Back issues of The Journal published by the Elgar Society are now available online free of charge at www.elgar.org, opening up a 15-year archive of articles, essays and research papers to all those with an interest in Elgar and his legacy.

First issued as a stand-alone publication in 1999, it has since been circulated three times a year to members and selected academic institutions.

The Society for American Music announced at their annual 2013 meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6-10 that  our distinguished IAML-member Mary Wallace Davidson has received a Distinguished Service Citation (posthumously) "in recognition of the advancement of the study and appreciation of American music through her generous personality and outstanding career as a music librarian".

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Posted on behalf of Tone Elofsson, Chief Librarian at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo

"Despite the growing interest in musical practices and artistic knowledge, we lack arenas
for the discussion of practices in their own right. This is why we now launch

Am Dienstag, 19. März, um 11 Uhr werden im Beisein des Vizepräsidenten des Deutschen Bundestages, Wolfgang Thierse, die großzügigen und modernen Lesesäle mit einem Festakt eröffnet, zwei Tage später, am 21. März ab 9 Uhr, begrüßt Generaldirektorin Barbara Schneider-Kempf die ersten Benutzer.