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American Music

Vol. 27 (2009) through current issue

American Music publishes articles on American composers, performers, publishers, institutions, events, and the music industry, as well as book and recording reviews, bibliographies, and discographies. Article topics have included the lyricism of Charles Ives, Henry Cowell's "sliding tones," Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, Henry Brant's "Spatial Music," the reception and transformation of pop icons such as Presley and Sinatra, and the history and analysis of blues, jazz, folk music, and mixed and emerging musical styles.

Published by: University of Illinois Press


E-ISSN: 1945-2349
Print ISSN: 0734-4392

Submission Guidelines



Information for Authors and Publishers

Articles should be submitted electronically (or in hard copy if electronic submission is not possible) to Michael Hicks, Editor, American Music, C-550 HFAC, Brigham Young University, Provo, UY 84602; e-mail: michael_hicks@byu.edu. File attachments should be in Microsoft Word or in rich text format. Use endnotes. Please note that except for originals of illustrative material, submitted articles are not returned to authors. Submitted articles should normally be approximately 25 to 50 pages, double spaced.

The author's full name, mailing address, and e-mail address should appear only in the cover letter, as submissions are reviewed anonymously. Please ensure that your identity does not appear in running heads, references, or notes. Page numbers should appear at the top right of all pages after page 1. All parts of the article, including endnotes, quotations, song texts, bibliographies and discographies, appendices, and captions for illustrations, must be double spaced, printed on one side of the sheet only, on 8 ½ by 11" paper with 1" margins. Music examples, figures, tables, and illustrations must be numbered and presented on separate sheets, with the desired location clearly indicated in the main text. Submissions not conforming with these instructions may be returned to the author for correction prior to consideration. American Music follows the guidelines in the 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style.

Books for review should be addressed to David Patterson, 146 N Humphrey Ave #A3, Oak Park, IL 60302. Reviewers should follow the instructions provided by the Book Review Editor.

Recordings for review should be addressed to Caroline Cepin Benser, 2407 Vine Street, La Crosse, WI 54601. Reviewers should follow the instructions provided by the Recording Review Editor.

Multimedia items for review (including videos, DVDs, etc.) should be addressed to Jennifer DeLapp Birkett, 2034 Glen Ross Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Reviewers should follow the instructions provided by the Multimedia Review Editor.

Indexing



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American Bibliography of Slavic & East European Studies
American Humanities Index
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Book Review Index
Current Contents: Art and Humanities
Expanded Academic ASAP
Gale Biography Resource Center
Humanities Abstracts
Humanities Index
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Humanities & Social Sciences
International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities & Social Sciences
International Index to Music Periodicals
ISI Alerting Services
JSTOR Arts and Sciences III
Music Article Guide
Music Index
MLA International Bibliography
Periodicals Contents Index
Research Alert
RILM Abstracts
Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
Sage Race Relations Abstracts
SCOPUS

Editorial Boards

Volume 29, Issue 3



Editor

Michael Hicks

Incoming Editor

Neil Lerner

Book Review Editor

David Patterson

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia, Concert, and Event Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin, David Cope, George Crumb, Thomas DeLio, Kyle Gann, Bob Gilmore, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brian Harker, Neil Lerner, Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Peter Mercer-Taylor, Bruno Nettl, Andrea Olmstead, Larry Polansky, Nancy Rao, Steven Stucky, Nicholas Temperley, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 29, Issue 3



Editor

Michael Hicks

Incoming Editor

Neil Lerner

Book Review Editor

David Patterson

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia, Concert, and Event Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin, David Cope, George Crumb, Thomas DeLio, Kyle Gann, Bob Gilmore, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brian Harker, Neil Lerner, Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Peter Mercer-Taylor, Bruno Nettl, Andrea Olmstead, Larry Polansky, Nancy Rao, Steven Stucky, Nicholas Temperley, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 29, Issue 2



Editor

Michael Hicks

Incoming Editor

Neil Lerner

Book Review Editor

David Patterson

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia, Concert, and Event Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin, David Cope, George Crumb, Thomas DeLio, Kyle Gann, Bob Gilmore, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brian Harker, Neil Lerner, Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Peter Mercer-Taylor, Bruno Nettl, Andrea Olmstead, Larry Polansky, Nancy Rao, Steven Stucky, Nicholas Temperley, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 29, Issue 1



