musicology
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online
http://www.music.indiana.edu/ddm
AMS-Musicology Announcements
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/musicology-announce
The Music Index
http://www.hppmusicindex.com
Journals
ECHO (UCLA)
Societies
American Musicological Society
(AMS)
Professional organization for musicologists who focus primarily on musics with
written traditions, particularly those associated with the concert hall. It publishes
the Journal of the American Musicological Society.
Society for American Music (SAM)
Formerly the Sonneck Society, this organization is devoted to the study and
promotion of American music in all its varieties.
Center for Black Music Research (CBMR)
A research center and archive for the study of African and African-derived musical
expressions, encompassing vernacular and concert musics. Its publications include
Black Music Research Journal.
Society for Ethnomusicology
(SEM)
The major U.S.-based professional organization for scholars studying the broad
range of musics in the world. Contrary to popular belief, ethnomusicology is
about the study of all kinds of music, not just those emanating from outside
the United States or western Europe. The focus of such research is on how music
fits into and affects culture in the broadest sense.
International Association for the Study
of Popular Music (IASPM)
Organization for scholars of rock and popular musics.