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steve wells wrote in a message on 10 Dec 92 to All

 SW> If composers/music writers etc. Didn't do anything without 
 SW> pay, then why are the music's of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, etc. 
 SW> etc. Around?!  Much, if not all of such music was written because 
 SW> people enjoyed doing it. Many people enjoy programming, and 
 SW> as such don't care much if they don't get any response (although 
 SW> it's always nice to get compliments 8-) 

Nonsense. Classical composers wrote their music to order, usually. Most
composers were in the pay of wealthy patrons as court composers (such as
Eszterhazy in the case of Haydn) or the church (Bach, Mozart). The didn't
do it for free. They got paid. They had to feed their families, you know.


YHS:QSI!