Celebrating the American Musicological Society at seventy-five / American Musicological Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

American Musicological Society.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American Musicological Society.

Musicology--United States.

Musicology.

Music.

United States.

Physical Description:

128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Celebrating the American Musicological Society at 75

Place of Publication:

Brunswick, Maine : American Musicological Society, [2011]

Summary:

"The present volume commemorates [AMS's 75th anniversary] by offering essays ... delivered at the 13 November 2009 Presidential Forum [at the AMS 75th-anniversary annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pa.], photographs taken at the event, and selections from the AMS Archives displayed at the meeting. It also presents the anniversary essay by James Haar originally commissioned for [this book] as well as appendices containing complete listings of past boards of directors, honorary and corresponding members, editors-in-chiefs of the Journal of the American Musicological Society, annual meetings, Society award winners, fellowship recipients, and books published by the AMS"--p. 9.

Contents:

Regard the past, examine the present, and look toward the future : the AMS at seventy-five / Jane A. Bernstein

The AMS at seventy-five : some personal reflections / Lewis Lockwood

Let's face the music and dance (or, Challenges to contemporary musicology) / Suzanne G. Cusick

Enterprising students and the future of the American Musicological Society / Charles Hiroshi Garrett

AMS 75 : the American Musicological Society celebrates a birthday / James Haar

Documents from the AMS Archives

Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

742628275