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End of the line for an early music magazine

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norman lebrecht

September 27, 2017

Rhinegold Publishing has let it be known that the quarterly Early Music Today is about to publish its last issue.

At which point Early will become late.

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Tom Moore says:

September 27, 2017 at 5:14 pm

Only the first in many more magazines and publications that will fail……

Sue says:

September 27, 2017 at 9:16 pm

Yes, it’s very sad isn’t it? I didn’t know about this particular magazine but reading online just isn’t the same. There is, I think, still the academic journal “Early Music” but you have to go to a university to read it. If there’s nothing of this type for a more general readership this seems unsatisfactory.

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- Father Ted says:
  
  September 28, 2017 at 7:33 pm
  
  Not surprised its gone bust, with JEG on the cover no wonder! LOL
  
  Harry Christophers told me a good yarn about JEG, to be savoured over several pints of Guinness.
  
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  - Sue says:
    
    September 29, 2017 at 3:53 am
    
    The Hairy Hand Stage 6 is responsible, Father!!
    
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Margaret Steinitz says:

September 29, 2017 at 11:16 am

To be more constructive: If Early Music Today is to publish its last issue as a stand alone magazine, perhaps something could be done to include an Early Music section in its ‘sister’ magazine “Classical Music”. I believe that has been done before, so why not again? It will also have the effect of placing Early Music into the mainstream, where it should and deserves to be.