The American Institute of Musicology (AIM) is a musicological organization that researches, promotes and produces publications on early music.[1] Founded in 1944 by Armen Carapetyan, the AIM's chief objective is the publication of modern editions of medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque compositions and works of music theory. The breadth and quality of publications produced by the AIM constitutes a central contribution to the study, practice and performance of early music.[2]
Among the series it produces are the Corpus mensurabilis musicae (CMM), Corpus Scriptorum de Musica (CSM) and Corpus of Early Keyboard Music (CEKM). In CMM specifically, the AIM has published the entire surviving oeuvres of a considerable amount of composers, most notably the complete works of Guillaume de Machaut and Guillaume Du Fay, among many others. The CSM, which focuses on music theory, has published the treatises of important theorists such as Guido of Arezzo and Jean Philippe Rameau.
For its first few years, the AIM maintained an advisory board of noted musicologists from around the world.[1] Such scholars included Willi Apel, Gustave Reese and Egon Wellesz among many others;[7] by 1949, however, Carapetyan assumed solo leadership until his death in 1992.[1] As part of Carapetyan's original plan to include musical performances in the AIM, an early music choir was created in 1947, but soon disbanded.[6] Also part of the original plan,[8] the AIM held advanced course on early music in the summers.[1] The first was near the headquarters in Rome, with the second at the Torre di Bellosguardo [it] in Florence.[8]
The Corpus Scriptorum de Musica[10] (CSM), general editor formerly Gilbert Reaney, publishes extant musical theory treatises in their original languages,[1] usually Latin. English introduction are provided in each.[9]
The Musicological Studies and Documents,[11] general editor formerly Ursula Gunther,[1] consists of modern evaluations, commentaries and studies on early music. The series often includes topics which do not fall under the scope of CMM or CSM.[9]
The Renaissance Manuscript Studies, general editor formerly Charles Hamm, contains complete catalogues of early music sources.[1]
The Corpus of Early Keyboard Music (CEKM), general editor John Caldwell, covers keyboard music until the 17th-century and reproduces them in modern notation.[1]
"Musica Disciplina" redirects here. For the ninth-century work, see Aurelian of Réôme.
The AIM publishes Musica Disciplina (MD), an annual academic journal for scholarly work on medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque music.[1] Articles in the journal include analysis, studies and inventory of primary sources relating to early music.[1] Founded in 1946, the journal was known as the Journal of Renaissance and Baroque Music for its first year of publication.[1]MD does not engage in reviews.[12]
Carapetyan was the chief editor of the journal until his death in 1992.[13] Reaney and D'Accone then became co-editors, until Reaney's death in 2008 where D'Accone became the sole general editor until his death in 2022.[13][14] The current editor is Inga Mai Groote of the University of Zürich.[15]
Berger, Carol (1981). "The Hand and the Art of Memory". Musica Disciplina. 35: 87–120. JSTOR20532236.
Bent, Margaret (1987). "A Contemporary Perception of Early Fifteenth-Century Style; Bologna Q15 as a Document of Scribal Editorial Initiative". Musica Disciplina. 41: 183–201. JSTOR20532309.
Everist, Mark (2013). "Master and Disciple: Teaching the Composition of Polyphony in the Thirteenth Century". Musica Disciplina. 58: 51–71. JSTOR24429413.
Carapetyan, Armen (1996). "Publications of the American Institute of Musicology". Musica Disciplina. 50. American Institute of Musicology Verlag Corpusmusicae, GmbH: 301–363. JSTOR20532410.
Lowinsky, Edward E. (1983). "Homage to Armen Carapetyan". Musica Disciplina. 37. American Institute of Musicology Verlag Corpusmusicae, GmbH: 9–27. JSTOR20532255.
"Ten Years of the American Institute of Musicology, 1945-1955". Musica Disciplina. 9. American Institute of Musicology Verlag Corpusmusicae, GmbH: 3–10. 1955. JSTOR20531884.
