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Classical music criticism
The Oxford Companion to Music defines music criticism as "the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of
Music_criticism
Journalism genre
Music journalism (or music criticism) is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music
Music_journalism
Practice of judging the merits and faults of something
Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative or positive qualities of someone or something. Criticism can range from impromptu comments
Criticism
School of sociology and critical theory
to conduct political criticism in psychiatric categories, [and] to make those categories bear the weight of political criticism. This procedure excused
Frankfurt_School
Period of musician at their peak
career circa "Domino Dancing" (1988). It has since been applied by pop music critics and fans. For example, the Uncut journalist Michael Bonner identified
Imperial_phase
Evaluation
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Book review Film criticism Music critic Music criticism Music journalism Reaction video Review site Trustpilot "True
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Study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often
Literary_criticism
Form of interpreting and sorting issues in contemporary society
Social criticism is a form of academic or journalistic criticism focusing on social issues in contemporary society, in respect to perceived injustices
Social_criticism
Use of diverse music genres
In music theory and music criticism, the term eclecticism refers to the use of diverse music genres. A musician might be described as eclectic if different
Eclecticism_in_music
Television series
Behind the Music is an American documentary television series that initially aired on VH1 from 1997 to 2014. Each episode profiles and interviews a popular
Behind_the_Music
Music written to accompany a film
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film or a television program. The score consists of a number of orchestral, instrumental
Film_score
How an individual evaluates themselves
Self-criticism involves how an individual evaluates oneself. Self-criticism in psychology is typically studied and discussed as a negative personality
Self-criticism
American journalism award
Prize for Criticism has been presented since 1970 to a newspaper writer in the United States who has demonstrated 'distinguished criticism'. Recipients
Pulitzer_Prize_for_Criticism
Analysis and evaluation of films
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism
Film_criticism
Idea that an animal's developmental stages resemble its evolutionary ancestors
been formulated in other fields, including cognitive development and music criticism. The idea of recapitulation was first formulated in biology from the
Recapitulation_theory
Ideological arguments in music journalism
reassessment of pop music was underway, and by the next decade, poptimism supplanted rockism as the prevailing ideology in popular music criticism. While poptimism
Rockism_and_poptimism
Process of describing and judging art
buildings (architecture criticism), paintings (visual art criticism), performances (dance criticism, theatre criticism), music (music journalism), visual
Arts_criticism
Genre of arts criticism
Theatre criticism is a genre of arts criticism, and the act of writing or speaking about the performing arts such as a play or opera. Theatre criticism is
Theatre_criticism
applicable to classical music, to literature, and to the Bible. In classical music, the reception history of a work of music, or the body of work created
Reception_history
Maxim about music criticism
music through words. It may be employed as an argument for dismissing music criticism altogether. The quote's origin is unknown. It is most commonly misattributed
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture
Writing_about_music_is_like_dancing_about_architecture
American online music magazine
and the closure of Pitchfork Music Festival. The merge drew criticism and triggered concern about the implications for music journalism. In 2026, Pitchfork
Pitchfork_(website)
Music genre
1979. In the 1970s, "outsider music" was also a "favorite epithet" in music criticism in Europe. By the 1980s and 1990s, "outsider" was common in the cultural
Outsider_music
Subgenre and period of rock music
shoegaze. By the mid-to-late 1980s, usage of the term post-punk in music criticism and journalism waned as well as emergence of acts. During the 2000s
Post-punk
Discussion or evaluation of visual art
Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. A
Art_criticism
Electronic music genre
of their sonic vocabulary. The following albums are widely cited in music criticism as central to the development and codification of the glitch genre
Glitch_(music)
Literary criticism book by Northrop Frye
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (Princeton University Press, 1957) is a book by Canadian literary critic and theorist Northrop Frye that attempts to
Anatomy_of_Criticism
American New Testament scholar
as a professional music critic, with numerous published reviews in the fields of rock and pop music. The two fields of music criticism and religious scholarship
Mark_Allan_Powell
Any of a number of related heavy metal music subgenres
2007, ISBN 1-84520-399-2. Phillipov, Michelle (2012). Death Metal and Music Criticism: Analysis at the Limits. Lexington Books. p. xv. Ekeroth, Daniel (2008)
Extreme_metal
1979 book
as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine
The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide
Collection of music criticism
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic is a 2015 essay collection by music critic Jessica Hopper. The idea of collecting her
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic
The_First_Collection_of_Criticism_by_a_Living_Female_Rock_Critic
Genre of rock music designed for large audiences
Many of the above labels are used pejoratively, and discussions over music criticism often delve into the question of whether musicians' focus on rock spectacle
Arena_rock
Yemeni musician (b. 1953)
Arabic Music in Cairo. In 1983, Jaber Ali Ahmed assumed leadership of a musical band in Hodeidah and began his initial forays into music criticism. Through
Jaber_Ali_Ahmed
Music: What Happened? is a book of music criticism by Scott Miller, leader of the bands Game Theory and the Loud Family. Published in 2010, it was described
Music:_What_Happened?
