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Notes is a quarterly journal devoted to music librarianship, music bibliography and discography, the music trade, and certain aspects of music history. It is published by the Music Library Association and includes reviews of music-related books, digital media, and sound recordings, as well as inventories of publishers' catalogs.
The first series of Notes debuted in July 1934. It ran for fifteen issues over eight years before concluding in December 1942. The second series began in December 1943 and continues to be published.
Eva Judd O'Meara was the founding editor of Notes, serving from 1934 to 1940. She wrote in the first issue about the journal's ambition to be a chorus of voices from music libraries, though initially she was the sole contributor.
Several institutions took turns mimeographing issues of the first series, including the Grosvenor Library in Buffalo, the Sibley Music Library at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, the New York Public Library, the Newberry Library in Chicago, and the Boston Public Library.
Notes divides its book reviews into named categories including Times, Places, Peoples; American Highways and Byways; Twentieth Century Musics; Late Romantics; and Composers. Subjects range from modern musicians and groups such as Johnny Cash or Nine Inch Nails to classical composers including Bela Bartok and Chopin.
The second series, launched in December 1943, switched from mimeographed sheets to typeset pages. That change allowed more space for articles and advertisements, giving the journal the form of a professional publication rather than an internal newsletter.