The Music Review
Volume 1 (1940)
Number 1
- Pages i-ii: Table of Contents
- Page 1: Geoffrey Sharp, "Editorial"
- Pages 2-23, Egon Wellesz, "The Symphonies of Gustav Mahler"
- Pages 24-24b: "An Unpublished Letter of Mahler" [text transcription on page 24 and a facsimile of the latter on a separate page before page 25]
- Pages 25-35: Cecil Gray, "Pietro Raimondi"
- Pages 36-53: Otto Erich Deutsch (translated by Dr. K. Wood-Legh), "The Riddle of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony"
- Pages 54-67: Paul Hirsch (translated by Percy H. Muir), "Some Early Mozart Editions"
- Pages 68-71: W.J. Turner, "Artistic Direction"
- Pages 72-78: Geoffrey Sharp, "Ernest Bloch's Violin Concerto"
- Page 79: Music Received and Books Received
- Page 80: Book Review
- G.N.S. [Geoffrey Sharp], A List of Books About Music by Percy Scholes, published by Oxford University Press
- Pages 81-87: Gramophone Records
- Page 81: Geoffrey Sharp, Beethoven: Variations in E flat major. Op. 35. Lili Kraus. Parlophone R 20470-72. 18s.
- Pages 81-82: Geoffrey Sharp, Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major. Op. 60. The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. His Master's Voice DB 3896-99. 24s.
- Pages 82-83: M.H. [Mary Houghton], Beethoven, Symphony No. 8 in F major. Op. 93. Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam conducted by Prof. Dr. Willem Mengelberg. Telefunken SK 2760-2. 182.
- Page 83: Geoffrey Sharp, Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique. Op. 14. Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Bruno Walter. His Master's Voice DB 3852-57. 36s.
- Page 84: Geoffrey Sharp, Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eugen Jochum. Telefunken SK 3000-7. 48s.
- Page 84: Geoffrey Sharp, Chopin: Scherzo in C sharp minor. Op. 39, No. 3. Claudio Arrau. Parlophone R 20469. 6s.
- Pages 84-85: Geoffrey Sharp, Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major (The London). The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Columbia LX 856-8. 18s.
- Page 85: Geoffrey Sharp, Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major (The Haffner). The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Columbia LX 851-2/LXS 853. 15s.
- Pages 85-86: Geoffrey Sharp, Schubert: String Quartet in B flat major. Op. 168. The Busch Quartet. His Master's Voice DB 3737-39. 18s.
- Page 86: Sibelius Society, Volume Six. Contents: En Saga. Op. 9; Valse Triste. Op. 44; A Spring in the Park, Entr'acte, and The Death of Mélisande. Op. 46 from the incidental music to Pelléas et Mélisande; In Memoriam. Op. 59; The Bard. Op. 64; Prelude. Op. 109a from the incidental music to The Tempest. The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. 42s.
- Page 87: Geoffrey Sharp, Wagner: Overture―Rienzi; Berlioz: Marche Troyenne. Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Felix Weingartner. Columbia LX 860-61. 12s.
- Pages 88-89: London Concerts
- Page 88: Geoffrey Sharp, Courtauld-Sargent Concert (October 21: Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Page 88: Geoffrey Sharp, The Royal Philharmonic Society Concerts (October 16 and November 23: Sir Thomas Beecham/London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Page 89: J.H. [John Hollingsworth], Westminster lunch time concert (December 6: Dr. Malcolm Sargent/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Page 89: Geoffrey Sharp, third Courtauld-Sargent concert (December 9: Dr. Malcolm Sargent/London Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Pages 90-91: Mary Houghton, "Hallé Concerts Society: Season, 1939-1940"
- Pages 92-93: Geoffrey Sharp, "Broadcasting"
- Page 94: Geoffrey Sharp, "Enterprise"
- The Maurice Miles String Orchestra
- London Contemporary Music Centre
Number 2
- Page 95: Geoffrey Sharp, "Editorial"
- Pages 96-104: Adam Carse, "Fingering the Recorder"
- Pages 105-122: T.C.L. Pritchard, "Franz Schubert"
- Pages 123-143: Otto Erich Deutsch, "The First Editions of Brahms"
- Pages 144-154: J.A. Westrup, "Monteverdi’s 'Lamento d’Arianna'"
- Pages 155-158: Alec Rowley, "Four Hands, One Piano: A Short Résumé of Pianoforte Duets"
- Pages 159-176: Eva Mary Grew, "Music and Morality"
- Pages 177-178: Reviews of Music
- Page 177: F.A. [Felix Aprahamian], Organ Prelude on a traditional Irish Air by Ethel Smyth, published by Boosey & Co.
- Pages 177-178: E.W. [Egon Wellesz], String Quartet, Op. 28 (Miniature Score), published by Hawkes & Son (Boosey & Hawkes)
- Page 179: Music Received; Books Received
- Pages 180-182: Gramophone Records
- Page 180: Geoffrey Sharp, Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat. Op. 83. Wilhelm Backhaus and the Saxon State Orchestra conducted by Karl Böhm. His Master's Voice DB 3930-35. 36s.
- Page 180: Geoffrey Sharp, Chabrier: España. The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.Columbia LX 880. 6s.
- Pages 180-181: Mary Houghton, Liszt: Études de Concert: No. 2 in F minor. (La Leggierezza.) and No. 3 in D flat major. Louis Kentner. Columbia DX 960. 4s.
- Page 181: Geoffrey Sharp, Mozart: Overtures, Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Le Nozze di Figaro. The Saxon State Orchestra conducted by Karl Böhm. His Master’s Voice DB 4692. 6s.