This coffee break continues the discussion on how classical composers and musicians made a living. We followed the trail of patronage by the Church and by royalty, but support of artists developed in other areas. Arcangelo Corelli's Christmas Concerto was commissioned by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni personally, not as an officer of the Church. Handel worked extensively on commission, his Coronation Anthem an example, and became an independent impresario, his opera Rinaldo, an example. Beethoven, too, accepted commissions and wrote pieces to generate income from sheet music sales, Six Bagatelles and the Lovely Lass of Inverness.

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