Consider some of the rival names in circulation: "art" music, "serious" music, "great" music, "good" music.
Vibe's closing leaves just two large-circulation music magazines focusing on hip-hop and R&B: XXL and the Source.
For the conductor James Conlon, who leads the Schulhoff events this weekend as the second installment of his project "Recovering a Musical Heritage," the primary goal is simply to put into circulation the music that was prematurely removed.
To what extent has the circulation of experimental music in recorded form contributed to this situation?
It is little surprise, then, that the circulation figures for music magazines in the UK have plummeted.
NME was the biggest circulation faller among music and film magazines for the second successive quarter with a 14.3% year-on-year decline.
Mojo has overtaken its sister title Q to become the biggest-circulation paid-for music magazine, while there were big drops for music titles New Musical Express, Kerrang! and Metal Hammer in the latest circulation figures out today.
Yet it's probably safe to say that the Dead have more recorded music in circulation than any performing group in history.
Michel van der Aa trained as a recording engineer before studying composition, so it's not surprising to find that the 40-year-old Dutchman has founded his own recording imprint to get his music into circulation.
Her tenure has seen circulation of the iconic music magazine continue to fall, from 40,948 in the first six months of 2009 to 27,650 in the last ABC figures.
These suggestions included having plants in the classroom "to oxygenate and detoxify the air for better circulation in the class," music in her lessons "to set a mood," aromas "for eliciting memory, especially when testing," and art on the walls "for stimulation and enrichment".
