Criticism

Criticism It was the Phonographische Zeitschrift (Berlin) that carried, in 1906, the first serious criticism of sound recordings. National Magazine and World of Today both began to publish record reviews in 1909. In the 1920s The New York Times began weekly record reviews. Criticism of a high standard, examining both performance and technical aspects of new records, began in the U.K. with the establishment of the Gramophone in 1923. The first magazine devoted entirely to commentary on new…