The Musical Leader

The Musical Leader was an American periodical founded in Chicago in 1895 by Florence French and her husband, Charles F. French.[1][2] In 1910 the magazine cooperated with New York City magazine, The Concert Goer, and opened an office there.[2] There were European correspondents of The Musical Leader who provided reports from various cities, including Leipzig, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, Paris and London.[2] By 1913 the magazine had 10,000 subscribers.[2] The publication ran until 1967.

Publishers, editors, authors
  • Charles F. French (1861–1916), founding joint-editor
  • Florence M. French (1868–1941), founding joint-editor
  • J. French Demerath (née Josephine Ethel French; 1893–1975; daughter of Charles & Florence)
  • Evelyn French Smith (née Evelyn French; born 1892; daughter of Charles & Florence)
  • Marion Bauer (1882–1955)[3][4]
  • Emilie Frances Bauer (1865–1926) (Marion's sister)
  • OCLC 40004899, 8905890, 472475784 OCLC 1605784

References
  1. Obituary: Mrs. Charles F. French, The New York Times, October 16, 1941
  2. Walter B. Bailey (Spring 2008). ""Will Schoenberg Be a New York Fad?": The 1914 American Premiere of Schoenberg's String Quartet in D Minor". American Music. 26 (1): 37–73. JSTOR 40071688.
  3. Christine Parker Ammer (born 1931), Unsung: A History of Women in American Music, Century ed. Portland: Amadeus Press (2001) ISBN 978-1-57467-058-5
  4. Ammer, 148. Prior to her death in 1926, Bauer had held the post at the Musical Leader — Susan Pickett, From the Wild West to New York Modernism, The Maud Powell Signature, Women in Music, pg 40 (June 2008)


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