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罢丑别听American Music Research Center Journal听was听published annually from 1991 through 2019 and included听topics of general interest about American music, particularly in subject areas relevant to the AMRC听Collections. 听

All volumes (1-28) are available online below, and physical copies (except for volumes 2 and 10) can be purchased听by completing an order form听here.听

Volume 28听(2019)

American Progressives of the 1970s: A Colloquy,听
JAY KEISTER, JOHN J. SHEINBAUM, JEREMY L. SMITH

Black Prog: Soul, Funk, Intellect and the Progressive Side听of Black Music of the 1970s,
JAY KEISTER

There鈥檚 an Opera Out on the Turnpike: Springsteen鈥檚 Early Epics听and the Fantasy of the Real,
JOHN J. SHEINBAUM

Reading Carole King鈥檚 Tapestry as a Penelopean Retelling听of the Homeric Odyssey,听
JEREMY L. SMITH

Letters from Nadia Boulanger to Lydia Loudon in the Collection听of the American Music Research Center,
JOAN S. SEGA

The Suffolk Symphonic Orchestra and Society Papers,
GISELE SCHIERHORST

Volume 27 (2018)

Introduction,听BRENDA M. ROMERO

The Project Description,听KELSEY A. FULLER

Meaning, Melody, and YouTube in Irish and Tibetan
Traditional Musics,听MASON BROWN

鈥淟ao Duang Duen鈥 Lost in Translation: A New Perspective on
the Southeast Asian Classical Arts,听BENJAMIN PONGTEP CEFKIN

North of 鈥渢he West鈥: Analytical Perspectives on Swedish
Folk Music and S谩mi Joik,听KELSEY A. FULLER

Min鈥檡o-听and Bluegrass: Finding Common Ground in Folk Traditions
from Two Different Worlds,听DANIEL OBLUDA

We Can Sing It Without Doing It: Gender Contestation Among
Nigerian and South African Women in Music,听RUTH OPARA

A Western Perspective on Music from Guanacaste, Costa Rica,
and Cuban Bat谩 Drumming,听MEI-MEY SEGURA-WANG

Musical Dialogues: Arabesk and Hindi Film Music as Mediators
of Aesthetic Discourses,听ALEXANDRA SISO


Volume 26 (2017)

Three Songs
A Study of Carrie Jacobs-Bond and Her Music
by Max Morath

Three Songs

Her Life

The Songs in Her Heart

Six of Those Songs

Conclusions


Volume 25 (2016)

Biographical Timeline,听CHRISTINA LYNN-CRAIG

George Lynn鈥檚 Westminster Connection,听LARRY BISER

George Lynn: A Life Lived in Music,听ANNA WHEELER GENTRY

Songs My Father Taught Me: An Overview of the Song Cycles Composed by George Lynn
CHRISTINA LYNN-CRAIG

Musician, Educator, Mentor, Friend: A Personal Reminiscence of George Lynn
GREGORY STAPP


Volume 24 (2015)

The Ben Gray Lumpkin Collection of Colorado Folklore,听GENE A. CULWELL

Music at the University of Colorado: The Early Years, Part 2,听THOMAS L. RIIS

From 鈥淣ew York State of Mind鈥 to 鈥淣o Man鈥檚 Land鈥:听Billy Joel鈥檚 Songs about American Places
JOSHUA S. DUCHAN

Colorado Stories, Colorado Songs,听LAURIE J. SAMPSEL and DONALD M. PUSCHER

Peter Dunbaugh Smith. A Cultural History of the First Jazz and Blues听Communities in Jacksonville, Florida, 1896鈥1916:
A Contribution of听African Americans to American Musical Theater,听Reviewed by BRIAN CASEY

Volume 23 (2014)

Considering the Other in Indianist Opera: Separation and听Assimilation in Victor Herbert鈥檚 Natoma,
ROBERT WATERS

Paul Robeson鈥檚 Iconic Timbre and the Negotiation of Signification,听MELANIE SHAFFER

鈥淛ust as necessary and valuable as any of the regular sciences鈥:听Music at the University of Colorado in Its Early Years
THOMAS L. RIIS

Education Through Music: The Fundamental Ideas,听CHARLES HUBERT FARNSWORTH

Beth E. Levy, Frontier Figures: American Music and the听Mythology of the American West
Reviewed by MATTHEW MUGMON


Volume 22 (2013)

William Billings鈥檚 VARIETY WITHOUT METHOD: An Experiment in Modulation,听KARL KROEGER

Forging a Sound Citizenry: Voice Culture and the Embodiment of the Nation,听SCOTT A. CARTER

鈥淥ut Where the West Begins鈥: The Denver Song that Became a听Western Classic听
LAURIE J. SAMPSEL and DONALD M. PUSCHER

Nadia Boulanger, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, and American Music,听DEBORAH HAYES

Mark Katz, Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJ,听Reviewed by JOSEPH R. MATSON

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Volume 21 (2012)

Serial Minimalist or Minimal Serialist? The Music of John McGuire,听PAUL MILLER

The Songs of Leonard Bernstein and Charles Stern in 1942:
Toward the听Origins of Bernstein as a Dramatic Composer,听LARS HELGERT

Faith and Love in New Hope Valley: A Consideration of Community in听Carlisle Floyd鈥檚 Susannah,听HELEN SMITH

The Second Edition (1837) of William Walker鈥檚 The Southern Harmony,听DAVID MUSIC

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Volume 20 (2011)
Special Oral History Issue

