Boston Music Intelligencer
The Boston Music Intelligencer (f. 2008) is an online edited journal providing critical reviews of classical music in the greater New England and New York State areas. Initially created under sponsorship from the Harvard Musical Association, the Intelligencer began as an attempt to collate listings of all classical music performances within the Greater Boston area. Its name evokes the early 19th-century music journal Euterpeiad, or Musical Intelligencer, & Ladies' Gazette.[1]
With more than 80 contributors, many of whom are retired music professionals and well-known scholars,[2][3] it provides both the most comprehensive listing of classical music concerts in its geographic scope, as well as the largest gathering of performance criticism.[4] Music critic Alex Ross has praised the quality of its reporting, often including in-depth and incisive reviews as well as behind-the-scenes details.[5] Benjamin Zander, the conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, praised its writers' long-term perspectives on groups and concert series.[6][7] Many solo artists and both local and touring performing arts organizations specifically credit the Intelligencer with providing their first critical press coverage.[8][9][10]
Notably, the Intelligencer increased its writership in 2016 after The Boston Globe – the area's largest newspaper – reduced its art criticism section and stopped hiring freelance reviewers for this area.[11][12]
In discussing the decline in American music criticism, Tony Beadle called the Intelligencer “a 21st-century answer to what has happened in classical music criticism", noting that the online format and long-form reviews full of details "[harkened] to the old days because writers have plenty of space".[13] It is also notable for how its coverage encompasses international communities within the classical music scene in New England, such as its critical coverage of music performances by Chinese and American Chinese musicians.[14]
The Intelligencer is often cited as the go-to performance guide for out-of-town visitors.[15] It is also frequently cited in histories of contemporary music performance and biographies of contemporary classical musicians,[16] often providing the sole documentation of world and regional premieres.[17][18][19][20][21] As of 2019, it featured more than 5,000 reviews and a daily readership of more than 9,000 unique readers.[22]
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References
- ↑ Parker, John Rowe (1821). The Euterpeiad. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-70920-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Locke, Ralph P. (2025-02-18). "Arts Commentary: Reviewing Music, Re-viewed - The Arts Fuse". artsfuse.org/. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ↑ David Schulenberg. (2017). Boston Concert Reviews. https://faculty.wagner.edu/david-schulenberg/files/2017/12/Boston_concert_reviews.pdf
- ↑ Staff, BMInt. "About the Intelligencer". The Boston Musical Intelligencer. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ↑ Ross, Alex. "Bad news for Boston criticism". Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ↑ Labs, D. I. (2025-02-18). "Arts Commentary: Reviewing Music, Re-viewed - The Arts Fuse". artsfuse.org/. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ↑ David Schulenberg. (2017). Boston Concert Reviews. https://faculty.wagner.edu/david-schulenberg/files/2017/12/Boston_concert_reviews.pdf
- ↑ Staff, BMInt. "Our Story". The Boston Musical Intelligencer. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ↑ Jourdain, Dorothée (2019-11-04). "A successful first tour for the PBO!". Latitude 45 Arts. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ↑ "2011 – A Musical Year in Review | Classical Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan's Blog". Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ↑ "Fuse Commentary: "The Boston Globe" Cleans House - The Arts Fuse". artsfuse.org/. 2025-02-23. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ↑ Staff, BMInt (2016-05-23). "To Dispossessed Freelancers BMInt Offers a Megaphone". The Boston Musical Intelligencer. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ↑ "Saving the Classical Music Ecosystem | College of Fine Arts". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ↑ "中華表演藝術基金會 Chinese Performing Arts Foundation". www.chineseperformingarts.net. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ↑ Vorhees, Mara (2016-06-13). Boston (in italiano). EDT srl. ISBN 978-88-592-3239-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Mark Zanter. Society of Composers Region III Conference. FEBRUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 27, 2016. https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1990&context=music_perf
- ↑ Beardslee, Bethany; Proctor, Minna (2017). I Sang the Unsingable: My Life in Twentieth-Century Music. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-58046-900-5. Missing
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- ↑ "Frans Brüggen: 1934-2014 - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 2531645238. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ↑ Wheeler, Scott (2015-01-01). "Spirit Geometry (for Cello & Piano)". Emerson Authors, Researchers, & Creators.
- ↑ "America's Choral Response to Police Brutality: Critical Music in the Age of Black Lives Matter - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 2531645238. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ↑ "Boston Music Intelligencer". The Boston Musical Intelligencer. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ↑ Staff, BMInt (2019-12-22). "Critics' Faves From Passing Year". The Boston Musical Intelligencer. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
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