2 C olumbia U niversity RECORD September 26, 2003 A Glimpse of Columbia History . PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND COLUMBIANA LIBRARY Members of the Columbia chapter of Delta Upsilon convene over a game of chess, circa 1897. Delta Upsilon was established in 1885 and disbanded in 1964. Elaine Sisman Elected President of the American Musicological Society ter greater interaction within the four branches of the depart- BY KRISTIN STERLING ment—composition, historical musicology, ethnomusicology laine Sisman, chair of (UPS 090-710 ISSN 0747-4504) and theory. Vol. 29 No. 2, September 26, 2003 the Department of “We are seeing that historical EMusic, has been elected musicology is becoming more Published by the president of the American Musi- cultural, and ethnomusicology is Office of Public Affairs cological Society (AMS), a pro- becoming more historical,” she t:212-854-5573 f:212-678-4817 fessional organization founded in June Massell says. “Some of our composers Vice President for Communications 1934 to advance research in the are also prominent theorists, and and External Affairs various fields of music as a theory and history have always Susan Brown branch of learning and scholar- been closely connected. The jazz Assistant Vice President of Public Affairs ship. The Society now has 3,300 field cuts across all of these areas, members and 1,200 subscribing and the Computer Music Center Columbia RECORD Staff institutions from 40 nations. develops cutting-edge technolo- The AMS sponsors an annual gy for use in composition and Colin Morris....Staff Writer and Produc- meeting, the “central event” in research.” tion Editor for this issue the life of the Society, a journal Sisman’s scholarly work Michelle Oh.............Calendar Editor (JAMS), publications such as the focuses on the history, aesthetics ongoing “Music of the United and rhetoric of later 18th and Call: 212-854-3283 FAX: 212-678-4817 States of America,” sponsored by 19th century music, especially E-mail: [email protected] the National Endowment of the Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and For Calendar, call: 212-854-6546 Humanities, and other activities Brahms. She is the author of or E-mail: [email protected] including annual awards for the numerous publications, includ- Columbia University RECORD is published most outstanding article, book, ing Haydn and the Classical biweekly during the academic year, except student paper, and performance- Variation (Harvard University for holiday and vacation periods, by the oriented projects and several fel- Press, 1993) and Mozart: The Office of Public Affairs. Permission is given to use RECORD material in other media. lowships to fund the final year of ‘Jupiter’ Symphony (Cambridge exceptionally promising disserta- University Press, 1993). She is Columbia Photographic Services: tions. the editor of Haydn and His 212-854-6527; Eileen Barroso Beginning in November, Sis- RECORD PHOTO BY EILEEN BARROSO World (Princeton University Correspondence / Subscriptions man will preside over the AMS Press, 1997), which included her Anyone may subscribe to the RECORD for $27 for one year; president from Elaine Sisman article “Haydn, Shakespeare, per year. The amount is payable in advance November 2004 to November and the ‘Rules’ of Originality.” to Columbia University, at the address below. 2006. Sisman joined the Columbia semester. In recent years, the jazz Elected to the boards of the Allow 6 to 8 weeks for address changes. “I am honored to have the faculty in 1982 and was named program has expanded and the Joseph Haydn-Institut in Postmaster / Address Changes opportunity to lead the AMS in chair of the music department in number of chamber groups has Cologne and the Zentralinstitut Periodicals postage paid at New York, N.Y. finding new ways to foster the 1999. During this time the num- increased. für Mozartforschung in and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: growth of the field by encourag- ber of undergraduates majoring in “It is exciting to see so much Salzburg, she is currently work- Send address changes to Columbia Univer- sity RECORD, 535 W. 116th St., 304 Low ing scholars at all stages of their music at Columbia grew seven- performance on campus,” says ing on studies of music and Library, Mail Code 4321, New York, N.Y. careers and showcasing their best fold, and Music Humanities Sisman. “I’m very proud of that.” melancholy, Mozart’s Don Gio- 10027. work,” she says. enrolls nearly 700 students every Sisman also has worked to fos- vanni, and Haydn’s Creation. Please Recycle.