[2] It first appeared as The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, a name which was retained until 1903.

[3][4] From the very beginning, every issue – initially just eight pages – contained a simple piece of choral music (alternating secular and sacred), which choral society members subscribed to collectively for the sake of the music.

[6] Even during World War II it continued to be published regularly, making it the world's oldest continuously published periodical devoted to western classical music.

[7] In 1947 a two volume compilation of material from the first 100 years of the magazine, edited by Percy Scholes, was published.

It is available online at JSTOR and RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Full Text.