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| Formation | 1944; 81 years ago (1944) |
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| Purpose | Research and publications onearly music (medieval,Renaissance and earlyBaroque) |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Website | www |
TheAmerican Institute of Musicology (AIM) is amusicological organization that researches, promotes and produces publications onearly music.[1] Founded in 1944 byArmen Carapetyan, the AIM's chief objective is the publication of modern editions ofmedieval,Renaissance and earlyBaroque compositions and works ofmusic theory. The breadth and quality of publications produced by the AIM constitutes a central contribution to the study, practice and performance of early music.[2]
Among the series it produces are theCorpus mensurabilis musicae (CMM),Corpus Scriptorum de Musica (CSM) andCorpus of Early Keyboard Music (CEKM). In CMM specifically, the AIM has published the entire survivingoeuvres of a considerable amount ofcomposers, most notably the complete works ofGuillaume de Machaut andGuillaume Du Fay, among many others. The CSM, which focuses on music theory, has published the treatises of importanttheorists such asGuido of Arezzo andJean Philippe Rameau.
The AIM is based in Rome, with offices inCambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1946, the AIM has publishedMusica Disciplina, an annualacademic journal of early music scholarly work. Musicologists who have been particularly associated with the AIM includeJohn Caldwell,Frank D'Accone,Ursula Gunther,Charles Hamm,Albert Seay andGilbert Reaney.
Armen Carapetyan (1908–1992), anIranian-Armenian born inIsfahan,[3] graduated from theAmerican College of Tehran in 1927 and studied inParis andNew York, at one point underGian Francesco Malipiero. Carapetyan then received both aMaster's degree andPhD inmusicology fromHarvard University.[4] At the time, there was substantial research devoted to the literature, architecture and visual arts of themedieval andRenaissance periods, but comparatively little onmusic of the same period.[5] To address such a discrepancy,[6] Carapetyan founded the Institute of Renaissance and Baroque Music in 1944, based inCambridge, Massachusetts.[1] The organization became truly active the following year,[6] and in 1946 it was renamed as the American Institute of Musicology (AIM) with a new headquarters inRome, Italy.[1] The earlier offices in Cambridge remained, however, and the AIM established offices inDallas, whose publications transferred toHänssler-Verlag,Stuttgart by 1974.[1]
For its first few years, the AIM maintained an advisory board of noted musicologists from around the world.[1] Such scholars includedWilli Apel,Gustave Reese andEgon Wellesz among many others;[7] by 1949, however, Carapetyan assumed solo leadership until his death in 1992.[1] As part of Carapetyan's original plan to include musical performances in the AIM, an early music choir was created in 1947, but soon disbanded.[6] Also part of the original plan,[8] the AIM held advanced course on early music in the summers.[1] The first was near the headquarters in Rome, with the second at theTorre di Bellosguardo [it] inFlorence.[8]
The chief purpose of the AIM is to produce high-quality modern editions ofearly music compositions and works ofmusic theory.[1] Since 1946, the AIM has produced over 650 publications on a variety of topics.[2] These include the complete works of two of the most significant early European composers,Guillaume de Machaut andGuillaume Du Fay.[2] Other composers whose entire survivingoeuvres have been published by AIM includePierre de la Rue,Adrian Willaert,Jacob Clemens non Papa,Cipriano de Rore,Loyset Compère,Thomas Crecquillon andRomero; modern editions of famous musicaltreatises include those byGuido of Arezzo andJean Philippe Rameau.[2] The primary series that the AIM maintains are:
| Discipline | Music |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Inga Mai Groote |
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| History | 1946-present |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Musica Discip. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 0077-2461 |
| JSTOR | musidisc |
| OCLC no. | 782070210 |
The AIM publishesMusica Disciplina (MD), an annualacademic journal for scholarly work on medieval, Renaissance and earlyBaroque music.[1] Articles in the journal include analysis, studies and inventory ofprimary sources relating to early music.[1] Founded in 1946, the journal was known as theJournal of Renaissance and Baroque Music for its first year of publication.[1]MD does not engage in reviews.[12]
Carapetyan was the chief editor of the journal until his death in 1992.[13] Reaney and D'Accone then became co-editors, until Reaney's death in 2008 where D'Accone became the sole general editor until his death in 2022.[13][14] The current editor is Inga Mai Groote of theUniversity of Zürich.[15]
For a longer list, seeCarapetyan 1996
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