SOCIETY FOR ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

The 'Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)' is, with the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) one of two major international ethnomusicology associations. Officially founded in 1955, its formation began in Philadelphia November, 1953 at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association with an informal agreement between Willard Rhodes, David McAllester, and Alan P. Merriam. These three traveled together to the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society in New Haven to enlist the support of musicologist Charles Seeger. The first SEM annual meeting occurred in Philadelphia September of 1955. The SEM publishes a quarterly newsletter, a quarterly journal, and an extensive set of "ographies" (bibliography, discography, filmography, videography), holds annual conferences, maintains an active website, and presents more than a dozen prizes for scholarship and service.

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★ The Society for Ethnomusicology

★ International Council for Traditional Music

★ The American Anthropological Association