Tempo: A Quarterly Review of New Music
Archived since
No. 1 - January 1939
Complete Archive
300 issues
TEMPO provides unparalleled coverage of global contemporary music, featuring peer-reviewed articles, composer portraits, and reviews of premieres, recordings, and books. The journal’s online archive through Exact Editions offers seamless access to over eight decades of research and critical commentary — an essential resource for teaching, study, and performance.
Ensure your institution stays connected to the conversations defining today’s musical landscape.
Founded in 1939 and now entering a new era under Wolke Verlag, TEMPO remains the world’s leading English-language journal devoted to contemporary and experimental music. Each issue offers in-depth articles, interviews, and reviews that document and challenge the evolving landscape of new music worldwide. With Christopher Fox continuing as Editor-in-Chief and a refreshed international editorial team, TEMPO combines scholarly insight with journalistic clarity – providing a vital meeting point for composers, performers, and thinkers shaping the music of our time.
From January 2026, TEMPO relaunches as an independent publication with Wolke Verlag, the place for radical books on music since 1980 – continuing its 85-year legacy as the voice of new music. Now free from corporate publishing, TEMPO is committed to fair pay for writers, bold editorial perspectives, and open international dialogue. Subscribe to support independent music journalism and gain access to a living archive that charts the creative revolutions of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Ensure your institution stays connected to the conversations defining today’s musical landscape.
Founded in 1939 and now entering a new era under Wolke Verlag, TEMPO remains the world’s leading English-language journal devoted to contemporary and experimental music. Each issue offers in-depth articles, interviews, and reviews that document and challenge the evolving landscape of new music worldwide. With Christopher Fox continuing as Editor-in-Chief and a refreshed international editorial team, TEMPO combines scholarly insight with journalistic clarity – providing a vital meeting point for composers, performers, and thinkers shaping the music of our time.
From January 2026, TEMPO relaunches as an independent publication with Wolke Verlag, the place for radical books on music since 1980 – continuing its 85-year legacy as the voice of new music. Now free from corporate publishing, TEMPO is committed to fair pay for writers, bold editorial perspectives, and open international dialogue. Subscribe to support independent music journalism and gain access to a living archive that charts the creative revolutions of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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