The Musical Leader Explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Obituary: Mrs. Charles F. French, The New York Times, October 16, 1941
2. Walter B. Bailey. "Will Schoenberg Be a New York Fad?": The 1914 American Premiere of Schoenberg's String Quartet in D Minor. American Music. Spring 2008. 26. 1 . 37–73. 40071688.
3. Christine Parker Ammer (born 1931), Unsung: A History of Women in American Music, Century ed. Portland: Amadeus Press (2001)
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)