American historian
existing Russian efforts." He has also published a volume of selected music criticism. The Royal Opera's chorus director William Spaulding hailed it as "knowledgeable
Paul_du_Quenoy
Form of art using sound
as people who create [music]." Women are also underrepresented in orchestral conducting, music criticism/music journalism, music producing, and sound engineering
Music
Professional association
music. The IFMCA was founded in the late 1990s as the Film Music Critics Jury by film music journalist Mikael Carlsson (now the owner of film music record
International Film Music Critics Association
International_Film_Music_Critics_Association
Book by Shea Serrano
shamelessly fun...tailor-made to counter every criticism levied against routine, overly generalized music retrospectives." In the Los Angeles Review of
The_Rap_Year_Book
Way in which tempo, melody, and harmony are combined in a musical composition
1995. Theories of Musical Texture in Western History. Perspectives in Music Criticism and Theory 1; Garland Reference Library of the Humanities 1678. New
Texture_(music)
Rock music genre
Die led to post-rock becoming an established term for the genre in music criticism and journalism. In its second wave, post-rock diversified into subgenres
Post-rock
Dance-pop music that emerged during the Great Recession
signaling a new era of music criticism that favored poptimism over previously heralded rockism. Poptimism argues that pop music can be as emotionally and
Recession_pop
American musicologist (born 1946)
musicologist and music theorist associated with "new musicology". Noted for her work combining musicology with feminist music criticism, McClary is professor
Susan_McClary
Western classical music has a substantial history of music criticism, and many individuals have established careers as music critics. However, concert
List_of_chief_music_critics
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
dates from his six years as music critic of The Star and The World in the late 1880s and early 1890s. In his view music criticism should be interesting to
George_Bernard_Shaw
popular music criticism by Joe Carducci. (Revised edition 1995.) Rock and the Pop Narcotic is perhaps the only book of popular music criticism that attempts
Rock_and_the_Pop_Narcotic
Criticism of music streaming service
Spotify, a music streaming company, has attracted significant criticism since its 2008 launch, mainly over artist compensation. Unlike physical sales or
Criticism_of_Spotify
Type of musical scale and characteristic behaviors
Judd, Cristle (ed) (1998). Tonal Structures in Early Music: Criticism and Analysis of Early Music, 1st ed. New York: Garland. ISBN 0-8153-2388-3. Levine
Mode_(music)
American author and columnist (born 1972)
Culture Manifesto. He was awarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor award for music criticism in 2002. Klosterman was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, the youngest
Chuck_Klosterman
French Romantic composer and conductor (1803–1869)
articles – that his time would be better spent writing music than in writing music criticism, he was able to indulge himself in attacking his bêtes noires
Hector_Berlioz
American journalist (born 1954)
1954) is an American writer, music critic, editor, producer and professor who won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for his music criticism for The Washington Post.
