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54-489: Musical America's first issue was on October 8, 1898. Its founder was John Christian Freund (1848–1924), who with Milton Weil, also founded The Music Trades magazine in 1893. Thirty-six issues appeared until June 24, 1899, covering music, drama, and the arts. In 1899 the publication was discontinued for six years due to a lack of financial resources. It reappeared as a weekly from November 18, 1905, until 1929, solely focusing on classical music. In 1921 Musical America published

108-421: A $ 3,000 prize for the best symphonic work, with a contest closing date, initially December 31, 1926, but extended to April 1, 1927. The contest was open to American citizens, native or naturalized. The contest elevated its winner, Ernest Bloch , a Swiss-born American, into the international spotlight and raised international acclaim for American music and its composers. Bloch's work, America, an Epic Rhapsody ,

162-468: A New Jersey entity based in Englewood . Paul Anton Majeski (born 1960), has been publisher since 1985, and Brian T. Majeski (born 1956), editor since 1982. Paul holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Ohio Wesleyan University (1982) and Brian holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Lawrence University (1978). Articles and quotes Historic reviews The December 20, 1919, issue, as

216-526: A degree, had first been a playwright and actor. He emigrated to New York in 1871. In 1875, he founded The Music Trade Review , a fortnightly publication that he later renamed The Musical and Dramatic Times and Music Trade Review . The publication ran for about two years. In 1878, Freund founded the Musical Times , soon renamed the Musical and Dramatic Times . On January 7, 1882, Freund launched

270-433: A fee of $ 972 million. In November 2014 UBM plc CEO, Tim Cobbold, announced a new Events First strategy By 2015, UBM had rebranded itself as primarily focused on B2B events. Reflecting this, 82 percent of its business in 2016 derived from events and only 18 percent from other marketing services. In December 2015, UBM announced the sale of PR Newswire to Cision for $ 841 million, subject to regulatory approval. UBM had owned

324-709: A flood of nearly 25 million Europeans after 1880. In commerce, 1875 to 1932 represented a golden age of piano making — nearly 364,545 were sold at the peak in 1909, according to the National Piano Manufacturers Association, notably in New York City and Chicago. Freund and Weil's publications gave them broad access in the field of music. They served as bridges between the art and the money, connecting artists, organizations, commerce, and public policy. The spectrum that both publications collectively chronicled gave Freund and Weil

378-401: A newly formed corporation headed by two editors from Musical America , Theodate Johnson (1907–2002) and Ronald Eyer. Johnson, sister of the architect, Philip Johnson , continued as director of artists relations and Eyer continued as editor-in-chief. In 1964, Music Publications, Ltd. sold the magazine and the annual directory to High Fidelity magazine, a subsidiary of Billboard Publications,

432-677: A note and taking the barbiturate Veronal in their room of the Hotel Scribe in the Opera District of Paris. Henrietta died the next morning, May 23, 7:40 am at the American Hospital ; Milton died 23 hours and 25 minutes later, May 24, 7:05 am , at the same hospital. They are buried next to each other at the New Cemetery of Neuilly-sur-Seine . On August 22, 1929, some five weeks after Majeski acquired

486-699: A public offering of ten-year 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 percent gold bonds of Trade Publications, that carried warrants to purchase common stock at a price that closely corresponded with the value of the stock. Trade Publication's officers included Walter Crawford Howey (1882–1954), president; Verne Hardin Porter (1888–1942), vice president and secretary; and Edwin John Rosencrans (1870–1935), treasurer. The board of directors included these three plus G. Murray Hulbert , John Zollikoffer Lowe, Jr. (1884–1951), and Joseph Urban . Howey and Porter had been executives of

540-643: A reorganisation of the corporate structure of the Group, United Business Media Limited (UBML) was created as a new holding company and parent company of the Group. UBML is UK-listed and incorporated in Jersey. In 2010 the principal holding company of the United Business Media group (the "Group") was organised into five operating segments: Events, TD & M, Data Services, Online and Print. In 2008, UBM moved its tax headquarters to Ireland, but in 2012,

594-435: A standard character mark, is a US registered trademark . It was re-registered January 25, 2011, under Serial No. 85046105 and Registration no. 3910654. The registration officially reflects its (i) first use anywhere and (ii) first use in commerce on January 1, 1891. Volume notes During the 1890s, the executive office for The Music Trades was at 24 Union Square East, Manhattan, New York . From around 1897 to 1915, it

