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The Penguin Music Magazine was one of a number of periodicals published by Penguin Books soon after the end of the Second World War. The series was edited by Ralph Hill.

The first Music Magazine was printed in December but only appeared on the shelves in February 1947. They appeared approximately every 3 months and the last issue, MM9 appeared in July 1949. The first five issues were printed in the larger 8" x 5" format, the remaining four reverting to the usual Penguin size.

After ceasing to print the Music Magazine, Penguin published three Pelicans all edited by Ralph Hill Music (1950) A225; Music (1951) A232; Music (1952) A258. The cover of Pelican A225 states 'An annual publication which succeeds Penguin Music Magazine.'

We are pleased to include with each separate entry a full list of the contents of each volume of The Penguin Music Magazine.

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Number: MM1	Series No.: MM1 Title: THE PENGUIN MUSIC MAGAZINE (I) Edited by: Ralph Hill Illustrations: Contains 16 pages of black-and-white photographic plates on Opera, Ballet and Personalities Date Published: December 1946 Pages: 128pp. + 16pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 1/- Printed in 8" x 5" format. Contents: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Ralph Hill THE FUTURE OF OPERA IN ENGLAND by Edward J. Dent MUSIC INSPIRED BY PAINTING by Michael Ayrton ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS by Edward Lockspeiser SOVIET MUSIC IN WAR-TIME by Alan Bush NEW-COMER TO MUSIC by Cecil Elliott THE ORCHESTRA LOOKS AT THE AUDIENCE by Frederick Thurston STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE by Geoffrey Sharp TO START AN ARGUMENT. I: WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MUSIC? by Scott Goddard and C. B. Rees PERSONALITY CORNER by C. B. Rees BRAINS TRUST by Julian Herbage NEW BOOKS by Stanley Bayliss NEW MUSIC by Robin Hull THE RECORD COLLECTOR by Alec Robertson MUSIC ON THE AIR by Richard Gorer OPERA IN LONDON by Stephen Williams BALLET IN LONDON by Arnold L. Haskell CONCERTS IN LONDON by George Dannatt NORTHERN DIARY - Music in Scotland by Stewart Deas Music in Liverpool by A. K. Holland Music in Manchester by J. H. Elliott Music in Birmingham by John Waterhouse
Number: MM2	Series No.: MM2 Title: THE PENGUIN MUSIC MAGAZINE (II) Edited by: Ralph Hill Illustrations: Contains 32 pages of black-and-white photographic plates on Personalities, Ballet and Opera (various) Date Published: May 1947 Pages: 96pp. + 32pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 1/- Printed in 8" x 5" format. Contents: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Ralph Hill THE ART OF CONDUCTING by John Barbirolli ON LISTENING by J. L. Cowan THE INFLUENCE OF JAZZ ON ENGLISH COMPOSERS by Rex Harris LOOK AND LISTEN by Edward Pickering AUDIENCE OF THE PROMS by George Dannatt PERSONALITY CORNER by C. B. Rees BRAINS TRUST by Julian Herbage NEW BOOKS NEW MUSIC by Robin Hull NEW GRAMOPHONE RECORDS by Alec Robertson MUSIC OF THE FILM by Scott Goddard MUSIC OVER THE AIR by Stanley Bayliss OPERA IN LONDON by Stephen Williams BALLET IN LONDON by Arnold L. Haskell CONCERTS IN LONDON by George Dannatt NORTHERN DIARY - Music in Scotland by Stewart Deas Music in Liverpool by A. K. Holland Music in Manchester by J. H. Elliott Music in Birmingham by John Waterhouse
