American Musicological Society
| Gegründet | 1934 |
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| Typ | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
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| Purpose | The American Musicological Society exists to expand understanding of music and sound through research, teaching, learning, and advocacy. |
| Hauptsitz | New York, New York |
Region served | Vereinigte Staaten |
Director | Siovahn Walker |
Revenue (2019) | $1,299,549 |
| Expenses (2019) | $1,034,094 |
Staff (2021) | 5 |
Volunteers (2021) | 300 |
| Website | www |
The American Musicological Society is a musicological organization founded in 1934 and incorporated in 1942 to advance scholarly research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship, a mission that has since evolved to include teaching and learning about music in addition to research. It grew out of a small contingent of the Music Teachers National Association and, more directly, the New York Musicological Society (1930–1934). Its founders were George S. Dickinson, Carl Engel, Gustave Reese, Helen Heffron Roberts, Joseph Schillinger, Charles Seeger, Harold Spivacke, Oliver Strunk, and Joseph Yasser. At present, approximately 3000 individual members from forty nations are a part of the Society.
Übersicht
The society consists of approximately 3000 individual members and is governed by a Board of Directors. The AMS has fifteen regional chapters across the United States and Canada, as well as 60 committees and subcommittees. It was admitted to the American Council of Learned Societies in 1951, and participates in the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale.
The society's annual meeting consists of paper presentations, panels, and lecture-concerts, as well as informal meetings of numerous related musical societies. Many of the society's awards, prizes and fellowships are announced at these meetings.
AMS Regional Chapters and Study Groups
Fifteen regional chapters are associated with the AMS, and these chapters’ activities are supported by the AMS Chapter Fund. The AMS currently supports regional chapters in:
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The AMS also hosts Study Groups, such as the Childhood and Youth Study Group, the Ecocriticism Study Group, and the Music and Philosophy Study Group.
Publications
Most of the society's resources are dedicated to musicological publications: the triannual Journal of the American Musicological Society (JAMS, 1948-present) published by the University of California Press. The journal publishes scholarship related to historical musicology, critical theory, music analysis, ethnomusicology, gender and sexuality, popular music, aesthetics and more. JAMS was preceded by the annual Bulletin (1936–1947) and the annual Papers (1936–1941). Online versions of these publications are available at JSTOR and the University of California Press. With Oxford University Press, the society sponsors the series AMS Studies in Music.
Other items published by the society include the series Music of the United States of America (MUSA, 1993–present),[1] and the blog Musicology Now. MUSA is a forty-volume scholarly series that addresses American musical styles, including jazz, psalmody, popular song, art song, and experimental music. Musicology Now publishes essays written for the general public. It seeks to engage educators, musicians, listeners, and colleagues with fresh research and ideas about music. The Journal of Music History Pedagogy (JMHP) covers any aspect of the teaching and learning of music history at both the undergraduate and graduate level, for all audiences (majors, non-majors, and the public), and all genres of music.
Additionally, the AMS underwrites expenses involved in the publication of works of musical scholarship, providing between $75,000 and $100,000 of publication subventions each year.
Fellowships
The AMS awards three fellowships to graduate students in musicology, with a deadline for applications typically in early January. They include the Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation-year Fellowships, Howard Mayer Brown Fellowship, and the Holmes / D'Accone Dissertation Fellowship in Opera Studies.
Grants
The AMS offers the following travel and research grants to assist scholars in their research needs:
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List of presidents
See also
References
Further reading
- Oliver Strunk: State and Resources of Musicology in the United States, ACLS Bulletin 19 (1932)
- Arthur Mendel, Curt Sachs, and Carroll C. Pratt: Some Aspects of Musicology (New York, 1957)
- B. S. Brook, ed.: American Musicological Society, Greater New York Chapter: a Programmatic History 1935-1965 (New York, c1965)
- W. J. Mitchell: "A Hitherto Unknown--or a Recently Discovered...," Musicology and the Computer, ed. B. S. Brook (New York, 1970), 1-8
- Richard Crawford: The American Musicological Society 1934-1984. An Anniversary Essay (Philadelphia, 1984)
- Celebrating the American Musicological Society at Seventy-Five
External links
- Official website
- American Musicological Society oral history collection, 1996-present, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
- American Musicological Society supplementary records, 1950-2003 (bulk 1980-2003), Ms. Coll. 645, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
- Journal of the American Musicological Society records, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania
