AMS NEWSLETTER THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY ' CONSTITUENT MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF lEARNED SOCIETIES VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER I February I999 ISSN 0402-ouX Kansas City-1999 was, perhaps, eclecticism: it would be diffi­ The sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Amer­ Boston-1998 cult, in most cases, to separate them into ican Musicological Society ·will be held in The Society's 64th annual meeting gave such arbitrary categories as "new" or "tra­ Kansas City, Missouri, from Thursday 4 many of us the feeling of a homecoming ditional." Traces of newer critical methods November through Sunday 7 November for several reasons: memories of the I98I could be found in many papers devoted to I999· The meeting will be hosted by the meeting, the number of universities in the mainstream subjects or classical problems, University of Kansas with a local arrange­ area, the fact that Boston feels like home while even the most postmodern topics ments committee staffed by AMS members to many intellectuals and artists regardless were presented with due regard for canons from a number of schools in the region. The of where they actually live. The setting of evidence and argumentation. Perhaps meeting will be centered at the Hyatt was lovely. The Park Plaza Hotel, although this suggests the way in which our disci­ Regency Crown Center, 2.345 McGee. A renovated, retains much of its old charm. pline will heal the rifts opened during the spacious, modern building located near• the It stands but a few steps from Trinity past ten or twelve years. city center, the hotel is connected by elevated Church at the foot of the Public Garden The large number of papers on nine­ walkways to another hotel, numerous restau­ and fashionable Newbury Street. Some teenth- and twentieth-century topics rants, and stores in the Crown Center, a lucky members heard the Boston Sym­ reflected the submission statistics. And shopping area developed by Kansas City's phony sounding its best ever, while others Americanists can feel gratified that Hallmark Cards. revisited New England Conservatory's twenty-six papers (by my count, at least) Noteworthy attractions in Kansas City Jordan Hall for a performance of the were concerned in some way with the include the renovated I 8th & Vine Historic newly recovered Der Stein der misen musical cultures of the New World. The District, location of the Kansas City Jazz (I 790) with music by W. A. Mozart. Many musical activities of women and minori­ Museum and site of a jazz-and-barbecue of us enjoyed lunches and dinners at the ties were reported in a considerable num­ evening on S November. The Nelson-Atkins Legal Seafood locations in the hotel and. ber of presentations. Museum of Art contains the eighth largest just outside its doors. We enjoyed more Mornin~. noon-times, and evenings general collection in the nation, and is com­ good edibles and potables at open recep­ were crammed with events: committee, plemented by the Kemper Museum of Con­ tions generously hosted by publishers and board, and society meetings; perfor­ temporary Art only two blocks away. Other music departments. mances; panels; study sessions; and even interesting museums include the Toy and The difficult job of selecting uS papers (the latter an unpopular innovation Miniature Museum and the "Arabia" Steam­ papers from among 4I7 abstracts was car­ that will probably not be repeated). The boat Museum. In nearby Independence, ried out with diligence and equanimity by meeting rooms seemed ample for almost American history buffS will enjoy the Harry the Program Committee, consisting of all events, and we enjoyed excellent sound S Truman Home, Library, and Museum, as Gillian Anderson, Katherine Bergeron, and visual equipment, including shining well as the National Frontier Trails Center, Scott Burnham (Chair for the upcoming new Yamaha pianos in each venue. The which commemorates the starting point of I999 meeting in Kansas City); Martha Local Arrangements Committee, co­ the Oregon, California, and Santa Fe Trails. Feldman, Pamela Starr, and myself as chaired by John Daverio and Helen Kansas City is also home to several excellent Chair. Greenwald, did an outstanding job. performing organizations, including the If there was a general theme or charac­ -:fohn Walter Hill Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Cham­ ter to the program of papers this year, it ber Orchestra, Friends of Chamber Music, and Lyric Opera. During our meeting, the Lyric Opera will be performing Mozart's atures in the low sos. A raincoat and an information