In the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, the matchmaker Yente takes pride in her occupation. She knows the business of every family in Anatevka, makes introductions, suggests arrangements, and nudges courtships along. Yente’s matches don’t always end in marriage,
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Why Businesses and Musicians Should Care About Copyright Sync Licensing
French composers Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy are the most famous composers of impressionist music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ravel’s best-known composition is Bolero, which was commissioned by Ida Rubenstein.Rubenstein dreamed of being a ballerina, but…
How to Tell if Your Start-Up, Music, or Real Estate Financing is a Security – and What to Do About It
Washington DC’s Kennedy Center is a major performing arts center that operates as a private-public partnership under the auspices of the Smithsonian. According to a recent New York Times article, the Center has a $268 Million budget, $43 Million of…
US Musicians Can’t Control Where Their Recordings Are Played
In 1948, 20th Century Fox (Fox) used excerpts from works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Aram Khachaturian, and Nikolai Myaskovsky in the film The Iron Curtain. Fox obtained licenses for use with the recording company but did not obtain the…
How Investment Promoters Can Avoid Violating Securities Law
Musicians are increasingly lending their names to endorse products in exchange for financial compensation, sometimes related to music and sometimes not. Soprano Renee Fleming has collaborated with beauty companies. Lang Lang has lent his name to a limited edition Steinway…
How to Avoid Being a Victim of Affinity Fraud
In Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the title character is a serial seducer whose conquests number in the thousands. He manipulates women of every social class—noblewomen, peasants, and everything in between—promising love, marriage, or comfort, only to abandon them once he gets…
Coffee Shops, By Law, Must Prohibit Most Dogs
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the composer most commonly known as “Mozart.” However, although less well-known, Wolfgang’s father, Leopold Mozart, was also a musician and an innovative composer. Leopold was known for his musical “naturalism,” which included using unconventional sounds to…
2024 Brought Heightened Awareness of Political Speech in the Workplace
Boris Godunov is an opera based on the historical events surrounding the rise and fall of the Russian Tsar of the same name. Written by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, the opera is set in the early 17th century, a time…
Confusion Abounds with Buyer Brokerage Agreements Post NAR Settlement
Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” which premiered in 1913, was a groundbreaking ballet and orchestral work that revolutionized classical music. The piece is divided into two parts, depicting pagan rituals celebrating the arrival of spring, culminating in the sacrifice…
Maryland Laws Incentivize Electric Vehicles
At one time, both guitars and violins were exclusively acoustic instruments. Although electric versions of both instruments were first invented about 90 years ago and electric guitars have been popular for about 70 years, it has taken much longer for…