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The American Musicological Society is committed to the principle of the inclusion and access for all its members, and rejects as unethical discrimination against anyone on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, ideology, or field of scholarship.

Officers

Anne Walters Robertson, President
Christopher Reynolds , President-Elect
Michael Beckerman, Vice President
James Ladewig, Treasurer
Pamela F. Starr, Secretary


Directors-at-Large

Term 2011-12
Bonnie Blackburn
Wendy Heller
James Parakilas

Term 2012-13
Andrew Dell'Antonio
Lois Rosow
W. Anthony Sheppard

 

Executive Director

Robert Judd

AMS Council

Carol Hess, Secretary 2012-13

Members at-Large

Term 2010-12
(term ends before the 3 November Council meeting)
Term 2011-2013 Term 2012-2014
David Ake
Olivia Bloechl
Laura Buch
Maribeth Clark
David Ferris
Olga Haldey
Marjorie Hirsch
Lori Kruckenberg
Brian Locke
Stephen Meyer
Ryan Minor
David Rothenberg
Steven Swayne
Susan Thomas
Alexandra Wilson

Matthew Balensuela
Mark Brill
Emma Dillon
Melissa De Graaf
Emily Dolan
Phil Ford
Elizabeth Keathley
Kevin Korsyn
George Lewis
Luisa Nardini
Maribeth Payne
Alexander Rehding
Jeffrey Sposato
Leslie Sprout
Charles Youmans
Mark Burford
James Cassaro
Silvio dos Santos
Katharine Ellis
Sarah Eyerly
Wayne Heisler, Jr.
Andrew Kirkman
Kathryn Lowerre
Klára Móricz
James Parsons
Michael J. Puri
Jennifer Saltzstein
Anne Stone
Patrick Warfield
Lesley A. Wright

Chapter Members

Term 2010-12
(term ends before the 3 November Council meeting)
Term 2011-13 Term 2012-14
Northern California
Nicholas Mathew

Pacific Northwest
Michelle Fillion

Pacific Southwest
Derek Katz

Rocky Mountain
Amy Holbrook

Southwest
Kevin Salfen
Allegheny
Judy Taylor

Midwest
Brian Hart

South-Central
Mona Kreitner

Southeast
David Levy

Southern
Joanna Cobb Biermann
Capital
Laura Youens

Greater New York
Eric Hung

Mid-Atlantic
Mona Kreitner

Southeast
David Levy

Southern
Joanna Cobb Biermann

Student Members

Term 2011-2012
Term 2012-2013
Allegheny: Elizabeth Hoover
Capital: Kenneth Stilwell
Greater New York: Bethany Cencer
Mid-Atlantic: vacant
Midwest: Peter Gillette
New England: Elizabeth Perten
NY State-St. Lawrence: vacant
Northern California: Rebekah Ahrendt
Pacific Northwest: Kimberly Beck Seder
Pacific Southwest: Jennifer Eklund
Rocky Mountain: Heike Hoffer
South-Central: Elizabeth Whittenburg Ozment
Southeast: Catherine Hughes
Southern: Timothy Love
Southwest: Jane Mathieu
Allegheny: vacant
Capital: Robert Lintott
Greater New York: Jake Cohen
Mid-Atlantic: vacant
Midwest: Kevin Fullerton
New England: Joel Schwindt
NY State-St. Lawrence: Evan Cortens
Northern California: ChiaWei Lin
Pacific Northwest: Tyler Kinnear
Pacific Southwest: Jacqueline Avila
Rocky Mountain: Michael Harris
South-Central: Carolyn Ponce
Southeast: Gavin Shin-Kang Lee
Southern: Morgan Rich
Southwest: Andrea Recek

Honorary Members

Honorary Membership is a status conferred upon members in accordance with the AMS By-laws, III.A.5: "Honorary members shall be long-standing members of the Society who have made outstanding contributions to furthering its stated object and whom the Society wishes to honor." The selection process

