Modern classical music in gaming

[--Pete]

Hi,

I think it was partially true. Consider J.S. Bach. He wrote a lot of music for church, published it, and sold the sheet music.

But to whom? If you wanted to play something by Bach during his lifetime, you pretty much needed a chamber ensemble, an organ, or a harpsichord (or similar).

Apparently pipe organs were quite common in JSB's time. Nearly every church larger than a chapel seemed to boast at least a simple one. And much of JSB work was done for church services, where he was an organist. A good bit of his work was published and distributed during his life, and I suspect many common people heard it.

--Pete