Episodes in the Livelihood of an Artist: Berlioz's Contacts and Contracts with Publishers

Abstract

Despite the image he cultivated of a free-spirited romantic, Berlioz was a practical musician whose thoughts had regularly to be occupied by money. Of his income “pie”-discussed in the text-publication formed a small but not insignificant slice. The known contracts Berlioz signed with publishers (these are printed here) suggest, however, that for major works Berlioz was paid minor sums. The article grapples with the meaning of “minor” in this context, after rehearsing the composer's dealings with publishers, and concludes that Berlioz, never rich, struggled successfully to avoid most of what he called “the petty deprivations of this life.”

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