Beginning
in 1880 and continuing into the mid 20th century, Musical
Courier was the weekly classical music trade magazine. Nearly every angle of the classical music
world was covered from obituaries, laws and legal business in the world of
music, scholarly articles on music and instruments. African-American music and women’s rights
were topics of interest as well as the Nazi influence on European culture.
Composers
as well as performers were chosen to be featured on the cover. Publicity of this kind was and is priceless for
a musician’s career.
Promoting
performances of her work, Youth of the
World, Gena Branscombe was featured on a 1933 cover of Musical Courier. Now added to my Gena collection is an
original framing copy of the cover.
By
1890 Musical
Courier had its own British version and in 1897 the publisher, Mr.
Marc Blumenberg, split the magazine into two editions; one being for musical
news and the other for industrial departments.
Purchased by Professor Lisa Roma in 1958, Musical Courier remained
in print until 1961.
