Discipline | Classical music |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Antony Bye |
Publication details | |
Former name(s) | The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular |
History | 1844–present |
Publisher | Musical Times Publications (United Kingdom) |
Frequency | Quarterly |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Music. Times |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0027-4666 |
LCCN | 2004-235602 |
JSTOR | 00274666 |
OCLC no. | 53165808 |
Links | |
The Musical Times is an academic journal of classical music edited and produced in the United Kingdom and the oldest such journal still being published in the country. [1]
It was originally created by Joseph Mainzer in 1842 as Mainzer's Musical Times and Singing Circular, but in 1844 he sold it to Joseph 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). [2] It first appeared as The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, a name which was retained until 1903. [3] [4] 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. [5]
Its title was shortened to its present name from January 1904. [6] 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. [7] In 1947 a two volume compilation of material from the first 100 years of the magazine, edited by Percy Scholes, was published. [8]
The journal originally appeared monthly but is now a quarterly publication. It is available online at JSTOR and RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Full Text.
Vincent Novello, was an English musician and music publisher born in London. He was a chorister and organist, but he is best known for bringing to England many works now considered standards, and with his son he created a major music publishing house.
Clara Anastasia Novello was an acclaimed soprano, the fourth daughter of Vincent Novello, a musician and music publisher, and his wife, Mary Sabilla Hehl. Her acclaimed soprano and pure style made her one of the greatest vocalists, alike in opera, oratorio and on the concert stage, from 1833 onwards. In 1843 she married Count Gigliucci, and retired in 1861. Charles Lamb wrote a poem in her praise.
Percy Alfred Scholes OBE PhD was an English musician, journalist and prolific writer, whose best-known achievement was his compilation of the first edition of the Oxford Companion to Music. His 1948 biography The Great Dr Burney was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Alfred Robert Gaul was an English composer, conductor, teacher and organist.
Frederic Archer was a British composer, conductor and organist, born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He studied music in London and Leipzig, and held musical positions in England and Scotland until 1880, when he became organist of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York.
Sir John Frederick Bridge was an English organist, composer, teacher and writer.
Harvey Grace (1874–1944) was an English musician: a composer, conductor, editor and teacher, best known for the 26 year period he worked as editor at The Musical Times.
Edmund Thomas Chipp was an English organist and composer. His compositions were principally church organ music and oratorios.
Charles Macpherson DMus (Dunelm) FRAM FRCO was a Scottish organist, who served at St Paul's Cathedral.
Sir George Clement Martin was an English organist, who served at St Paul's Cathedral.
Felix Mendelssohn's six Organ Sonatas, Opus 65, were published in 1845. Mendelssohn's biographer Eric Werner has written of them: "Next to Bach's works, Mendelssohn's Organ Sonatas belong to the required repertory of all organists."
Henry Hiles was an English composer, organist, writer, and music educator.
Charles Harford Lloyd was an English composer who became a well-known organist in his time.
Joseph Alfred Novello was an English music publisher. He was the eldest son of Vincent Novello, and the creator of Novello and Company Ltd as a revolutionary force in music publishing.
Walter Battison Haynes was an English pianist, organist and composer.
John Edmund Cox (1812–1890), also Edmond, was an English cleric and antiquarian, best known as an editor of the works of Thomas Cranmer.
"The Village Organist: a series of pieces for church and general use" was a sequence of books of organ music published by Novello and Co between 1870 and 1907.
William Gray McNaught was an English music teacher, journalist and editor who became an adjudicator and inspector of music for schools.
The Musical World was an English music journal founded and published weekly by Alfred Novello during the Victorian era. The journal was predominantly music related but also included general interest items. It was Novello's first published journal and the first weekly music journal in England. It ran from 18 March 1836 to 24 January 1891, with a total of 71 volumes published over its lifetime. The journal was available for 4d and usually had 16 pages. It predates comparable publications like Novello's later published The Musical Times. James William Davison became owner and editor of the journal in 1844 until his death the year after. In 1888, the journal was purchased by Edgar Frederick Jacques, who became editor.