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648-675: A strong platform to serve as advocates, opinion leaders, conciliators, counselors, arbiters , and ambassadors for music and the music trades in America. As an example, Freund and Weil helped found the National Music Managers Association (for national managers) and the National Concert Managers' Association (for local managers), aimed at improving cooperation between the two for the benefit of musicians. In 1918, Freund and Weil helped found

702-550: A unique view of the growth of classical music in America and its international rank, as an art form and in commerce. Both publications reached an international readership . Freund and Weil held sway as impresarios and movement leaders of American classical music. Their publications flourished during the early 1900s — on a new wave of American composers, including those of the Second New England School — joined by foreign composers who emigrated to America in

756-412: A weekly magazine, Music: A Review , which contained an insert called The Music Trade . Sometime on or before July 8, 1882, Freund changed the magazine's name to Music and Drama , supplemented by Freund's Daily Music and Drama . Music and Drama evolved into The Music Trades . In 1884, Freund and John Travis Quigg (1839–1893) co-founded The American Musician , which during its seven-year run became

810-452: A whole, bears some similarities to some of the special macro-economic issues of the 21st-century. Botsford's review covered the following articles by authors, nearly all of whom were trade publication editors: The Music Trades: current annual cover stories, analyses, and awards The Music Trades: quarterly reports and analysis Separate reports The Music Trades publishes current industry reports, data, and analyses — separate from

864-580: A year later, in April 2002. United News and Media later agreed to buy Scottish Television 's 20% stake in HTV and on 28 June 1997, HTV was taken over fully by UNM for £370 million. In 1999, plans emerged of a merger between UNM and rival Carlton , however these talks failed when it appeared that Meridian would have to be sold off as a condition of the deal. As a result, the television assets of UNM were sold to Granada , however due to regulations stating that

918-532: Is a 133-year-old 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 November 2024 issue — Vol. 172, No. 10 — is about the three thousand one hundred and thirty-ninth issue. A controlling ownership over

972-558: The Daily Express for some 15 years. Also in 1985, it bought US trade magazine and book publisher Miller Freeman . It changed its name to United News & Media in 1995, sold its regional papers in 1998, and bought CMP Media , a technology-focused trade media company, in 1999 for $ 920 million. In 2000, it sold the Daily Express to Richard Desmond , sold most of Miller Freeman to VNU and Reed Elsevier and adopted

1026-601: The American Musician . Around 1895, Freund's younger brother, Harry Edward Freund (1863–1950), was editor of Musical Weekly , which continued as a weekly with a new name, beginning January 1896, as The Musical Age . The publication was aimed at piano dealers. Freund and Weil were exponents of American classical music, although Freund had become a naturalized United States citizen on November 2, 1903. Their publications Musical America and The Music Trades complemented each other, and gave their editors

1080-677: The Hearst Corporation . Rosencrans, a civil engineer, was the managing editor of The American Architect; years earlier, he and architect John F. Jackson (1867–1948) had a partnership that designed more than 70 YMCAs . Lowe, a lawyer, had been a partner in a law firm with Samuel Seabury . Howey, who had been the founding managing editor of the New York Daily Mirror , left Trade Publications on August 1, 1928, to retake his old job. The following year, Trade Publications filed for bankruptcy. The Irving Trust Co.

1134-841: The Philadelphia Orchestra , Frederick Stock of the Chicago Symphony , and Alfred Hertz of the San Francisco Symphony . On July 29, 1929, seven months after the spectacular success of the premier, Musical America was sold in a bankruptcy sale to John Majeski. 1929: Metronome Corporation acquired Musical America Music Publications, Ltd. High Fidelity Magazine Under other publishers February 1991: Gerry M. Ritterman acquired Musical America from Capital Cities/ABC 1999: launch of MusicalAmerica.com General references Inline citations The Music Trades The Music Trades

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1188-642: The ITV franchise for the east of England, and the following year became a major shareholder in the consortium that won the franchise for Channel 5 . In 1996, MAI merged with United Newspapers (via an agreed takeover by United) to form United News & Media (UNM) . The resulting company owned the Daily Express newspaper, Meridian, Anglia, and a large shareholding (through the Yorkshire Post ) in Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television ,