Number: MM3	Series No.: MM3 Title: THE PENGUIN MUSIC MAGAZINE (III) Edited by: Ralph Hill Illustrations: Contains 32 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Date Published: September 1947 Pages: 96pp. + 32pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 1/- Printed in 8" x 5" format. Contents: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Ralph Hill MENDELSSOHN: A REVALUATION - 1 by Robert L. Jacobs THE BELGIAN SCENE by Edward Lockspeiser MUSICAL STIMULANTS by J. H. Elliott MUSIC INSPIRED BY PAINTING - 2 by Michael Ayrton TO START AN ARGUMENT - II: THE PLACE OF THE PERFORMER by Hubert Foss and F. Bonavia PERSONALITY CORNER by C. B. Rees BRAINS TRUST by Julian Herbage NEW BOOKS by Various NEW MUSIC by Robin Hull THE RECORD COLLECTOR by Alec Robertson MUSIC OF THE FILM by Scott Goddard MUSIC OVER THE AIR by Stanley Bayliss OPERA IN LONDON by Stephen Williams BALLET IN LONDON by Arnold L. Haskell CONCERTS IN LONDON by George Dannatt NORTHERN DIARY - Music in Scotland by Maurice Lindsay Music in Liverpool by A. K. Holland Music in Manchester by J. H. Elliott Music in Birmingham by John Waterhouse
Number: MM4	Series No.: MM4 Title: THE PENGUIN MUSIC MAGAZINE (IV) Edited by: Ralph Hill Illustrations: Contains 32 pages of black-and-white photographic plates on 'Moulded Music' - making records, and The Ballet Rambert Date Published: December 1947 Pages: 104pp. + 32pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 1/- Printed in 8" x 5" format. Contents: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Ralph Hill AN ENGLISH CRITIC LOOKS AT AMERICAN MUSIC by Scott Goddard TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE! by F. Bonavia A NEW MOVEMENT IN MUSIC by Humphrey Searle THE SYMPHONIC TREADMILL by Cyril Bourne-Newton MENDELSSOHN REVALUED - 2 by Robert L. Jacobs TO START AN ARGUMENT - III: MUSIC WITHOUT TAXATION by Gunn Gwennet and Hubert Foss PERSONALITY CORNER by C. B. Rees BRAINS TRUST by Julian Herbage NEW BOOKS by Various NEW MUSIC by Robin Hull THE RECORD COLLECTOR by Alec Robertson MUSIC OF THE FILM by Scott Goddard MUSIC OVER THE AIR by Stanley Bayliss OPERA IN LONDON by Stephen Williams BALLET IN LONDON by Arnold L. Haskell CONCERTS IN LONDON by George Dannatt NORTHERN DIARY - Music in Scotland by Maurice Lindsay Music in Liverpool by A. K. Holland Music in Manchester by J. H. Elliott Music in Birmingham by John Waterhouse
Number: MM5	Series No.: MM5 Title: THE PENGUIN MUSIC MAGAZINE (V) Edited by: Ralph Hill Illustrations: Contains 32 pages of black-and-white photographic plates including music printing and sketches Date Published: February 1948 Pages: 100pp. + 32pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 1/6d Printed in 8" x 5" format. Contents: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Ralph Hill ROMANCE OF MUSIC PRINTING by Hubert Foss THE VOICE RACKET by Julian Kimbell THE B.B.C. ORCHESTRA ABROAD by Kenneth Adam CHELTENHAM'S CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC by Frank Howes TO START AN ARGUMENT - IV: HAS CONCERT CRITICISM ANY VALUE? by M. Montagu-Nathan and Alec Robertson BRAINS TRUST by Julian Herbage NEW BOOKS by Various NEW MUSIC by Robin Hull GRAMOPHONE COMMENTARY by Ralph Hill MUSIC OF THE FILM by Scott Goddard MUSIC OVER THE AIR by Stanley Bayliss OPERA IN LONDON by Stephen Williams BALLET IN LONDON by Arnold L. Haskell CONCERTS IN LONDON by George Dannatt NORTHERN DIARY - Music in Scotland by Maurice Lindsay Music in Liverpool by A. K. Holland Music in Manchester by J. H. Elliott Music in Birmingham by John Waterhouse DESULTORIA by N. L. Smith
