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The Music Trades (magazine)
''The Music Trades'' is a -year-old United States, American trade magazine that covers a broad spectrum of music and music commerce, domestically and abroad. Founded in New York City in 1890, it has been based in Englewood, New Jersey, since the mid-1970s. ''The Music Trades'' is one of the oldest continuously published trade publications in the world. The issue — Vol. , No. — is about the issue. A controlling ownership over the last years — percent of the publication's total age — has been held by three generations of the Majeski family; few publications have been as long closely held by a single family. History Freund and Weil: 1890-1927 ''The Music Trades'' was founded in 1890 by John Christian Freund (1848–1924) and Milton Weil (1871–1935). Eight years later, they founded ''Musical America'', the oldest American magazine on classical music. John Christian Freund Freund, who matriculated in 1868 at Exeter College, Oxford, Exeter College, Oxford Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Christian Freund
John Christian Freund (November 23, 1848 – June 3, 1924) was a British-American magazine publisher, playwright, and music critic. He founded several magazines, including ''The Music Trades (magazine), The Music Trades''. Early life Freund was born in London, England. He was one of the eight children of the physician Dr. Jonas Charles Hermann Freund and Amelia Freund, Amelia Louisa (née Rudiger) Freund, a writer on social economics under the name Amelia Lewis. His father was the deputy inspector of hospitals during the Crimean War, a surgeon in the British Army, and the founder and director of the German Hospital in Dalston, London. In 1868 when he was nineteen years old, Freund attended Exeter College, Oxford where he studied music. He won both the Carpenter Scholarship and the Times (London) Scholarship in open competitions. He did not graduate, leaving after three years when he moved to the United States. Career While he was still in college, Freund founded and edited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
