The best-selling diary returns for 2020 with a user-friendly portrait format, extra space for weekend appointments, and birthdays of hundreds of famous people in the world of music. Listings of important musical events from 100, 50 and 25 years ago and forthcoming anniversaries up to 2025 are included, alongside a mini-directory of concert halls, opera houses, festivals, organisations and recording companies, plus a special article on Roberto Gerhard to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. The cover design for 2020 includes an excerpt from Piano Sonata no 14 (1801) by Ludwig van Beethoven, marking the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth.