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Romantic Era Impersonation ActivityGoals:To make $50,000/yr through optimizing your talents and networking with othersTo earn 20 fame points by being a productive composer and musical figure. To understand how economic opportunities, personal advantages and limitations, and networks influenced musical life and the kinds of musical compositions being written in 19th century Europe. Part 1: Based on your character’s circumstances, come up with a plan to make an annual salary of $50,000. You will need to keep in mind your existing resources and the limits that go along with them. Limited-time income opportunities will be posted on the board, and will be granted to qualified groups on a first-come, first-serve basis. Thinking in terms of ensembles, difficulty level, and function, what kind of music will you write? You will need to think practically about this, since your character might have a limited amount of time to compose. Remember, if you intend to profit from your music, you need to make sure you have the necessary resources and connections to have your work published and performed. Part 2: Accumulate 20 fame points. Fame points can be earned through getting your music performed and published, as well as by how well-connected you are to other musical figures.Your character’s career will probably benefit from networking with other musical figures. Therefore, you should try and meet other characters to see how you can help each other become better known and more successful. You will need to add the connections you have made and the new musical opportunities you have gained to your business plan. How does knowing other musicians affect your economic opportunities? Person AYou are a virtuoso violinist, relatively famous (can get $3,000/performance)Each performance requires 3 weeks’ worth of intense practice, travel time, and recovery (you know, from all the boozing and womanizing ....) Person BYou have a modest inheritance ($30,000/yr)The head of the local music conservatory is a family friend. Person CYou conduct a symphony orchestra ($40,000/yr)Rehearsals and performances take up two weeks of each month. Person DYour best friend’s family owns a music publishing firm that pays $300/composition. You work quickly as a composer, and can write a piece in 10 days. Your contract with your friend’s publishing company is exclusive: you are not allowed to publish music with other companies. Person EYou are a virtuoso pianist, but your health is extremely poorYou are a skilled teacher ($150/1 hour lesson) Person FYou own a small music magazine (12 issues/yr., salary $25,000/yr)You can pay contributors $200/article Each ‘zine issue takes 2 weeks to put togetherPerson G Your family owns a piano store (salesman salary is $30,000/yr + commission)You receive an extra $50 for each piano you help sell (max. of 3 pianos/day)Playing catchy little pieces has been known to attract customers into the shop. Person HAn old family friend acts as your benefactor ($35,000/yr)Your benefactor also owns a large concert hall where symphony orchestras and touring opera companies frequently perform.Person JYou are a virtuoso pianist (can get $2,000/performance)Each performance requires 3 weeks’ worth of intense practice and travel timeYou are also a married woman, with a household to run and children to care for (this takes up 2 weeks of each month, and childcare costs $500/performance)Person KYou are a violinist in a local string quartet ($1,00/performance)Each performance requires 2 weeks’ worth of rehearsals. Your ensemble regularly performs at the salons (small social gatherings) of a wealthy aristocrat, who often invites some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in town. ................
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