The ''Musical Courier'' was a weekly 19th- and 20th-century American music

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that began publication in 1880. The publication included

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, announcements, scholarly articles and investigatory writing about

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and music in general. These included construction practices, descriptions, tools, exhibitions collections, new technologies, and laws and legal actions relating to the

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. There were articles on companies and manufacturers of instruments, entries on

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, and designs for new or improved instruments, as well as reporting on "

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and culture,

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John Philip Sousa John Philip Sousa ( , ; November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic music, Romantic era known primarily for American military March (music), marches. He is known as "The March King" or th ...

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predec ...

and the influence of the rise of

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on music in Europe." In 1897, Marc A. Blumenberg, the publisher, separated the musical and industrial departments of the magazine and began publishing the ''Musical Courier Extra'' strictly as a trade edition." In the 1890s, a separate edition was published in England. Composer, pianist, opera librettist, and music critic

Leonard Liebling Leonard Liebling (February 7, 1874 – October 28, 1945) was an American music critic, writer, librettist, editor, pianist, and composer. He is best remembered as the long-time editor-in-chief of the '' Musical Courier'' from 1911 to 1945. Life ...

served as the publication's editor-in-chief from 1911–1945. Former

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professor Lisa Roma, an operatic soprano, acquired it in 1958. She was the publisher and owner from 1958 to 1961."Lisa Roma Trompeter, 72, Retired Operatic Soprano," ''New York Times,'' February 18, 1965
The magazine ceased publication 1962.

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