American Record Guide

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American Record Guide

description Music magazine
Area of ​​Expertise Classical music
language English
publishing company Record Guide Publications (USA)
First edition 1935
Frequency of publication bi-monthly
Editor-in-chief Donald Vroom
Web link www.americanrecordguide.com
ISSN (print)

The American Record Guide (ARG) is a US- American trade journal that deals with classical music . It was founded in 1935 by Peter Hugh Reed to publish reviews of music. The editorial office is in Cincinnati , Ohio

In 1992, with the beginning of the collaboration with the Journal Musical America , the magazine began to also present concerts, musicians, ensembles and orchestras from the USA.

The magazine advertises that it has "up to 500 reviews in every issue, written by a freelance staff of over 80 writers and music critics" (up to 500 reviews in each issue, written by a freelance team of over 80 authors and music critics) . In addition to the latest publications in the field of music, most issues contain an overview of the recordings of individual works by a particular composer.

The editor, Donald Vroon (* 1942), was a radio journalist for National Public Radio in Buffalo , New York in the 1980s .

literature

  • Donald Vroon, Classical Music in a Changing Culture: Essays from The American Record Guide . Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham MD 2014, ISBN 978-1-4422-3454-3

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