Sonneck Society for American Music
Bulletin, Volume XXV, no. 2 (Summer 1999)
A Change in Name, Not in Mission
The new corporate name for the Sonneck Society has become Society for American Music. The Sonneck
Society was founded in 1975 in honor of Oscar G.T. Sonneck, the first critical scholar and
bibliographer of American Music. The name change was adopted by its membership at the Society's
annual conference in March. The members of the Society believe that the new name will help to
communicate more efficiently the Society's mission, which is "to stimulate the appreciation,
performance, creation, and study of American music in all its historical and contemporary styles
and contexts, including, but not limited to, art and popular music, the music of ethnic groups
and minorities, and the full range of activities associated with music. "America" is understood
to embrace North Ameria, including Central America and the Caribbean, and aspects of its cultures
elsewhere in the world." The title of the Bulletin published three times annually by the Society
will not change until Volume 26 of the year 2000.
Updated 8/31/99