George Herzog (1901–1983) 1962   Leonard G. Ratner (1916–2011) 1998
Ernst C. Krohn (1888–1975) 1970   Richard Crawford (1935– ) 1999
Charles Seeger (1886–1979) 1970   Maynard Solomon (1930– ) 1999
Willi Apel (1893–1988) 1971   Daniel Heartz (1928– ) 2000
Karl Geiringer (1899–1989) 1971   Janet Knapp (1922–2010) 2000
Donald Jay Grout (1902–1987) 1971   H. Colin Slim (1929– ) 2001
Paul Henry Lang (1901–1991) 1971   Robert Stevenson (1916– ) 2001
Dragan Plamenac (1895–1983) 1971   Richard Crocker (1927– ) 2002
Gustave Reese (1899–1977) 1971   Kenneth Levy (1927– ) 2002
Oliver Strunk (1901–1980) 1971   Robert L. Marshall (1939– ) 2003
Edward Lowinsky (1908–1985) 1975   Howard Smither (1925– ) 2003
Arthur Mendel (1905–1979) 1975   Philip Gossett (1941–   ) 2004
Armen Carapetyan (1908–1992) 1979   Ellen Rosand (1940–   ) 2004
Otto E. Albrecht (1899–1984) 1980   Ruth A. Solie (1940–   ) 2005
Nino Pirrotta (1908–1998) 1980   Glenn Watkins (1927–   ) 2005
William S. Newman (1912–2000) 1981   Reinhold Brinkman (1934–2010) 2006
Vincent Duckles (1913–1985) 1982   Frank D'Accone (1931– ) 2006
Alvin H. Johnson (1914–2000) 1985   Samuel Floyd (1937– ) 2006
Leonard B. Meyer (1918–2007) 1987   David G. Hughes (1926– ) 2006
John M. Ward (1917–2011) 1988   Rebecca Baltzer (1940–) 2007
Howard Mayer Brown (1930–1993) 1989   James Webster (1942– ) 2007
Claude V. Palisca (1921–2001) 1991   Wye Jamison Allanbrook (1943–2010) 2008
Eileen J. Southern (1920–2002) 1991   Jessie Ann Owens (1950– ) 2008
Charles Hamm (1925–2011) 1993   Vivian Perlis (1928– ) 2008
Lewis Lockwood (1930– ) 1993   Lawrence F. Bernstein (1939– ) 2009
H. Wiley Hitchcock (1923–2007) 1994   Anthony Newcomb (1941– ) 2009
James Haar (1929– ) 1995   Rose Rosengard Subotnik (1942– ) 2009
Joseph Kerman (1924– ) 1995   J. Peter Burkholder (1954– ) 2010
Bruno Nettl (1930– ) 1995   D. Kern Holoman (1947– ) 2010
William W. Austin (1920–2000) 1996   Richard Taruskin (1945– ) 2010
Harold S. Powers (1928–2007) 1996   Judith Tick (1943– ) 2010
Leo Treitler (1931– ) 1996   Ellen T. Harris (1945– ) 2011
Barry S. Brook (1918–1997) 1997   Elaine Sisman (1952– ) 2011
Jan LaRue (1918–2004) 1998      

Corresponding Members

Corresponding Membership is a status conferred upon scholars in accordance with the AMS By-laws, III.A.6: "Corresponding members shall be persons who, at the time of their election, are nationals of countries other than Canada or the United States of America and who have made particularly notable contributions to furthering the stated object of the Society and whom the Society wishes to honor." The selection process

