The ''Journal of the American Musicological Society'' is a

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and an official journal of the American Musicological Society. It is published by

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and covers all aspects of

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. The ''Journal of the American Musicological Society'' has been published three times a year since 1948. It was preceded by the annual ''Bulletin of the American Musicological Society'' (1936–1947) and the annual ''Papers of the American Musicological Society'' (1936–1941). Online versions of the journal and its predecessors are available at

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and the University of California Press.

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