Chamber Music Journal
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The Chamber Music Journal is published by The Cobbett Association
for Chamber Music Research.
It is a quarterly periodical devoted exclusively to non-standard, rare or unknown chamber music of merit. (i.e., not Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms etc.). ISSN 1535 1726. It is considered one of the leading chamber music reference sources in English. It features articles with hard-to-find information that often has been published nowhere else, an example being a 13 part series on the 36 string quartets of the important 19th Century French composer George Onslow.
The chamber music of Borodin
, Respighi
, Saint-Saëns
, the piano trios of Richard Strauss
, the chamber music of the Terezin Composers, Joseph Rheinberger, Eric Zeisel, Max Bruch
, Willem Pijper
, Zdenek Fibich
, Glazunov
, Edmund Rubbra
, Luigi Cherubini
, Wilhelm Stenhammar
are among the articles which have appeared.
Regular features include a listing of new CDs and also a section entitled Diskology which is devoted to in depth CD reviews. These are not typical record reviews. They are not devoted to the performers or the performance since in most cases there are no other performances of the works being reviewed. Rather, these are reviews about the music and the composer. Sound-bites of the most recent reviews are available. The Chamber Music Journal has been under the general editorship of R.H.R. Silvertrust, President of The Cobbett Association for Chamber Music Research since 1993.
Copies for research are available at the Library of Congress
several university music libraries, including those of Yale University
, Stanford University
, Indiana University
, University of Iowa
, Lawrence University
. It can also be obtained at various public libraries, including the New York Public Library
. Although The Chamber Music Journal is not available on newsstands or in book stores, subscriptions can be had by contacting the Cobbett Association directly either on-line, by phone or mail.
Cobbett Association
The Cobbett Association for Chamber Music Research is an organization dedicated to the rediscovery of works of forgotten chamber music. The association was founded in 1990, with the objective of...
for Chamber Music Research.
It is a quarterly periodical devoted exclusively to non-standard, rare or unknown chamber music of merit. (i.e., not Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms etc.). ISSN 1535 1726. It is considered one of the leading chamber music reference sources in English. It features articles with hard-to-find information that often has been published nowhere else, an example being a 13 part series on the 36 string quartets of the important 19th Century French composer George Onslow.
The chamber music of Borodin
Borodin
Borodin , or Borodina is a Russian last name and may refer to:*Alexander Borodin , Russian composer and chemist*Alexander Parfeniyevich Borodin, Russian scientist in the field of rail transport...
, Respighi
Ottorino Respighi
Ottorino Respighi was an Italian composer, musicologist and conductor. He is best known for his orchestral "Roman trilogy": Fountains of Rome ; Pines of Rome ; and Roman Festivals...
, Saint-Saëns
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
, the piano trios of Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
, the chamber music of the Terezin Composers, Joseph Rheinberger, Eric Zeisel, Max Bruch
Max Bruch
Max Christian Friedrich Bruch , also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.-Life:Bruch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province, where he...
, Willem Pijper
Willem Pijper
Willem Pijper ; Zeist, 8 September 1894 - Utrecht, 18 March 1947) was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher.-Life:Pijper was born at Zeist, near Utrecht, on 8 September 1894 of strict Calvinist working-class parents. His father, who sometimes played psalm accompaniments on the harmonium,...
, Zdenek Fibich
Zdenek Fibich
Zdeněk Fibich was a Czech composer of classical music. Among his compositions are chamber works , symphonic poems, three symphonies, at least seven operas , melodramas including the substantial trilogy Hippodamia,...
, Glazunov
Alexander Glazunov
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor...
, Edmund Rubbra
Edmund Rubbra
Edmund Rubbra was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras. He was greatly esteemed by fellow musicians and was at the peak of his fame in the mid-20th century. The most famous of his pieces are his eleven...
, Luigi Cherubini
Luigi Cherubini
Luigi Cherubini was an Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries....
, Wilhelm Stenhammar
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Carl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar was a Swedish composer, conductor and pianist.-Biography:Stenhammar was born in Stockholm, where he received his first musical education. He then went to Berlin to further his studies in music. He became a glowing admirer of German music, particularly that of Richard...
are among the articles which have appeared.
Regular features include a listing of new CDs and also a section entitled Diskology which is devoted to in depth CD reviews. These are not typical record reviews. They are not devoted to the performers or the performance since in most cases there are no other performances of the works being reviewed. Rather, these are reviews about the music and the composer. Sound-bites of the most recent reviews are available. The Chamber Music Journal has been under the general editorship of R.H.R. Silvertrust, President of The Cobbett Association for Chamber Music Research since 1993.
Copies for research are available at the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
several university music libraries, including those of Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...
, University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
, Lawrence University
Lawrence University
Lawrence University is a selective, private liberal arts college with a nationally recognized conservatory of music, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrence University is known for its rigorous academic environment. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held on November 12, 1849...
. It can also be obtained at various public libraries, including the New York Public Library
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
. Although The Chamber Music Journal is not available on newsstands or in book stores, subscriptions can be had by contacting the Cobbett Association directly either on-line, by phone or mail.