Investigator: Lester Trimble, American Music Center
Population: Composers
Identification Method: Unavailable in work reviewed.
Sampling Procedure: Unavailable in work reviewed.
N and Response rate: 36.7 percent (430 of 1,171)
Publications: Baumol, William and William Bowen. 1966. "The Performer, The Composer, the Playwright and the Choreographer." Chapter 5 (pp. 99-135) in The Performing Arts: The Economic Dilemma. New York: The 20th Century Fund. (Historical)
Summary: The study is based on data on amounts and sources of income obtained from composers through an American Music Center mailed questionnaire.