1242-640: The Musical Alliance of the United States, an organization that endures today. Weil served as founding secretary-treasurer, while Freund, the founding president, called upon the group to organize "all workers in the field, from the man at the bench in a piano factory to the conductor of the great symphony." On June 13, 1927, three years after Freund died, Weil put The Music Trades and Musical America up for sale. One bid came from John Francis Majeski, Sr. (1892–1971), who in 1910 had joined

1296-658: The US and Asian versions of EE Times, EDN, ESM, Embedded, EBN, TechOnline and Datasheets.com . In January 2018 Informa announced the acquisition of the company for £4 billion. The transaction was completed in June 2018. In January 2019, Informa sold several of the UBM Life Sciences publications (including Spectroscopy and Psychiatric Times ) to MJH Associates. UBM was a global B2B events organizer. Its businesses included UBM Asia , UBM EMEA and UBM Americas . It

1350-670: The acquisition of four trade shows in Asia for 19.4 million in the same month, marking UBM plc's continuing transformation into an events and B2B marketing services company. In 2012, PA Group, the parent company of the Press Association , sold its 50% stake in Canada Newswire to joint venture partner UBM for £30.1 million. In April 2013, UBM's data services businesses were sold to Electra Partners . In October 2014, UBM announced it would acquire Advanstar Communications for

1404-687: The company announced its intent to move its tax base back to the United Kingdom. In September 2010, Canon Communications announced that it had agreed to be acquired by UBM. In May 2011, United Business Media officially changed its name to UBM plc. In February 2012 Yankee Group sold its annual 4G World telecoms and wireless trade show to UBM plc where it was incorporated into its UBM Tech division. Briefing Media acquired UBM plc's UK agriculture and medical general practitioner portfolios for £10 million in February 2012 while UBM plc announced

1458-744: The company could not control that large an audience share, the broadcasting arm of HTV was sold to Carlton in exchange for Central's 20% stake in Meridian. In 2005 UBM re-focused on two principal businesses: PR Newswire, a global news distribution business; and CMP, an international events, print and online publishing business. It disposed of NOP which was acquired by GfK for £383 million in 2005. In September 2006, NewBay Media acquired CMP Entertainment Media from United Business Media. The trade book operations of CMP were sold to Elsevier and Hal Leonard . It went on to acquire Commonwealth Business Media for $ 152 million in 2006. On 1 July 2008, as part of

1512-421: The company since 1982. Some analysts interpreted this as a further step in the transition from a diverse media company to a B2B events company. In June 2016 UBM plc announced the completion of the sale of PR Newswire to Cision . In the same month UBM reached agreement to divest its electronics media portfolio to an affiliate of Arrow Electronics Inc. for a cash consideration of $ 23.5m. The portfolio comprised

1566-651: The entire directory division, in 1994 to K-III Communications , later renamed Primedia. Under Primedia, the Annual Directory announced in December 1998 the launch the following year of website MusicalAmerica.com . This publishes 25 news stories per week and since April 2004 has also been issuing a weekly newsletter. Primedia sold Musical America as part of its directories division to Commonwealth Business Media, Inc. in October 2000. Commonwealth Business Media

1620-852: The first "Guide," which later evolved into the International Directory of the Performing Arts, now the Musical America Directory. After John Freund died in 1924, Milton Weil who had been Freund's business partner continued the publication. In June 1927, Musical America consolidated with five other prominent trade publications to form a new company named Trade Publications, Inc., headed by Walter Howey and Verne Hardin Porter (1888–1942). Included were its sister publication, The Music Trades , and The American Architect , The Barbers' Journal, Beauty Culture, and Perfumers' Journal. Shields & Company

1674-569: The last 95 years — seventy-one 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. 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. Freund, who matriculated in 1868 at Exeter College , Oxford , but left after three years without

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1728-514: The magazine — aimed at all constituents in the supply chain of music products. Sister publications Volume numbers Beginning with February 1929, when the magazine became a monthly publication, the volume numbers changed every year, initially at January, but eventually at February. For February through December 1929, the Vol. was 77. The publication currently, for 2024, is on Volume 172 (CLXXII) Copyrights Trademarks "The Music Trades," as

1782-430: The name of United Business Media . United Business Media acquired the trade publisher Aprovia UK (owner of The Builder ) in 2003 and the medical publishing company MediMedia in 2004. MAI was part of a consortium that bid for the ITV south and south east area, which formed Meridian Broadcasting in 1991. MAI began to expand following the successful launch of Meridian: in 1994 the company bought Anglia Television ,

