State and Resources of Musicology in the United States: A Survey Made for the American Council of Learned Societies (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

William Oliver Strunk

9780265946619: State and Resources of Musicology in the United States: A Survey Made for the American Council of Learned Societies (Classic Reprint)

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The present inquiry was undertaken at the request of Mr. Carl Enge], chairman of the Committee on Musicology of the American Council of Learned Societies, Who was authorized by, his commit tee, at its first meeting on July 11, 1929, to plan and direct a survey of the present state and resources of musicology in the United States for the information and guidance of the committee in planning its future activities. It is concerned, primarily, With the position of musicology in the American university, and attempts to indicate, first, the amount and character of the in struction offered at certain representative institutions, and second, the practice of these and other institutions in granting advanced degrees for musicological research. In connection With the discussion of the second of these two questions, there is appended a bibliography of graduate theses bearing directly or indirectly on music, accepted at American universities since 1919. Pursuant to the committee's instructions, information bearing on the musicological equipment of libraries and museums has also been collected, and a directory of American societies and foundations interested in furthering the general aims of musical science is added.

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