Are classical composer's works more successful now than they were when they were published?

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For example, instead of making money through writing and selling to opera houses or orchestras or theaters or to royalty and concerts or whatever (idk), a Classical artist like say Franz Schubert released his music to the public using modern technologies (DVDs albums, digital download, spotify streams etc), how would he fare as far as his success and popularity? This could go off of either today's time, which we have data for in stream numbers, download counts, and album sales, or according to the preferences of the time such classical music was released.

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This is more suitable for /r/HistoricalWhatIf