Music Journalism

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as ''classical music''. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism, comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of music and its performance. Modern art music journalism is often informed by music theory consideration of the many diverse elements of a musical piece or performance, including its form and style, and as regards performance, standards of technique and expression. It was expressed, for example, in journals such as Neue Zeitschrift für Musik founded by Robert Schumann, and is continued today in the columns of serious newspapers and journals such as The Musical Times.