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Music journalism is a specialized branch of entertainment journalism — especially criticism and reportage about Music . Ranging from lengthy profiles of Singer s and Band s to brief Album reviews, music journalism is at least several decades old. Magazines such as '' Rolling Stone '', '' Urb '', '' New Musical Express '', and '' The Source '' are well known for their musical journalism. HISTORY OF MUSIC JOURNALISM
The main source for the claim that music criticism underwent a fundamental change in the 1840s – 50s , is a letter by Liszt , and admittedly, given the time and the context— the beginnings of the War Of The Romantics , the contrast he describes may be produced by nostalgia for a time when artists critiqued artists (his own ideal, as his writings are interpreted by Alan Walker ; of course, such a situation runs a risk of creating a guild mentality, though in that same context this might have seemed less true) However, the contemporary situation he describes can be independently confirmed.
MODERN MUSIC JOURNALISM The profession of music journalism, which started off without precedents, direction, or ground rules, found its feet in less than a century. The world of modern music journalism can be partially divided into — on the magazines’ side — recording and concert reviewers, interviewers, publishing staff, and editorialists and other writers. A record label or musician’s promoters will often send free recordings, or demonstration copy to the magazine to be passed on to its reviewers for audition. Announcements of future expected recordings might be made available by some recording companies and published by some magazines (by Gramophone in classical music, for example). REFERENCES
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