The German Musicological Society (, abbreviated to GfM) is an academic society of

musicologists Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

and institutes active in study, research and teaching in Germany. It has over 1600 members. The association is based in

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...

, Hesse.

History

The society was founded in 1946, continuing the work of a predecessor institution. It deals with questions of historical musicology,

ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context. The discipline investigates social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions. Ethnomusicologists study music as a reflection of culture and investiga ...

and

systematic musicology Systematic musicology is an umbrella term, used mainly in Central Europe, for several subdisciplines and paradigms of musicology. "Systematic musicology has traditionally been conceived of as an interdisciplinary science, whose aim it is to explor ...

. The society also promotes musicological research in dialogue with other disciplines. In addition, it sees itself as an organ for communicating findings from the field of music to the public. The society publishes the scholarly journal ''

Die Musikforschung ''Die Musikforschung'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of musicology which since 1948 is published on behalf of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung by Bärenreiter. The editors-in-chief are Fabian Kolb ( Frankfurt University of Musi ...

'' by Bärenreiter-Verlag and also collaborates with the publishers

Breitkopf & Härtel Breitkopf & Härtel () is a German Music publisher, music publishing house. Founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, it is the world's oldest music publisher. Overview The catalogue contains over 1,000 composers, 8,000 works ...

, Henle, ,

Georg Olms Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker * Spiders Georg, an Internet meme See also * George (disambiguation) George may refer to: ...

, and Schott. Every year a scientific conference with symposia, lectures and events of the specialist groups is organized; every four years another one is held as the "Internationaler Kongress der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung".

Honorary members

Literature

Kurt Gudewill Kurt Gudewill (3 February 1911 – 29 July 1995) was a German musicologist and University lecturer. From 1952 to 1976 he was professor at the musicological institute of the University of Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. He rendered o ...

: ''Zwanzig Jahre Gesellschaft für Musikforschung''. in ''

'' 20 (1967), .

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gesellschaft fur Musikforschung Cultural organisations based in Germany Musical groups established in 1946 Organisations based in Kassel 1946 establishments in Germany German musicologists Professional associations based in Germany