is available on the web page for Cosl fan tutte. A special treat is the Countty overcoat are in order. AMS 99 at <http:/ /falcon.cc.ukans.edu/­ Club Plaza shopping district, with over I So The I999 AMS Program Committee is plaird/ams99kc.htm>. shops and restaurants nesded within fanciful headed by Scott Burnham (Princeton Uni­ Requests by interest groups for meeting Spanish-style architecture, complete with versity) and the Performance Committee by rooms should be sent no later than I May to fountains and other works of art. On nearby Jane Bowers (University of Wisconsin, Mil­ Paul Laird, Department of Music and Dance, Brush Creek, one can go for long strolls or waukee). The Local Arrangements Commit­ 452. Murphy Hall, University of Kansas, take a scenic boat ride. The hotel is con­ tee, co-chaired by Walter Clark and Paul Lawrence, KS 66045; fax 78s/864-5387; nected with downtown and the Plaza by the Laird, includes Patrick Brill, Michael Budds, <[email protected]>; or Walter Clark, Kansas City Trolley. Across from the hotel is J. Bunker Clark, Olga Dolskaya-Ackerly, same mailing address and fax; <wclark@lark. the Liberty Memorial and World War I William Everett, Sarah Hamilton, Silvia Her­ cc. ukans.edu>. Museum, next to beautiful Penn Valley Park. zog, John Koegel, Timothy McDonald, David -Walter Clark and Paul Laird The weather in Kansas City in November Moskowitz, Jeff Newberry, Kay Norton, is variable but clement, with daytime temper- Craig Parker, and Daniel Politoske. Further -I- Ad Hoc Committee on AMS Membership Records Programs Committee Membership Please send AMS Directory corrections At the Boston meeting the AMS Council The President would be pleased to and updates in a timely manner in voted to form an Ad Hoc Committee to hear fiom members of the Society who order tO avoid errors. Send all correc­ examine the procedures used by the Program would like to volunteer for committee tions, updates, membership inquiries, Committee in preparing our annual meeting. service. Interested persons should write and dues payments to University of The majority of Council members felt it to Ruth A. Solie, President, AMS, Chicago Press, Journals Division, PO might be appropriate to have a set of clear Department of Music, Smith College, Box 37005, Chicago IL 60637; 773/ procedural guidelines in place. These guide­ Northampton, MA 01063, and are 753-3347; fax 773/753-08II; <sub­ lines will not infringe on the Program Com­ asked to send a curriculum vitae and [email protected]>. You mittee's freedom to choose the content of identify their area(s) of interest. may submit questions and updates the meeting, providing instead an administra­ online at the JAMS web page, <http:/ I tive procedure to be followed during its Membership Dues (for the www.journals.uchicago.edu/JAMS/ deliberations. At the time of the next Annual calendar year) home.html>. Meeting in Kansas City, the Ad Hoc Com­ mittee will present a report to the Council Income up to $:z.5,ooo $30 AMS Newsletter Address and with our recommendations. We invite AMS Income $:z.s,ooo-$4o,ooo $45 Income $4o,ooo-$6o;ooo $55 Deadlines members-including, of course, past mem­ bers of the Program Committee-to get in Income $6o,ooo-$8o,ooo $65 The current editor of the Newsletter will touch with the members of the committee Income above $8o,ooo $75 be out of the country at the time of the to provide essential input on this topic. Student Member $:z.o normal deadline for the August I999 Members of the Committee: Spouse $10 issue; she will be grateful to receive Emeritus $IS material before I April 1999, if possi­ Giulio Ongaro, Chair (<ongaro@usc. edu>), Life $1,2.50 ble. The final deadline for the August Dept. of Music History and Literature, issue is :z.o May. (A new editor will take School of Music, University of Southern Fall Meetings of AMS and over as of the issue of February :z.ooo, California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-08 5 I with a deadline of 15 November 1999.) Katherine Bergeron, <bergeron@socrates. "Sister" Societies Virginia Hancock berkeley.edu> 1999 Editor, AMS Newsletter Jonathan Glixon, <musglix@pop. uky. edu> AMS: 4-7 November, Kansas City Stephen Hinton, <[email protected]. edu> Department of Music CMS: 14-17 October, Denver Reed College Marc E. Johnson, <mjohnso:[email protected]. SEM: I7-2.1 November,Austin cuny.edu> Portland, OR 972.02. SMT: II-I4 November,Adanta <[email protected]> Yvonne Kendall, <[email protected]. uh.edu> Laura Macy, <[email protected]. uk> 2.000 fax 503/777-7769 All societies: 1-5 November, Toronto (Please note that e-mail submis­ R.M. 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