"The present volume commemorates [AMS's 75th anniversary] by offering essays ... delivered at the 13 November 2009 Presidential Forum [at the AMS 75th-anniversary annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pa.], photographs taken at the event, and selections from the AMS Archives displayed at the meeting. It also presents the anniversary essay by James Haar originally commissioned for [this book] as well as appendices containing complete listings of past boards of directors, honorary and corresponding members, editors-in-chiefs of the Journal of the American Musicological Society, annual meetings, Society award winners, fellowship recipients, and books published by the AMS"--P. 9.

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This Companion presents lucid and exemplary critical essays, introducing readers to the major ideas and practices of world literary studies.

Made in Nusantara serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, ethnography, and musicology of historical and contemporary popular music in maritime Southeast Asia. Each essay covers major figures, styles, and social contexts of genres of a popular nature in the Nusantara region including Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and the Philippines. Through a critical investigation of specific genres and their spaces of performance, production, and consumption, the volume is organised into four thematic areas: 1) issues in Nusantara popular music; 2) history; 3) artists and genres; and 4) national vs. local industries. Written by scholars working in the region, Made in Nusantara brings local perspectives to the history and analysis of popular music and critically considers conceptualisations developed in the West, rendering it an intriguing read for students and scholars of popular and global music.