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The Musical Times

Academic journal of classical music in the United Kingdom

Academic journal of classical music in the United Kingdom

FieldValue
titleThe Musical Times
coverThe Musical Times 1848.jpg
editorAntony Bye
disciplineClassical music
abbreviationMusic. Times
captionThe Musical Times 1848
formernamesThe Musical Times and Singing Class Circular; Mainzer's Musical Times and Singing Circular
publisherMusical Times Publications
countryUnited Kingdom
frequencyQuarterly
history1842–2024
websitehttps://themusicaltimes.blogspot.com/
JSTOR00274666
OCLC53165808
LCCN54000525
ISSN0027-4666

| impact-year = | link1-name = | link2-name = The Musical Times was an academic journal of classical music edited and produced in the United Kingdom.

It was originally created by Joseph Mainzer in 1842 as Mainzer's Musical Times and Singing Circular, but in 1844 he sold it to Alfred Novello (who also founded The Musical World in 1836), and it was published monthly by Novello and Co. (also owned by Alfred Novello at the time). It first appeared as The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, a name which was retained until 1903. From the very beginning, every issue – initially just eight pages – contained a simple piece of choral music (alternating secular and sacred), which choral society members subscribed to collectively for the sake of the music.

Its title was shortened to its present name from January 1904. Even during World War II it continued to be published regularly, making it the world's oldest continuously published periodical devoted to western classical music. In 1947 a two volume compilation of material from the first 100 years of the magazine, edited by Percy Scholes, was published.

The journal originally appeared monthly, but became a quarterly publication in 2004. It is available online at JSTOR and RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Full Text.

The Winter 2024 edition was prefaced by a "Special Announcement", stating that the journal was ceasing publication "for the forseeable future." At the time, it was the oldest such journal still being published in the United Kingdom.

Past editors

  • Joseph Alfred Novello (1844–1863). Founding editor from 1844 to 1853, then again from 1856 until 1863.
  • Mary Cowden Clarke (1853–1856)
  • Henry Charles Lunn (1863–1887)
  • William Alexander Barrett (1887–1891
  • Edgar Frederick Jacques (1892–1897)
  • Frederick George Edwards (1897–1909){{cite journal |title-link=wikisource:The Musical Times/Vol. 51/Frederick George Edwards |journal=The Musical Times |title=Frederick George Edwards. Born, October 11, 1853. Died, November 28, 1909 |volume=51 |issue=803 |date=January 1910 |pages=9–11 |jstor=907487 |via=Wikisource}}
  • William Gray McNaught (1909–1918)
  • Harvey Grace (1918–1944)
  • William Gray McNaught (1944–1953)
  • Martin Cooper (1953–1956)
  • Harold Rutland (1957–1960)
  • Robin Hull (1960)
  • Andrew Porter (1960–1967).
  • Stanley Sadie (1967–1987)
  • Alison Latham (1977–1988)
  • Andrew Clements(1987–1988)
  • Eric Wen (1988–1990)
  • Basil Ramsey (1990–1992)
  • Antony Bye (1992–2024)

References

References

  1. [https://www.ripm.org/?page=JournalInfo&ABB=MWO 'The Musical World']. ''Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1760–1966)''
  2. [https://www.jstor.org/publisher/mtpl Publisher Information: Musical Times Publications Ltd]. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  3. (1903). "Front Matter". The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular.
  4. Scholes, Percy.A. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/922024 'The 'Musical Times' Century'], in ''The Musical Times'', Vol. 85, No. 1216, Centenary Number 1844-1944 (June, 1944), pp. 173-176
  5. (1904). "Volume Information". The Musical Times.
  6. (1994). "Editorial". The Musical Times.
  7. ''The Mirror of Music, 1844-1944: A Century of Musical Life in Britain as Reflected in the Pages of the Musical Times'' (1947)
  8. (2024). "Special announcement". The Musical Times.
  9. "The Musical Times (London, 1844-1900)".
  10. Hughes, Meirion. ''The English Musical Renaissance and the Press 1850-1914: Watchmen of Music''
  11. "Grace, Harvey | Encyclopedia.com".
  12. [https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199578108.001.0001/acref-9780199578108-e-2132 ''Oxford Dictionary of Music'' (2013)]
  13. R. E.. (1960). "Robin Hull". The Musical Times.
  14. Dickinson, Peter. (July 24, 2018). "Basil Ramsey obituary".
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