One on One: Max Roach in Conversation with Kofi Ghanaba,听KWASI AMPENE

Writing and Making Black Music History:听An Interview with SAMUEL A. FLOYD, JR

Discovering American Music:听An Interview with RICHARD CRAWFORD

Making Musicology Modern:听An Interview with CAROL OJA

The American Music Research Center: Some Vignettes from听the Early Dominican College Years听
SISTER MARY DOMINIC RAY, with editorial notes by听WILLIAM KEARNS

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Volume 19 (2010)

Introduction,听PAUL LAIRD

George Abbott鈥檚 Contribution to Musical Comedy Through the 1950s,听SYLVIA STONER-HAWKINS

鈥淎m I King or Am I Not King?鈥: Conflict, Gender, and听Reconciliation in The King and I,听HSUN LIN

The Actor鈥檚 Voice: The Non-Singing Lead in Broadway Musicals听of the 1950s,听SHARON O鈥機ONNELL CAMPBELL

An Examination of Don Walker鈥檚 Style of Orchestration in The Pajama听Game,
The Most Happy Fella, and The Music Man,听PETER PURIN

Volume 18 (2009)

Jean Berger (1909鈥2002): A Biographical Chronology,听LINDA L. GIEDL

Jean Berger: A 鈥淕ood Neighbor鈥 in the United States,听CAROL A. HESS

Composer Meets Critic, Part Two: Selected Excerpts of the Jean Berger/Henry Pleasants Correspondence
with an introduction by LINDA L. GIEDL

In Honor of Jean Berger and His Gifts,听TOM MACCLUSKEY

Volume听17
Pictorial Edition

Volume 16
Pictorial Edition

Volume 15 (2005)

The 鈥淢yth-Story鈥 of Stephen C. Foster, or听Why His True Story Remains Untold,听DEANE L. ROOT

The Tune GOSPEL TRUMPET:听Its Origin and Transmission in American Tunebooks,听DAVID W. MUSIC

Defining the Sousa March:听Its Formal and Stylistic Constants,听JONATHAN ELKUS

Music Review: Daniel Read, Musica Ecclesiae, or Devotional Harmony,听edited by Karl Kroeger and Marie Kroeger,听MAXINE FAWCETT-YESKE

Announcement: Fink Lecture Series

Volume 14 (2004)


SUSAN C. COOK


JULIA CHYBOWSKI


KATIE J. GRABER


RYAN ROSS


JENNI VEITCH OLSON


JAY KEISTER

Volume 13(2003)


CATHERINE PARSONS SMITH


CATHERINE PARSONS SMITH


TAMMY L. KERNODLE


GAYLE MURCHISON


WAYNE SHIRLEY


EARNEST LAMB


HORACE J. MAXILE, JR.

Volume 12 (2002)


MARIANNE BETZ


CHARLES KINZER


BRIAN LOCKE


KARL KROEGER

Normand Lockwood:
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Reviews:

BRENDA ROMERO


JOANNE SWENSON-ELDRIDGE

Volume 11 (2001)


ART SCHRADER


WILLIAM A.听EVERETT


ANTONY JOHN



LISA M COOK

Volume 10 (2000)


LAURIE J. SAMPSEL and MARCELYN H. D'AVIS


DAVID M. WROBEL


HOWARD B. WALTZ


CASSANDRA M. VOLPE

Volume 8/9 (1998/99)


ROBERT R. FINK


WILLIAM KEARNS


ARIEL A. DOWNING


RODNEY SAUER


ANN B. REAGAN


GISELE GLOVER

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BART PLATENGA

Volume 7 (1997)
Special Issue: Longfellow and Music by H. Earle Johnson


THOMAS RIIS


BONNIE HEDGES

Longfellow and Music
H. EARLE JOHNSON

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Volume 6 (1996)


LYNN ABBOTT


LEW ROBINSON


LINDA POHLY


JERRY RICHARDSON


LAURIE SAMSEL

Volume 5 (1995)
Special Issue on the Music of Native Americans


BRENDA POMERO

Cultural Metaphor and Music: A Syncretic Bicultural Teaching Experience in a Navajo High School
BRUCE COOK


NANCY TESKEY and GORDON BROCK


STEVE MULLINS


TARA BROWNER


SUSAN DOMINGUEZ

Volume 4 (1994)


THOMAS RIIS


LARRY WORSTER


KARL KROEGER


N. LEE ORR


JAMES L. ZYCHOWICZ

Volume 3 (1993)


WILLIAM KEARNS


STEVEN M. BRUNS


STEVEN M. BRUNS


THOMAS L. RIIS


MARIE KROEGER


WICTORIA LINDSAY LEVINE


JOHN KOEGEL

Volume 2 (1992)


THOMAS L. RIIS


KARL KROEGER


HELEN WALKER-HILL


NANCY F. CARTER


DENNIS LORANGER


SUSAN PORTER


SISTER MAY DOMINIC RAY

Volume 1 (1991)


CONSTANCE PRIMUS


DEANE ROOT


THURSTON DOX


WILLIAM KEARNS

听 听 听The Hutchingson Family: An American Tradition in Ninetiinth-Century
听听 听听Popular Music, Linda Davenport
听听 听 American Folk-Song Scholarship at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
听听 听听and its Effect on Defining an American Music, Larry Worster
听 听 听The Amrican Wave of the 1930's, Kay Norton
听听 听 American Music Since World War II: Music as a Commodity, Daniel Jones
听听 听 "Darkest America": Some Remarks on Personal and National Identity, Dennis Loranger


KARL KROEGER


JOANNE SWENSON ELDRIDGE


MELODY J. PERKINS


KAY NORTON