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Journals on music research
EUNOMIOS An open on-line journal for theory, analysis, and semiotics of music.
Music & Anthropology An on-line journal for interdisciplinary studies of music as human and social expression, with special focus on the dialogue between musicology and the domains of social science scholarship, such as cultural and social anthropology, psychology, folklore, feminist and gender studies. Geocultural focus on the Mediterranean. This journal is promoted by a study group on “Anthropology of Music in Mediterranean Cultures”, hosted by the ‘Dipartimento di Musica e Spettacolo’, University of Bologna.
Music Perception On-line journal by subsciption that publishes empirical and theoretical papers, methodological articles and critical reviews from scientists and musicians studying musical phenomena. The broad range of disciplines covered includes psychology, psychophysics, linguistics, neurology, neurophysiology, artificial intelligence, computer technology, physical and architectural acoustics, and music theory.
Musicae Scientiae On-line journal of the ‘European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music’. Publishes empirical, theoretical and critical articles on the understanding of how music is perceived, represented and generated. The range of disciplines at issue includes psychology, philosophy, aesthetics, music analysis, musicology, cognitive science, education, artificial intelligence, modelling and neuropsychology. Subscription required.
The Leonardo Music Journal Music section of the multimedia publications of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST), fostering connections between contemporary arts, science and new technologies with focus on the relations between music and the audio arts and the cultural implications of new technological and scientific developments.
Computing in musicology A directory of activities related to the acquisition, representation, storate, manipulation, and end uses of musical information in notation, analysis, documentation, and sound control.
Perspectives of New Music Partly on-line journal related to new compositional music. Publishes theoretical research, analyses, technical reports, position papers by composers, sociological and philosophical articles, interviews, reviews, and, for special purposes, short musical scores or other creative productions.
Music Theory Online Free acces on-line journal of SMT (the Society for Music Theory) in the field of music theory and analysis, with articles by authors from a variety disciplines. Besides articles, MTO also features book reviews, announcements of upcoming conferences, abstracts of recently completed and in-progress dissertations and summaries of recently published books.
Music Theory Spectrum The official print journal of SMT (the Society for Music Theory), but is also available electronically by subscription. Features articles and book reviews on all topics that intersect with music theory and analysis, such as aesthetics, the history of theory, linear analysis, atonal theory, and narratology.
Analitica Journal published by the Group for Music Analysis and Theory (G.A.T.M.) in collaboration with the State University of Bologna, Department of Music. Encourages research and dialogue in the musical and theoretical disciplines, in all their speculative, analytical, historical, pedagogic, perceptive, and cognitive aspects.
Music Analysis On-line journal for music analysis of individual musical works and repertoires, but also debates regarding technical commentary on music from the viewpoints of music theory, critical theory, music history and the cognitive sciences. Includes important (translated) articles by Adorno, Molino, Ratz, Ruwet, and Schenker. Subscription required.
Musik und Aesthetik German journal for studies of meaning, function and place of music in contemporary culture, by means of a critical communication with neighbouring sciences as well as neighbouring arts (between practice and theory of music, between music and other art forms, between the branches of musicology and aesthetics, psychology, philosophy, sociology, cultural studies, etc.).
Journal of the Royal Musical Association An online version of the print journal, JRMA. Publishes articles in fields ranging from historical and critical musicology to theory and analysis, ethnomusicology, and popular music studies.
Sapaan A refereed bi-yearly on-line music theory journal which publishes analytical and critical essays in a wide variety of domains, and of all music past and present.
Intégral Journal created by graduate students in music theory at the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester) on music theory with with focus studies deriving on Schenkerian, set-theoretical, and twelve-tone precedents, and also with papers and reviews in the areas of analysis and performance, text-music relations, music perception and semiotic analysis.
Nordic Journal of Music Therapy Nordic journal for music therapy, aiming to be an an avenue for publication of scholarly articles, texts on practice, theory and research, dialogues and discussions, reviews and critique for the international community of music therapy.
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NTSMB Danish Network for Interdisciplinary Studies of Music and Meaning established in 1999 in order to provide contact between institutionally or geographically seperated sholars, whose research is related to music and meaning. NTSMB aims to connect fields of research within 1) music theory, art theory, literature studies, studies in film and media and aesthetic theory in general, 2) philosophy, cognition, semiotics, linguistics and psychology in more general theories of meaning, 3) history of ideas, religious studies, anthropology, cultural theory, sociology etc. NTSMB hosts national as well as internation conferences, seminars and lectures.
Society for Music Theory Network society established in 1977 in order to promote music theory as both a scholarly and a pedagogical discipline. It providesforums for the presentation of research, including workshops and other aspects of professional development. Features an on-line ‘Research Profiles Database’ with information on the research interests and work of scholars around the world. Also a ‘Music Analysis Inventory’ (MAI), a database of information about music analyses prepared by professionals and pre-professionals in the discipline of music theory and allied fields (musicology, music psychology, music composition, performance practice).
Inforism Links for electronic resources for music research.
RILM Répertoire Internationale de Littérature Musicale. International Repertory of Music Literature. Abstracts of publications in musicology and music research since 1967. The international RILM centre in New York coordinates about 60 RILM country committees of musicologists and librarians around the world. Today more than 20,000 entries per year. Updated monthly. Available online (through CSA, EBSCO, NISC, OCLC, Ovid or by individual subscription), in CD-ROM or in hardback.
Ircam Institution for music research, creation, and education, affiliated to Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris. Combines scientific research, development of related technologies and contemporary musical production. Hosts research centres, technical facilities for sound creation and experimentation and a comprehensive multimedia library. Founded in 1969.
Leonardo Music Journal
