Beethoven Publications
Since 1986, the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies at San Jose State University has published a regular periodical devoted to Beethoven that includes substantial essays, reviews of new books, scores, recordings, and auction reports.
From 1986 until 1994, the publication was titled The Beethoven Newsletter. In 1995, beginning with Vol. 10, the title was changed to The Beethoven Journal.
2020 marks the relaunch of the center’s periodical as two separate publications:
- The Beethoven Newsletter is published twice a year, beginning with Summer 2020.
- The Beethoven Journal is available online, via an open-access format, hosted by SJSU’s Scholarworks.
The Beethoven Journal
Volume 34 No. 2 (Winter 2019) was the last printed version of The Beethoven Journal.
In 2021 The Beethoven Journal was relaunched in an open-access peer-reviewed format hosted by SJSU Scholarworks: scholarworks.sjsu.edu/beethovenjournal/. The Beethoven Journal welcomes submissions of articles on all aspects of Beethoven scholarship, including the many diverse approaches that the field now encompasses. The open-access format means that the content is available online to Beethoven scholars and enthusiasts around the world, free of charge.
The Beethoven Newsletter
The Beethoven Newsletter is intended for everyone interested in Beethoven and his
music – from university professors and performers to devoted amateurs and music lovers.
The newsletter contains reports, reviews, and shorter scholarly articles, and is published
twice a year in summer and winter.
The Beethoven Newsletter is a print-only publication. You can subscribe to the newsletter
by becoming a member of the American Beethoven Society.
Read the Summer 2020 edition of The Beethoven Newsletter
Submissions
Authors should submit articles to The Beethoven Journal via the journal's website:
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/beethovenjournal/
To submit potential articles for The Beethoven Newsletter please email the editor,
Dr. Erica Buurman.
Subscriptions
To subscribe to The Beethoven Newsletter, join the American Beethoven Society. The subscription is included in the cost of membership.
We are no longer accepting separate subscriptions for The Beethoven Journal, since starting in 2021 this will be available online in an open-access format.
Past Issues
Online access to past issues of The Beethoven Journal is currently available through the subscription database ProQuest.
Members of the American Beethoven Society may also view the full text of back issues of The Beethoven Newsletter and The Beethoven Journal online without charge. For the password and access information, please contact us. Please allow us at least 48 hours to respond to your message while we authenticate your membership.
Last updated September 23, 2020
