Early Music (journal)

Early Music is a peer-reviewed academic journal specialising in the study of early music. It was established in 1973 during the early music revival, and is published quarterly by Oxford University Press.^[1] The co-editors are Alan Howard, Elizabeth Eva Leach and Stephen Rose.

The journal has been described as "successfully disseminat[ing] valuable information to all members of the early music community: scholars, performers, informed amateurs, and instrument makers and collectors".^[2]

Overview

Early Music broadly covers topics relating to its namesake period, namely the medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.^[2] Less often, topics from the Classical and Romantic periods are including as well.^[2] The journal published quarterly, featuring 5–10 articles, alongside reviews of books, music and recordings.^[2]

The librarian Alan Karass notes that the "articles are scholarly but not academic in nature".

Thomson was the founding editor, followed by Nicholas Kenyon and Tess Knighton.^[6] The current co-editors are Alan Howard, Elizabeth Eva Leach and Stephen Rose.^[7]

References

Citations

Sources

• Barrett, Sam (2005). "Performing Medieval Music".
  ISSN 1471-6933
  .
• Karass, Alan (2019) [2002]. "Journals of the Century in Music". In Stankus, Tony (ed.). Journals of the Century. London:
  ISBN 978-1-000-75792-7
  .
• Lane, David (2017). Kaleidoscope: Fragments of Distant Times and Sundry Places. Peregrine's Head.
  ISBN 978-0-9932910-2-9
  .
• Lodge, Martin (2001). "Thomson, John M(ansfield)".
  ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership
  required)
• ISBN 978-0-19-280037-4
  .
• Phillips, Peter (16 September 1999). "John Mansfield Thomson". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2023.