Tim_Page_(music_critic)
Book by Arnold Schönberg
items, c. 1923–1949) Modern Music (10 items, 1912–1949) Folk-Music and Nationalism (6 items, c. 1926–1947) Critics and Criticism (7 items, 1909–1923) Twelve-Tone
Style_and_Idea
Subgenre of rock music
the term in music criticism and journalism waned in the mid-1970s. From then to the 1990s, art rock was infused within various popular music genres. Encyclopædia
Art_rock
American songwriter (1960-2013)
and 1990s band The Loud Family, and as the author of a 2010 book of music criticism. He was described by The New York Times as "a hyperintellectual singer
Scott_Miller_(pop_musician)
Critical observation of science
Criticism of science addresses problems within science in order to improve science as a whole and its role in society. Criticisms come from philosophy
Criticism_of_science
Criticism of postmodernism encompasses critical attitudes toward postmodernity, postmodern philosophy, postmodern art, and postmodern architecture. Postmodernism
Criticism_of_postmodernism
Criticisms of the main prophet of Islam
what Aquinas described as "carnal pleasure" in the afterlife. Modern criticism by some Western scholars has raised questions about Muhammad’s prophetic
Criticism_of_Muhammad
Criticism of Jewish religious doctrines, texts, laws, and practices
Early criticism of Judaism and its texts, laws, and practices originated in inter-faith polemics between Christianity and Judaism. Important disputations
Criticism_of_Judaism
American writer, musician, and producer (1957–2021)
particularly on African-American music and culture, helping to establish hip-hop as a genre worthy of music criticism. Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays
Greg_Tate
Free monthly music magazine in Oxford, England
preferences, but — despite sometimes harsh words for music deemed lacking — there is genuine constructive criticism, and many bands later submit improved demos
Nightshift_(magazine)
Louise Huxtable, in Criticism, for her architecture criticism during 1969. 1971: Harold C. Schonberg, in Criticism, for his music criticism during 1970. 1972:
List of Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times
List_of_Pulitzer_Prizes_awarded_to_The_New_York_Times
American music critic (born 1968)
Harvard he first began music criticism, writing reviews for Fanfare, a classical music magazine. From 1992 to 1996 Ross was a music critic at The New York
Alex_Ross_(music_critic)
South Korean popular music genre
the revenues, has led to criticisms over the former monopolizing the industry. KBS2: Music Bank SBS: Inkigayo MBC: Show! Music Core Mnet: M Countdown Arirang
K-pop
Art music of the Western world
Classical music – Art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. Musical era (or period)
Outline_of_classical_music
1996 studio album by Kid Rock
Chuck Eddy's Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism, the music on Early Morning Stoned Pimp is categorized by musical elements
Early_Mornin'_Stoned_Pimp
American music critic (born 1965)
American music critic who was the first woman to write classical music criticism regularly for The New York Times. She was the chief classical music critic
Anne_Midgette
Criticism against religions
Criticism of religion is the criticism of the validity, concept, or ideas of religion. Historical records of criticism of religion go back to at least
Criticism_of_religion
Online music magazine
magazine of hip-hop music criticism and news. HipHopDX has over 3.5M monthly readers, the website encompassing hip-hop news, interviews, music, and reviews.
HipHopDX
Scientific study of music using empirical and theoretical methods
to fields such as aesthetics, philosophy, semiotics, hermeneutics, music criticism, Media studies, Cultural studies, gender studies, and (theoretic) sociology
Systematic_musicology
English composer and pianist (1892–1988)
a writer, Sorabji is best known for his music criticism. He contributed to publications that dealt with music in England, including The New Age, The New
Kaikhosru_Shapurji_Sorabji
1986 studio album by Metallica
Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism. Duke University Press. p. 102. Harrison, Thomas (2011). Music of the 1980s. ABC-CLIO. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-313-36599-7
Master_of_Puppets
Criticism of Islam can take many forms, including academic critiques, political criticism, religious criticism, and personal opinions. Subjects of criticism
Criticism_of_Islam
American journalist
Journalism. Charnas received the Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism from the ASCAP Foundation in 2025. "GRADUATION: 2007 Award Winners"
Dan_Charnas
French music and recording industry association
and professionals in music and the recording industry. The academy is composed of fifty members specializing in music criticism, sound recording, and
Académie_Charles_Cros
French-language academic journal
French). Librairie Droz. ISBN 2-600-00075-5. Ellis, Katharine (2007). Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century France. Cambridge University Press. p. 2.