1836-648: The official publication of the National League of Musicians union, the forerunner of the American Federation of Musicians . Before founding the American Musician , Henry Cood Watson (1818–1875) began in 1864 the publication Watson's Art Journal , devoted to music criticism and trade. Watson died in 1875 and his Journal was taken over by his pupil, William M. Thoms, who improved it, renamed it American Art Journal , edited it until his retirement in 1906, then, upon his retirement, merged it with

1890-526: The owners of Billboard magazine. High Fidelity incorporated the newly acquired publication as an additional insert inside certain editions of High Fidelity that were mailed to subscribers who had paid an additional fee. During this time, the Musical America was not available in the copies of High Fidelity that were sold at newsstands, but only in certain copies available only by subscription. This business arrangement continued after High Fidelity

1944-517: The owners of Yorkshire Television and Tyne Tees Television . The stake in Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television was sold to Granada , allowing them to take control of the two franchises in 1997. In November 1997 UBM also launched the now defunct satellite TV Channel Rapture TV which focussed on dance music and extreme sports. The channel was put up for sale in 2001, and was eventually brought by Edinburgh-based company Power TV

1998-555: The publications at bankruptcy auction, he formed three holding companies: The Music Trades Corporation, for The Music Trades ; The Musical America Corporation, for Musical America , and Beauty Culture Publishing Corporation, for Barbers Journal and Beauty Culture. In 1959, Majeski sold Musical America —which would merge with High Fidelity in 1964—but retained his interest in The Musical Trades , and served as its publisher until his death in 1971. The publisher's job

2052-636: The staff of Musical America and become Weil's assistant. Majeski offered a quarter-million dollars for the pair, but was outbid by a new syndicate that also acquired four other publications ( The American Architect , The Barbers' Journal , Beauty Culture , and Perfumers' Journal ) and consolidated them all into a new company called Trade Publications, Inc. The deal was handled by investment bankers Schluter & Company and Shields & Company, which issued $ 1,100,000 (equivalent to $ 19,294,253 in 2023) in preferred and common stock . Shields & Company and Nixon & Company, of Philadelphia, also made

2106-748: The total went for Musical America and The Music Trades , the publications for which Majeski had offered a quarter-million dollars three years earlier. The acquisition included the publications' names, a collection of back issues, and a few months of office space in the Steinway Building . A few months before the bankruptcy auction, Weil was said to have sold his interest in Trade Publications for $ 200,000 (equivalent to $ 3,548,837 in 2023) in preferred stock . He and his wife—Henrietta Lander ( née Rich; 1874–1935) —then moved to Paris with $ 5,000. Weil's father, Jacob A. Weil (1835–1913),

2160-530: Was a British business-to-business (B2B) events organiser headquartered in London , England, before its acquisition by Informa in 2018. It had a long history as a multinational media company. Its main focus was on B2B events, but its principal operations included live media and business-to-business communications, marketing services and data provision, and it principally served the technology, healthcare, trade and transport, ingredients and fashion industries. UBM

2214-547: Was a Paris-born American and his mother, Dina ( née Lilienthal; born 1843), was a German-born American. The bankruptcy sale wiped out Weil's stake, built up over a lifetime. Distraught over the loss of their fortune during the pre- Crash of 1929 , then the Crash , and their subsequent inability to recover during the Great Depression , Milton and Henrietta Weil carried out a double suicide pact on May 22, 1935, leaving

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2268-417: Was appointed receiver for the company, which had liabilities of $ 716,839 (equivalent to $ 12,719,725 in 2023) and assets of $ 59,511. On July 19, 1929, bankruptcy referee John Logan Lyttle (1879–1930) oversaw the auction of the magazines. Majeski, Weil's former assistant, bought four of the six for $ 45,200: Musical America , The Music Trades , The Barbers' Journal , and Beauty Culture . About $ 11,000 of

2322-466: Was at 135 Fifth Avenue at 20th Street — which, at the time, was at the heart of the wholesale music trade district in New York City. From around 1915 to 1937, it was on Fifth Avenue — 505 (1915), 501 (1919). From about 1930 until the mid-1970s, the executive offices for The Music Trades were in Steinway Hall , 113 West 57th Street, Manhattan, New York . From 1927 to 1929, when The Music Trades

