American Musicological Society

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American Musicological Society

Formation	June 3, 1934; 90 years ago (1934-06-03)
Founders	Various See list George S. Dickinson Carl Engel Gustave Reese Helen Heffron Roberts Joseph Schillinger Charles Seeger Harold Spivacke Oliver Strunk Joseph Yasser
Type	Nonprofit organization
Purpose	"exists to expand understanding of music and sound through research, teaching, learning, and advocacy."[1]
Headquarters	New York, NY, US
Key people	Steve Swayne (President) Siovahn Walker (Executive Director)
Website	www.amsmusicology.org

The American Musicological Society (AMS) is a musicological organization which researches, promotes and produces publications on music. Founded in 1934, the AMS was begun by leading American musicologists of the time, and was crucial in legitimizing musicology as a scholarly discipline.

At present, approximately 3000 individual members from forty nations are a part of the Society. Since 1948, the AMS has published the triannual Journal of the American Musicological Society.