- Classical Music Magazine
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Classical Music 
Editor Keith Clarke Frequency Fortnightly First issue 25 September 1976 Company Rhinegold Publishing Country UK Website Official site Classical Music magazine is a trade magazine for the classical music profession. It champions those working in the UK classical music industry and has correspondents across Great Britain and in New York.
Its website includes regular news updates on topics relevant to the classical music industry, for example, a widely-referenced account of the interruption by protesters of the Jerusalem Quartet's concert at London's Wigmore Hall on 29 March 2010.[1]
Contents
About Classical Music Magazine
- Strapline: The news magazine of the classical music profession
- Frequency: Fortnightly
- Price: £3.95
- Editor: Keith Clarke
- Publisher: Rhinegold Publishing
Supplements
Classical Music subscribers receive various supplements throughout the year, which are available to buy separately. The following are currently available:
- Brass & Wind Special Report
- Composers 09
- Festivals 2009
- Music Competitions 2009
- Music Scholarships 2009
- Summer Schools 2009
Content
The size of issues varies from fortnight to fortnight, from 52 pages to 76 pages. Each issue consists of the following broad plan:
- News: The magazine includes at least four pages of news every month.
- Barlines: Four pages of shorter news stories and listings in the following categories: musical chairs (tracking changes in personnel throughout the industry), announcements, awards, webwatch, charity events, events, and obituaries.
- Q&A: Topical five-minute interview
- Premieres: At least one page, comprising listings of premiere performances for the fortnight beginning one week following the publication date and a ‘Premiere of the fortnight’ composer interview.
- Features
- Book reviews
- Recording: Double-page-spread of news and reviews on the latest releases, by records correspondent Phillip Sommerich
- Broadcasting: In-depth feature and guide to what to listen out for in the following weeks, by broadcasting correspondent Richard Fawkes
- Appointments: job vacancies from across the industry
- Associations profile
- Letters
- Hornblower’s diary
History
Classical Music started out as Classical Music Weekly, launched under editor Trevor Richardson in 1976. In a retrospective for the 500th issue, he wrote ‘CMW was printed on the same presses as Private Eye at the Socialist Workers Press in Bethnal Green ... We worked hard, laughed a lot and panicked frequently.’[2] After nine months, Rhinegold Publishing took over the title, changing the frequency to fortnightly. After a further nine months, as Classical Music & Album Review, in 1979 it was given the enduring title Classical Music. The second editor of the magazine, Robert Maycock, held the position from September 1977 to June 1986. He was succeeded by Graeme Kay, who was in turn succeeded by the current editor, Keith Clarke, in 1991. Past members of the magazine’s editorial team include The Times’ chief music critic Richard Morrison, opera producer Mike Ashman and Fleet Street arts correspondent Dalya Alberge.
References
- ^ Charlotte Higgins (30 March 2010). "Arts Diary". www.guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/mar/30/jerusalem-quartet-wigmore-hall-protest. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ [Classical Music, 19 March 1994]
External links
Categories:- British music magazines
- Classical music magazines
- Fortnightly magazines
- Publications established in 1976
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