BBC Music Magazine

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{{Short description|British monthly classical music magazine}}

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| image_alt = Cover of BBC Music magazine with attached cover CD

| image_caption = Cover of the July 2024 issue with attached cover CD

| editor = Charlotte Smith

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| previous_editor = Oliver Condy

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| category = Music magazine

| frequency = 13 per annum

| total_circulation= 37,530{{cite web

|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/46944584.pdf

|publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)

|date=31 December 2014

|title=Combined Total Circulation Certificate

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|archive-date=17 February 2015

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| firstdate = {{Start date|1992|09}}

| company = Immediate Media Company

| country = United Kingdom

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| language = English

| website = {{URL|http://www.classical-music.com}}

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BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music.

The first issue appeared in September 1992. BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC, was the original owner and publisher together with Warner Music Enterprises during its initial phase.{{cite news|author=Joe Logan|title=When Words Fail|url=http://articles.philly.com/1994-11-29/entertainment/25866017_1_new-magazines-music-fans-warner-music-enterprises|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225064907/http://articles.philly.com/1994-11-29/entertainment/25866017_1_new-magazines-music-fans-warner-music-enterprises|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 December 2015|access-date=28 July 2015|work=Philly|date=29 November 1994}}{{cite news|author=Karen Kaplan|title=Company Town|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-07-fi-29066-story.html|access-date=28 July 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=7 February 1995}} Immediate Media Company has been the publisher since 2012. Since March 1993 an edition of BBC Music Magazine has been published in North America.

The content of the magazine reflects the broadcast output of BBC Radio 3, which is devoted primarily to classical music, but also broadcasts some jazz and world music. Each edition comes with an audio CD, often including BBC recordings of full-length works. The magazine features articles on subjects such as favourite conductors and trends in 21st-century classical music.{{cite journal|last=Shave|first=Nick|date=October 2009|title=The Shape of Sounds to Come|journal=BBC Music Magazine|publisher=Andrew Davies|volume=18|issue=1|pages=26–32}}

The magazine's circulation was 37,530 as of 2008. Profits "are returned to the BBC".BBC Music Magazine, Volume 17 No. 4, December 2008, p. 3

Previous editors of the magazine have included Helen Wallace and Oliver Condy. Charlotte Smith has been its editor since January 2022.{{cite news | title=BBC Music Magazine announces Charlotte Smith as its new editor | url=https://www.classical-music.com/news/bbc-music-magazine-announces-charlotte-smith-as-its-new-editor/ | work=Classical Music.com (BBC Music Magazine) | author=Freya Parr | date=2021-11-09 | access-date=2022-06-16}}