Category About the IMS

Meet the Team

IMS Directorium (2022–27) The Directorium, which is akin to a governing board or council, is made up of elected representatives of various countries and regions, providing a vital link to members across the world. IMS Bureau The Bureau, which is equivalent…

How We Work

The mission of the International Musicological Society (IMS) is to connect every musicologist to the world community of musicology by embracing the study of music in all its diversity and advancing musicological research across the globe in a spirit of…

IMS Code of Ethics

IMS Code of Ethics Version date: 6 August 2024 The mission of the International Musicological Society (IMS) is to connect every musicologist to the world community of musicology by embracing the study of music in all its diversity and advancing…

Past Presidents of the IMS

IMS Past Presidents

Daniel K. L. Chua (2017–22)Dinko Fabris (2012–17)Tilman Seebass (2007–12)David Fallows (2002–7)László Somfai (1997–2002)Stanley Sadie (1992–97)Christoph-Hellmut Mahling (1987–92)Ivan Supičić (1982–87)Ludwig Finscher (1977–82)Eduard Reeser (1972–77) Kurt von Fischer (1967–72)Vladimir Fédorov (1964–67)Donald J. Grout (1961–64)Friedrich Blume (1958–61)Paul Henry Lang (1955–58)Albert Smijers (1952–55)Knud Jeppesen…

Statutes of the IMS

1 Constitution 2 Purpose 3 Domicile 4 Membership 5 Membership Fee 6 Languages 7 Governing Bodies 8 Committees, Regional Associations, and Study Groups 9 Modifications of Statutes 10 Auditors 11 Publications 12 Internal Regulations 13 Funds 14 Liability 15 Dissolution…

Who We Are

Choose a language closer to home: Musicologists without Borders The International Musicological Society (IMS) was founded in 1927 in order to “further musicological research in its broadest sense among all peoples.” In the aftermath of World War I, musicologists in…