''Le Monde de la musique'' was a French monthly musical magazine published from 1978 to 2009 with a circulation of 20,000 copies in 2008. It was founded in 1978 by ''

Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...

'' and ''

Télérama ''Télérama'' is a weekly French cultural and television magazine published in Paris, France. The name is a contraction of its earlier title: ''Télévision-Radio-Cinéma''. Fabienne Pascaud is currently managing editor. Ludovic Desautez is dep ...

'' at the initiative of Jean-Michel Croissandeau, in charge of editorial diversification in Le Monde with , then director of the daily newspaper. The design of the project - dealing with all music and not just "classical" music - was developed in partnership with ''Télérama'', with Francis Mayor as Managing Editor, with the support of an editorial board including journalists from both parent publications. The first editors of the magazine were

Louis Dandrel Louis Dandrel (11 January 1939 – 22 January 2021) was a French sound designer, composer, musician, and journalist. He was in charge of the sound design unit at IRCAM, as well as the studio he created, Diasonic. He was the husband of Fabienne Pas ...

and

Anne Rey Anne Rey (1944 – 31 January 2012) was a French musicologist, pianist, journalist and educator. Life Born in 1944, Rey is the daughter of an architect and a psychoanalyst. She was trained as a pianist and musicologist. In 1968, she became a fre ...

. ''Le Monde de la musique'' was then published by various companies. Its chief editorship was assured by personalities such as Anne Rey,

Jacques Drillon Jacques Drillon (25 June 1954 – 25 December 2021) was a French journalist and writer. He studied literature and cinema in Nancy and Metz and earned a doctorate in linguistics in 1993 with the thesis ''La loi formelle et son influence sur la cr ...

, François Pigeaud,

Alain Lompech Alain Lompech (born 29 August 1954 in Paris) is a French journalist, music critic, writer and radio producer. Biography After studying music (solfeggio, piano, harmony, analysis), Lompech became music critic at the monthly '' Diapason'', of which ...

, and Nathalie Krafft. In 2009, the magazine disappeared and its readership was transferred to '' Classica''. It ranked records according to a star system, with four stars being the highest rating. Some selected records received the CHOC symbol.

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''Le Monde de la Musique'' (consultation of the complete collection from N°1 of 1978)
on the site of the {{DEFAULTSORT:Monde de la musique Classical music magazines Defunct magazines published in France French-language magazines Magazines established in 1978 Magazines disestablished in 2009 Magazines published in Paris Music magazines published in France