2376-617: Was fired in 1983 for protesting the cutbacks in classic music coverage in High Fidelity/Musical America . In protest to Oestreich dismissal, several noted classic music editors resigned in mass to eventually join Oestreich at his new publication. The reintroduction of the first separate issue of Musical America in 1987 was mishandled by ABC since ABC did not provide copies for distribution at newsstands in many major cities. Although Musical America's tenure at ABC

2430-580: Was founded in 1918 as United Newspapers by David Lloyd George to acquire the Daily Chronicle and Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper . In 1929, the company merged with Provincial Newspapers, an owner of regional papers in the north; the next year, it sold its national papers. The company continued for decades as a regional newspaper publisher, making acquisitions such as Yorkshire Post Newspapers in 1969. It acquired PR Newswire in 1982. In 1985, it bought Express Newspapers and continued to publish

2484-427: Was itself acquired for $ 152 million in 2006 by United Business Media plc . Musical America has been owned and published by Performing Arts Resources, LLC, of New Jersey, since February 2013. Freund and Weil were exponents of American music and used Musical America to promote it. After Freund's death, Weil took over Musical America as editor. On December 11, 1925, Weil, on behalf of Musical America , announced

2538-521: Was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index . The history of the companies that made up UBM stretches back almost two hundred years. Up until its acquisition UBM businesses published many titles that were launched in the 19th century, including Building magazine, launched in 1843 by Joseph Hansom, as well as Chemist & Druggist . The company

2592-439: Was not very impressive, it avoided High Fidelity's fate of being sold to Diamandis and remained with ABC until 1991 when it was sold to media investor Gerry M. Ritterman. During most of this time, Shirley Fleming served as the magazine's editor from 1967 to 1991. Faced with declining sales and rising costs, Ritterman tried to turn the magazine around by firing the entire editorial staff and implementing cost saving measures, but

2646-434: Was owned by Trade Publications, Inc., the offices were at 235 East 45th Street, Manhattan, New York . From the mid-1970s to present (2024), the executive offices have been in Englewood, New Jersey . Archives, curated collections, and reproductions Online digital Microform Active trade journals older than The Music Trades Other notes Inline citations United Business Media plc UBM plc

2700-538: Was premiered simultaneously on December 20, 1928, in six American cities: San Francisco , Ann Arbor , Providence , New York , Cincinnati , and Los Angeles . Bloch's composition was selected among nine-two anonymous submissions. The judges were conductors of five major orchestras: Walter Damrosch of the New York Symphony , Serge Koussevitzky of the Boston Symphony , Leopold Stokowski of

2754-438: Was sold to ABC Consumer Magazines in 1974. ABC continued this publishing arrangement until 1986 when ABC decided it needed to revive Musical America as a separate monthly publication (which later became bimonthly) to fight back against the loss of readership caused by the founding of a new competing classic music publication by a James R. Oestreich called Opus . Oestreich was a former High Fidelity classic music editor who

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2808-601: Was taken over by his son, John Francis Majeski, Jr. (1921–2011), who was already the magazine's editor. The younger Majeski served as editor until 1982 and publisher until 1985. In 2005, he received the American Music Conference Lifetime Achievement Award for his achievements, contribution to music, and long tenure as editor of The Music Trades . As of 2022, the Majeski family continues its ninety-five year ownership of The Music Trades through its holding company,

2862-638: Was the investment banking firm that handled the consolidation. Musical America subsequently began diversifying with articles about jazz, dance, radio, and records. Trade Publications, Inc., filed for bankruptcy in 1929; and, in a bankruptcy sale on July 19, 1929, John Majeski, Weil's former assistant, purchased four of the six magazines for $ 45,200: (i) Musical America , (ii) The Music Trades , (iii) The Barbers' Journal , and (iv) Beauty Culture. After some 30 years of relative stability, effective January 1, 1960, John Majeski retired and sold Musical America and The Music Trades to Music Publications, Ltd.,

2916-511: Was unsuccessful. A few months later, he announced that he was shutting down the magazine with the publication of the January/February 1992 issue being the last. However, Ritterman said he was going to continue to publish the lucrative Annual Directory, a separate publication that followed the magazine in its journey through several change of ownership. Ritterman kept the Annual Directory for two more years before selling it, along with

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