The International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) is a scholarly

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which focuses on the study, practice, documentation, preservation, and dissemination of traditional music and dance of all countries. Founded in London on 22 September 1947, it publishes the ''

Yearbook for Traditional Music The ''Yearbook for Traditional Music'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on folk music and dance. It is published by the International Council for Traditional Music, once a year in December. The editor-in-chief is Kati Szego. ...

'' once a year and the '' Bulletin of the ICTM'' three times a year. The organization was previously known as The International Folk Music Council (IFMC). In 1949, it helped found the

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International Music Council The International Music Council (IMC) was created in 1949 as UNESCO's advisory body on matters of music. It is based at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, France, where it functions as an independent international non-governmental organization. Its p ...

and remains a non-governmental organization in formal consultative relations with UNESCO.

Conferences

ICTM conferences have been held since 1948 and are presently biennial. In 2009, the site of the ICTM World Conference was

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, in 2011 it was St. John's Newfoundland, in 2013

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, in 2015 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, in 2017

Limerick, Ireland Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 c ...

, and in 2019 it was in

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. The 2021 conference was postponed until July 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publications

* ''

'' (originally known as the ''Journal of the International Folk Music Council'' from 1949–1958) * '' Bulletin of the ICTM'' (originally known as ''Bulletin of the IFMC'')

World Network

The Council is represented by individuals, called Liaison Officers, and representatives of organisations, called National and Regional Committees. They all act as links between the Council and the community of individuals and organizations involved with traditional music and dance in their country or region. As of January 2019, the International Council for Traditional Music is officially represented in 129 countries or regions.

Presidents

* Svanibor Pettan (2021-2025) * Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco (2013-2021) * Adrienne L. Kaeppler (2005-2013) * Krister Malm (1999-2005) * Anthony Seeger (1997-1999) * Erich Stockmann (1982-1997) *

Poul Rovsing Olsen Poul Rovsing Olsen (November 4, 1922 – July 2, 1982) was a Danish composer and ethnomusicologist. Olsen was born in Copenhagen. He studied with Knud Jeppesen at the Copenhagen Conservatory (1943-6) and with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messia ...

(1977-1982) * Klaus P. Wachsmann (1973-1977) * Willard Rhodes (1967-1973) *

Maud Karpeles Maud Karpeles (12 November 1885 – 1 October 1976) was a British collector of folksongs and dance teacher. Early life and education Maud Pauline Karpeles was born at Lancaster Gate in Bayswater, London, in 1885. She was the third of five child ...

, Honorary President (1963-1976) *

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (; hu, Kodály Zoltán, ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music edu ...

(1961-1967) *

Jaap Kunst Jaap Kunst (12 August 1891 in Groningen – 7 December 1960 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch musicologist. He is credited with coining the term " ethnomusicology" as a more accurate name for the field then known as comparative musicology. Kunst studied ...

(1959-1960) *

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

(1947-1958)

References

External links

Official site
{{Authority control Arts organizations established in 1947 Dance research Ethnomusicology UNESCO 1947 establishments in England International organisations based in London