Guido Adler (1855–1941) 1937   Alan Tyson (1926–2000) 1991
Arnold A. Bake (1899–1963) 1937   Andrew Porter (1928– ) 1993
Giacomo Benvenuti (1885–1943) 1937   Ursula Günther (1927–2006) 1994
Charles van den Borren (1874–1966) 1937   Stanley Sadie (1930–2005) 1994
Edward J. Dent (1876–1957) 1937   Margaret Bent (1940– ) 1995
Anselm Hughes (1889–1974) 1937   Lorenzo Bianconi (1946– ) 1995
André Pirro (1869–1943) 1937   Reinhard Strohm (1942– ) 1995
Percy A. Scholes (1877–1958) 1937   Michel Huglo (1921– ) 1997
H. J. W. Tillyard (1881–1968) 1937   David Fallows (1945– ) 1999
Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo (1905–1992)
1942   Paolo Fabbri (1948– ) 2000
Kurt Francisco Lange (1903–1997) 1943   Julian Rushton (1941– ) 2000
Egon Wellesz (1885–1974) 1947   Wulf Arlt (1938– ) 2001
Friedrich Blume (1893–1975) 1952   Giulio Cattin (1929– ) 2001
Suzanne Clercx-Lejeune (1910–1985) 1952   John Deathridge (1944– ) 2002
Guido M. Gatti (1892–1973) 1952   David Hiley (1947– ) 2002
Geoffrey Sharp (1914–1974) 1952   Silke Leopold (1948– ) 2003
Knud Jeppesen (1892–1974) 1970   Margaret Kartomi (1940– ) 2004
Geneviève Thibault (1902–1975) 1970   Bonnie Blackburn (1939– ) 2006
François Lesure (1923–2001) 1979   Hermann Danuser (1946– ) 2006
Gerald Abraham (1904–1988) 1980   Don Harrán (1936– ) 2006
Kurt von Fischer (1913–2004) 1980   Bathia Churgin (1928– ) 2007
Frank Harrison (1905–1987) 1981   Friedhelm Krummacher (1936– ) 2007
Jens Peter Larsen (1902–1988) 1981   Catherine Massip (1946– ) 2008
René Lenaerts (1902–1992) 1981   Richard Middleton (1945– ) 2008
Dénes R. Bartha (1908–1993) 1982   Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger (1940– ) 2009
Ludwig Finscher (1930– ) 1982   Eva Rieger (1940– ) 2009
Claudio Sartori (1913–1994) 1983   Jose Lopez-Calo (1922– ) 2010
Carl Dahlhaus (1928–1989) 1984   Roger Parker (1951– ) 2010
László Somfai (1934– ) 1986   Philippe Vendrix (1964– ) 2010
Alfred Dürr (1918– ) 1988   Ruth Katz (1927– ) 2011
Winton Dean (1916– ) 1989   Albrecht Riethmüller (1947– ) 2011
Pierluigi Petrobelli (1932– ) 1989      

Past Presidents

Otto Kinkeldey 1935-36   Janet Knapp 1975-76
Carl Engel 1937-38   James Haar 1977-78
Carleton Sprague Smith 1939-40   Howard Mayer Brown 1979-80
Otto Kinkeldey 1941-42   Howard E. Smither 1981-82
Glen Haydon 1943-44   Richard Crawford 1983-84
Charles Seeger 1945-46   Margaret Bent 1985-86
George S. Dickinson 1947-48   Lewis Lockwood 1987-88
Curt Sachs 1949-50   H. Colin Slim 1989-90
Gustave Reese 1951-52   H. Wiley Hitchcock 1991-92
Donald Jay Grout 1953-54   Ellen Rosand 1993-94
Karl Geiringer 1955-56   Philip Gossett 1995-96
J. Murray Barbour 1957-58   James Webster 1997-98
Oliver Strunk 1959-60   Ruth A. Solie 1999-2000
Donald Jay Grout 1961-62   Jessie Ann Owens 2001-02
Nathan Broder 1963-64   Wye J. Allanbrook 2003
William Mitchell 1965-66   J. Peter Burkholder 2003-04
Jan LaRue 1967-68   Elaine Sisman 2005-06
William S. Newman 1969-70   Charles M. Atkinson 2007-08
Claude V. Palisca 1971-72   Jane Bernstein 2009-10
Charles Hamm 1973-74      

Journal of the American Musicological Society

JAMS Home Page at the University of California Press

Guidelines for those wishing to submit articles or books for review

Annegret Fauser, Editor-in-Chief

Daniel Goldmark, Review Editor

Louise Goldberg, Assistant Editor

Leah Branstetter, Naomi Graber,
Editorial Assistants

Editorial Board

Linda Phyllis Austern
Mark Evan Bonds
Susan Boynton
Joy Calico
Georgia Cowart
Richard Freedman
Brian Hyer
Elisabeth Le Guin
Ralph P. Locke
Jeffrey Magee
Margaret Murata
Sanna Pederson
Judith Peraino
Leonora Saavedra
Martin Scherzinger
Steve Swayne
Denise Von Glahn

AMS Staff and Delegates

AMS Archives, Marjorie Hassen, Archivist
AMS-L Moderating Team: Melissa Goldsmith, Kendra Preston Leonard, Jennifer Oates
AMS Studies in Music, Christopher Reynolds, Editor

AMS Delegate to ACLS, Elaine Sisman
AMS Representative to the U.S. RILM Board, Honey Meconi
AMS Representatives to the National Recording Preservation Board, José Bowen, Mark Katz
AMS Representative to the National Association of Schools of Music, Douglass Seaton
Grove Music Online Advisory Panel, J. Peter Burkholder