Number: MM6	Series No.: MM6 Title: THE PENGUIN MUSIC MAGAZINE (VI) Edited by: Ralph Hill Illustrations: Contains 16 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Date Published: June 1948 Pages: 144pp. + 16pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Ralph Hill THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC CRITICISM by R. Crawshay-Williams ON READING A SCORE by Gordon Jacob THE CLARINET AND ITS MUSIC by Frederick Thurston TIMPANI LURE by Joyce Aldous VISIT TO PRAGUE by Kenneth Adam THE ITALIAN SCENE by Edward Lockspeiser TERMINOLOGICAL EXACTITUDES by Denis Stevens CHAMBER MUSIC: AN IMPRESSION by Joyce Atkins PERSONALITY CORNER by C. B. Rees BRAINS TRUST by Julian Herbage NEW BOOKS by Various NEW MUSIC by Robin Hull GRAMOPHONE COMMENTARY by Ralph Hill MUSIC OF THE FILM by Scott Goddard MUSIC OVER THE AIR by Stanley Bayliss OPERA IN LONDON by Stephen Williams BALLET IN LONDON by Arnold L. Haskell CONCERTS IN LONDON by George Dannatt NORTHERN DIARY - Scotland by Maurice Lindsay Liverpool by A. K. Holland Leeds by Eric Todd Manchester by J. H. Elliott Birmingham by John Waterhouse DESULTORIA - II by N. L. Smith
Number: MM7	Series No.: MM7 Title: THE PENGUIN MUSIC MAGAZINE (VII) Edited by: Ralph Hill Illustrations: Contains 32 pages of black-and-white photographic plates on 'Hamlet' and the 'Mastersingers' Date Published: October 1948 Pages: 128pp. + 32pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Ralph Hill THE FUNCTION OF THE COMPOSER by Christian Darnton INTERPRETATION - FACT AND FANCY by Herbert Byard THE AUSTRALIAN SCENE by Neville Cardus RHYTHM IN PERSPECTIVE by F. Bonavia GRIEG'S PIANO MUSIC by J. H. Elliot PERSONALITY CORNER by C. B. Rees BRAINS TRUST by Julian Herbage NEW BOOKS by Various NEW MUSIC by Robin Hull GRAMOPHONE COMMENTARY by Ralph Hill MUSIC OF THE FILM by Scott Goddard MUSIC OVER THE AIR by Denis Stevens OPERA IN LONDON by Stephen Williams BALLET IN LONDON by Arnold L. Haskell CONCERTS IN LONDON by George Dannatt NORTHERN DIARY - Scotland by Maurice Lindsay Liverpool by A. K. Holland Leeds by Eric Todd Manchester by J. H. Elliott Birmingham by John Waterhouse DESULTORIA - III by N. L. Smith
Number: MM8	Series No.: MM8 Title: THE PENGUIN MUSIC MAGAZINE (8) Edited by: Ralph Hill Illustrations: Contains 16 pages of black-and-white photographic plates on violin making Date Published: February 1949 Pages: 128pp. + 16pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Ralph Hill A BOY AND HIS MUSIC by George Sampson MUSIC AS SHE IS TAUGHT by Elway Strogers THE FRENCH ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENGLISH MUSIC by Roland de Candé NEED MUSIC BE BEAUTIFUL? by R. W. S. Mendl COMPOSERS AND POETS: AFFINITIES by N. L. Smith PROGRAMME NOTES by J. H. M. Sykes MUSIC IN NEW ZEALAND by J. M. D. Hardwick PERSONALITY CORNER by C. B. Rees BRAINS TRUST by Julian Herbage NEW BOOKS by Various NEW MUSIC by Robin Hull GRAMOPHONE COMMENTARY by Ralph Hill MUSIC OF THE FILM by Scott Goddard MUSIC OVER THE AIR by Denis Stevens OPERA IN LONDON by Stephen Williams BALLET IN LONDON by Arnold L. Haskell CONCERTS IN LONDON by George Dannatt NORTHERN DIARY - Scotland by Maurice Lindsay Liverpool by A. K. Holland Leeds by Eric Todd Manchester by J. H. Elliott Birmingham by John Waterhouse SOUTHERN DIARY by John Durrant
Number: MM9	Series No.: MM9 Title: THE PENGUIN MUSIC MAGAZINE (9) Edited by: Ralph Hill Illustrations: Contains 16 pages of black-and-white photographic plates on concert halls Date Published: July 1949 Pages: 128pp. + 16pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Ralph Hill THE NEW IMPULSE IN MUSIC by the late Edwin Evans VAUGHAN WILLIAMS AND THE ORCHESTRA by Hubert Foss A COMPOSER'S PROPERTY by Ralph W. Wood HANDEL'S KEYBOARD MUSIC by A. Craig Bell BLOWING MY OWN TRUMPET by Robin Gregory LISTENING TO MUSIC by Colin Mason THE AMATEURS by Joseph Macleod OUT OF THE GROOVE by Alan Brazier PERSONALITY CORNER by C. B. Rees NEW BOOKS by Various NEW MUSIC by R. H. GRAMOPHONE COMMENTARY by Ralph Hill MUSIC OVER THE AIR by Denis Stevens OPERA IN LONDON by Stephen Williams NORTHERN DIARY - Scotland by Maurice Lindsay Liverpool by A. K. Holland Leeds by Eric Todd Manchester by J. H. Elliott Birmingham by John Waterhouse SOUTHERN DIARY by John Durrant

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