Editor

Michael Hicks

Incoming Editor

Neil Lerner

Book Review Editor

David Patterson

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia, Concert, and Event Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin, David Cope, George Crumb, Thomas DeLio, Kyle Gann, Bob Gilmore, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brian Harker, Neil Lerner, Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Peter Mercer-Taylor, Bruno Nettl, Andrea Olmstead, Larry Polansky, Nancy Rao, Steven Stucky, Nicholas Temperley, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 28, Issue 4



Editor

Michael Hicks

Incoming Editor

Neil Lerner

Book Review Editor

David Patterson

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia, Concert, and Event Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin, David Cope, George Crumb, Thomas DeLio, Kyle Gann, Bob Gilmore, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brian Harker, Neil Lerner, Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Peter Mercer-Taylor, Bruno Nettl, Andrea Olmstead, Larry Polansky, Nancy Rao, Steven Stucky, Nicholas Temperley, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 28, Issue 3



Editor

Michael Hicks

Incoming Editor

Neil Lerner

Book Review Editor

David Patterson

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia, Concert, and Event Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin, David Cope, George Crumb, Thomas DeLio, Kyle Gann, Bob Gilmore, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brian Harker, Neil Lerner, Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Peter Mercer-Taylor, Bruno Nettl, Andrea Olmstead, Larry Polansky, Nancy Rao, Steven Stucky, Nicholas Temperley, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 28, Issue 2



Editor

Michael Hicks

Book Review Editor

David Patterson

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia, Concert, and Event Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin, David Cope, George Crumb, Thomas DeLio, Kyle Gann, Bob Gilmore, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brian Harker, Neil Lerner, Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Peter Mercer-Taylor, Bruno Nettl, Andrea Olmstead, Larry Polansky, Nancy Rao, Steven Stucky, Nicholas Temperley, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 28, Issue 1



Editor

Michael Hicks

Book Review Editor

David Patterson

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia, Concert, and Event Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin, David Cope, George Crumb, Thomas DeLio, Kyle Gann, Bob Gilmore, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brian Harker, Neil Lerner, Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Peter Mercer-Taylor, Bruno Nettl, Andrea Olmstead, Larry Polansky, Nancy Rao, Steven Stucky, Nicholas Temperley, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 27, Issue 4



Editor

Michael Hicks

Book Review Editor

David Patterson

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia, Concert, and Event Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin, David Cope, George Crumb, Thomas DeLio, Kyle Gann, Bob Gilmore, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brian Harker, Neil Lerner, Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Peter Mercer-Taylor, Bruno Nettl, Andrea Olmstead, Larry Polansky, Nancy Rao, Steven Stucky, Nicholas Temperley, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 27, Issue 3



Editor

Michael Hicks

Book Review Editor

David Patterson

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia, Concert, and Event Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin, David Cope, George Crumb, Thomas DeLio, Kyle Gann, Bob Gilmore, Jeremy Grimshaw, Brian Harker, Neil Lerner, Bill C. Malone, Judith McCulloh, Peter Mercer-Taylor, Bruno Nettl, Andrea Olmstead, Larry Polansky, Nancy Rao, Steven Stucky, Nicholas Temperley, Augusta Read Thomas, Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 27, Issue 2



Editor

Michael Hicks

Book Review Editor

Stephanie Poxon

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin
David Cope
George Crumb
Thomas DeLio
Kyle Gann
Bob Gilmore
Jeremy Grimshaw
Brian Harker
Neil Lerner
Bill C. Malone
Judith McCulloh
Peter Mercer-Taylor
Bruno Nettl
Andrea Olmstead
Larry Polansky
Nancy Rao
Steven Stucky
Richard Taruskin
Nicholas Temperley
Augusta Read Thomas
Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

Volume 27, Issue 1



Editor

Michael Hicks

Book Review Editor

Stephanie Poxon

Recording Review Editor

Caroline Cepin Benser

Multimedia Review Editor

Jennifer DeLapp Birkett

Editorial Advisory Board

Larry Austin
David Cope
George Crumb
Thomas DeLio
Kyle Gann
Bob Gilmore
Jeremy Grimshaw
Brian Harker
Neil Lerner
Bill C. Malone
Judith McCulloh
Peter Mercer-Taylor
Bruno Nettl
Andrea Olmstead
Larry Polansky
Nancy Rao
Steven Stucky
Richard Taruskin
Nicholas Temperley
Augusta Read Thomas
Charles Wuorinen

Music Typography

Compute-A-Chart (Allen Tuten)

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