Do Classical Composers Make Money off of their music today?

Question

As an example, Bach has approx. 6 million listeners monthly on Spotify. Who gets those royalties? Are they profit for streaming services? Donated? Given to a trust?

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Answer 1

first of all, there is no absolute definition of “classical” music

secondly, for what is *generally* considered classical music, the vast majority of composers do not, because the vast majority are dead

there are a fleetingly small number of composers of “classical style” music nowadays, but also consider themselves “modern” composers, whatever in the fuck that means

and they make virtually no money because virtually no one wants to hear the by-in-large garbage that they write