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General Information
 
2025 Publications (this year)
  • Bulletin #49 was published and was mailed out in March 2026
  • Consort #82 was published and was mailed out is the first half of October 2026
  • Bulletin #50 was published and was mailed out in the first half of October 2026
  • Invoices or advice notes relating to subscriptions for the year 2027 were mailed out in the second half of October 2026

Contents of latest issue of The Consort, #82  

Making of a Living as a Musician in Late-Medieval South-West England: Two Case Studies
ANTHONY SCRASE
Louis Couperin 400: Chant, Context and the Seventeenth-Century Organ Verset
JON BAXENDALE
The Sacred Unica of Tenbury 1162-1167: Problems of Attribution: Addendum
RICHARD RASTALL
The Musical Steward: Notes on the Life and Works of Frederick Nussen
MICHAEL TALBOT
An Unsung Hero: Charles Kensington Salaman, Early Music Pioneer
PETER HOLMAN
The Renaissance of the Recorder Consort
DOUGLAS MACMILLAN

The Consort: ISSN 0268 9111

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An ISSN is an 8-digit code which identifies a serial publication, i.e. a publication issued in successive parts, having a common title, and intended to be continued indefinitely. ISSNs are issued by:

ISSN UK Centre
The British Library
Boston Spa
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ

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Complete Index For Volumes 1 - 82 

Back Issues and Past Articles

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  • Individual articles can be provided as scanned images (in pdf format)
  • The charges for back issues and back articles are available on request
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Articles for The Consort
 
Would you be interested in writing an article on a musical subject of your choice for The Consort, a journal that appears annually, and specialises in early music, i.e. music up to 1800. 

A suitable length for an article would be about 5,000 to 10,000 words. Black and white illustrations are welcome as long as you have obtained any necessary permissions.

For purposes of publication, the most helpful format for submitting an article is to send it to the editor by email by the end of December. If accepted it would appear in the Summer issue following.

We pay a fee of £pound; 60 for an article.
Please supply a short biography about yourself when you send the article.

Please contact the editor if you have any queries or would like to discuss this further.
 

 
The Editor
 
c/o 22 Haslemere Road
Fernhurst
Haslemere
GU27 3EA 
tel: 01428 651473 
email: [email protected]
 
 
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The Consort is one of the world's leading Early Music Journals. It is published annually by the Dolmetsch Foundation Inc., and has a wide readership both in Britain and abroad. University libraries in many countries subscribe to The Consort, which carries articles on current research and reviews of recent books, music and recordings.
 
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  • Cheques, Money Orders, etc. should be made to The Dolmetsch Foundation Inc.
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  • The Consort's page dimension is A5.
  • Copy deadline for articles for Vol. 82 is June 1st, 2027.
 
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