Fanfare (magazine)

{{Short description|American classical and jazz review magazine}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Fanfare | image_file = Fanfare_magazine_logo.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = | editor = Joel Bruce Flegler | editor_title = | frequency = bimonthly | circulation = 8,000 (2012) | category = Classical music | company = Fanfare, Inc.<br>a New Jersey corporation | publisher = Joel Bruce Flegler | firstdate = 1 September 1977 | based = Tenafly, New Jersey | country = United States | language = English | website = [http://www.fanfaremag.com/ www.fanfaremag.com] | issn = 0148-9364 }}

'''''Fanfare''''' is an American bimonthly magazine devoted to reviewing recorded music in all playback formats. It mainly covers classical music, but since inception, has also featured a jazz column in every issue.

==History and profile== ''Fanfare'' was founded on 1 September 1977 "as a labor of love"<ref name=Rockwell>Rockwell, John (29 June 1980). [https://www.nytimes.com/1980/06/29/archives/the-new-crop-of-music-magazines.html?sq=fanfare%2520magazine&scp=1&st=cse "The New Crop of Music Magazines"]. ''The New York Times''.</ref> by an elementary-school teacher turned editor named Joel Bruce Flegler (born 1941). After {{age|1977|09|01}} years, he is still the publisher.<ref name=Rockwell/><ref>Laffler, William D. (31 August 1980). "Born on a Shoestring". ''The Trenton Evening Times'', p. 12.</ref>

The magazine now runs to over 600 pages in a {{convert|6|x|9|in|abbr=on}} format with about 80% of the editorial copy devoted to record reviews, and a front section with a substantial number of interviews and feature articles.<ref>''Fanfare''. January/February 2012.</ref> It avoids equipment and pop music coverage, and includes reviews of more classical releases than most similar magazines.<ref name=Rockwell/><ref>Kimmelman, Michael (20 December 1987). [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/20/arts/the-tempo-is-changing-for-music-magazines.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm "The Tempo is Changing for Music Magazines"]. ''The New York Times''. "The most prolific at [reviewing classical records] now is Fanfare magazine…."</ref>

Subscriptions include online access to current content and archives of past issues.<ref name=FanfareOnline>[http://www.fanfaremag.com/ ''Fanfare'' website]. Retrieved 15 February 2012.</ref>

== References == '''Notes''' {{Reflist}}

'''Sources''' * ''Who's Who in U.S. Writers, Editors & Poets, A biographical directory, Second edition,'' edited by Curt Johnson, December Press, Highland Park, IL (1988) (search: Joel B. Fletcher) {{OCLC|12640287}} * ''Who's Who in Writers, Editors & Poets. United States & Canada, Third edition, 1989-1990,'' edited by Curt Johnson, December Press, Highland Park, IL (1989) (search: Joel B. Fletcher) {{OCLC|20974776}} * ''Who's Who in Writers, Editors & Poets. United States & Canada, Fourth edition, 1992-1993,'' edited by Curt Johnson, December Press, Highland Park, IL (search: Joel B. Fletcher) (1992)

==External links== * [http://fanfarearchive.com/ Official website] * [https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=296301&DB=local Cornell University Library reference] * {{OCLC|3386493}}

Category:1977 establishments in New Jersey Category:Music magazines published in the United States Category:Bimonthly magazines published in the United States Category:Classical music magazines Category:Jazz magazines published in the United States Category:Magazines established in 1977 Category:Magazines published in New Jersey Category:Musicology