Revue et gazette musicale de Paris
Revue_et_gazette_musicale_de_Paris
for the first time. Musical terminology Sheet music Nuccio, Giovanni. "Why Is Italian the Language of Music?". Happy Languages. Retrieved 25 November 2020
List of Italian musical terms used in English
List_of_Italian_musical_terms_used_in_English
African-American writer (1934–2014)
Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several
Amiri_Baraka
Recurring magazine music ranking
October 24, 2020. Biron, Dean. 2011. Towards a Popular Music Criticism of Replenishment. Popular Music & Society, 34/5: 661–682. Schmutz, Vaughan. 2005. Retrospective
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Rolling_Stone's_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time
Music genre
of Country Music Awards, and Country Music Association Awards, although the album has received criticism from some traditional country music fans. In 2010
Country_music
Music of the postmodern era
against modernism (see Modernism in Music). Rebecca Day, Lecturer in Music Analysis, writes "within music criticism, postmodernism is seen to represent
Postmodern_music
American pianist, composer, teacher, critic and poet (1909–1974)
Shakespeare and Company. During the 1930s, Citkowitz published music criticism in Modern Music and Musical Mercury. Among his pieces was the first English-language
Israel_Citkowitz
American newspaper in Minnesota (1979–2020)
area. It featured news, film, theatre and restaurant reviews, and music criticism, available free every Wednesday. It ceased publication in 2020 due
City_Pages
2021 book by Kelefa Sanneh
largely moved away from music criticism after joining the staff of The New Yorker in 2008, but felt compelled to explore music again after realizing that
Major_Labels
Literary Criticism theory
Archetypal literary criticism is a type of analytical theory that interprets a text by focusing on recurring myths and archetypes (from the Greek archē
Archetypal_literary_criticism
Canadian music critic
album Let's Talk About Love, Wilson attempts to critique himself and music criticism in general. In 2014, an expanded version of Let's Talk About Love was
Carl_Wilson_(writer)
Series of comics
Behind the Music that Sucks is a series of comic pieces produced by, and appearing on, the entertainment website Heavy.com. The segments feature humorous
Behind_the_Music_that_Sucks
English music manager (1946–1991)
1991) was a Northern Irish music manager, known for being Freddie Mercury's manager from 1977 to 1986. He attracted criticism for the influence he had over
Paul_Prenter
Architecture criticism is the critique of architecture. Everyday criticism relates to published or broadcast critiques of buildings, whether completed
Architecture_criticism
2004 book by Michael P. Steinberg
Nineteenth-Century Music is a 2004 book by American cultural historian Michael P. Steinberg. Steinberg studies the role of European classical music in shaping
Listening to Reason: Culture, Subjectivity, and Nineteenth-Century Music
Listening_to_Reason:_Culture,_Subjectivity,_and_Nineteenth-Century_Music
However, Jaber Ali Ahmed—widely regarded as the pioneer of Yemeni music criticism—argues in his book Trends of Renewal of Singing in Yemen that these
Music_of_Yemen
Weekly French musical journal, 1833–1940
impérissable de la pensée et de l'art français." Ellis, Katharine (2007).Music Criticism in Nineteenth-Century France. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-03589-9
Le_Ménestrel
South Korean poet (1936–2007)
actively participated in addition to writing his own collection of music criticism. In 1966, he participated in the Jayu geukjang (Freedom Theatre) collective
Kim_Youngtae
which he abhorred". Despite his complaints, Berlioz continued writing music criticism for most of his life, long after he had any financial need to do so
Hector Berlioz as critic and author
Hector_Berlioz_as_critic_and_author
Criticism against large retailer based in the United States
Walmart has received criticism from parties such as labor unions and small town advocates for its policies and business practices. Criticisms include charges
Criticism_of_Walmart
American author, composer, activist (1860–1934)
State Music Teachers' Association. She was the Ohio State Journal newspaper's music critic for more than 20 years, and also wrote music criticism for the
Ella_May_Dunning_Smith
App Store with music streaming services by preventing developers from mentioning cheaper options to iOS users. Apple has faced criticism for its aggressive
Criticism_of_Apple_Inc.
2018 studio album by Greta Van Fleet
controversy and criticism by some, with Tyler Sharp of Loudwire noting that the response was 'unparalleled in terms of rock music criticism in 2018'. In
Anthem_of_the_Peaceful_Army
1979 single by M
Chuck (2011). Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism. Duke University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8223-5010-1. the weird chart-topping
Pop_Muzik
The Music Trade Review was an American trade magazine that offered music criticism and covered the music industry from 1878 until at least 1956. It was
The_Music_Trade_Review
American heavy metal band
Harrison, Thomas (2011). Music of the 1980s. Greenwood. p. 60. Phillipov, Michelle (2012). Death Metal and Music Criticism - Analysis at the Limits.
Anthrax_(American_band)
English writer (born 1957)
musical history that have had a particular meaning for him. Hornby's music criticism (most notably for The New Yorker and in his own Songbook) has been
Nick_Hornby
2008 book by Amanda Petrusich
Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music is a 2008 book by American music journalist Amanda Petrusich. The project originated in a
It_Still_Moves_(book)
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a.
Alt. of Muticous
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An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See Moss, and Cryptogamia.
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Loving music. [R.]Busby.
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Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.
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Music.
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See Muset.
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Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.
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Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
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To fit music to words.
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A music hall.
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A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
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Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite, etc., as a white crystalline substance isomeric with saccharic acid.
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The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.
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Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.
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Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
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To practice making music with bells.
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Loving harmony or music.
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Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
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Music suited to such a dance.
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The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.