Organizations
The Society for Ethnomusicology, founded in 1955 is a global, interdisciplinary network of individuals and institutions engaged in the study of music across all cultural contexts and historical periods."
The Society's webpage contains information on:
- Conferences
- Membership (including a special student rate)
- Prizes & Awards
- Publications
- Society's committees, chapters, interest groups, etc.
- Special Projects
The International Council for Traditional Music [formerly the International Folk Music Council] is a scholarly organization which aims to further the study, practice, documentation, preservation, and dissemination of traditional music and dance of all countries. To these ends the Council organizes World Conferences, Symposia, Colloquia, and Fora, and publishes the Yearbook for Traditional Music and the online Bulletin of the ICTM.
Information you can find on the ICTM website:
- Conferences, Symposia, Colloquia
- Study groups for Applied Ethnomsicology, Historical Sources, Music and Dance of Oceania, Music, Education and Social Inclusion, and more.
The British Forum for Ethnomusicology's aim is to advance the study, practice, documentation, preservation and dissemination of traditional music and dance, including folk, popular, classical, urban, and other genres, of all countries. BFE is the UK Affiliate National Committee to the ICTM.
On the BFE website:
Journals
Ethnomusicology (1953-current)
- Publication of the Society for Ethnomusicology
- In the Library: Remote Storage ML1 .E77 v.2, no.2 (1958)--v.54 (2010).
- JSTOR: v.1. no.1 (1953)--current
Journal of the International Folk Music Council (1949-1968)
- Publication of the International Folk Music Council
- In the library: Remote Storage ML26 .I61 v.1 (1949)--v.20 (1968)
- JSTOR: v.1 (1949)--v.20 (1968)
- Continued by Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council
Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council (1969-1980)
- Publication of the International Folk Music Council
- In the library: Remote Storage ML26 .I612
- JSTOR: v.1 (1969)--v.12 (1980)
- Continued by Yearbook for Traditional Music
Yearbook for Traditional Music (1981-current)
- Publication of the International Council for Traditional Music
- In the library: Remote Storage ML1 .Y43 v.13 (1981)--v.36 (2004)
- JSTOR: v.13 (1981)--v.46 (2014) [4 year delay]
- Music Periodicals Database: v.39 (2007)-v.49 (2017) [2 year delay]
British Journal of Ethnomusicology (1992-2003)
- Publication of British Forum for Ethnomusicology
- JSTOR: v.1 (1992)--v.12 (2003)
Ethnomusicology Forum (2004-current)
- Publication of British Forum for Ethnomusicology
- JSTOR: v.13 (2004)--v.20 (2011) [7 year delay]
- Academic Search Complete: v.13 (2004)--v.28 (2019) [6 month delay]
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