numbers but if you cannot 
find what you are looking for, he also has a systematically ordered 
bibliography. 

You might also want to try Anselm Gerhard.  _Die Versta:dterung 
der Oper. Paris und das Musiktheater des 19. Jahrhunderts_.  
Stuttgart: Metzler, 1992.

Hope this helps,
Michael Werner


On 3 Jan 00, at 15:46, Florence Launay wrote:

> Bonjour à tous!

> The financial situation of composers during the 19th century in 
> France: how  could composers live from their composing until the
> Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD) and SACEM were
> created? How much would they get from having comic operas performed in
> Paris and the Province at the beginning of the century? How much could
> the composers of romance expect to earn? To what extent did the SACD
> et SACEM improve the situation? Was there a lot to expect from the
> State, in the form of pensions?

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