Gamut: Journal of the Georgia Association of Music Theorists
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Gamut: Journal of the Georgia Association of Music Theorists was a peer-reviewed
, academic journal
specializing in music theory
and analysis
. It began publication in 1984, under the auspices of the Georgia Association of Music Theorists; it ceased publication in 2001 (vol. 10). The journal's first editor was Susan Tepping; its final editor was Kristin Wendland.
Because the title word "gamut" was not just a musical term but also an acronym of the sponsoring organization, it was rendered in uppercase in the journal itself, but citations usually give the title word with an initial capital only.
Although the journal no longer exists as such, it was in some sense adopted and relaunched as Gamut: The Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
. As the editor proclaimed in the first issue (2008) of the latter journal: "Once the journal of the now disbanded Georgia Association of Music Theorists (GAMUT), Gamut came under the auspices of [the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic] in 2005 at the suggestion of Kristin Wendland, that journal's founding editor [sic]. Shortly thereafter, the Publications Committee and membership of MTSMA decided to reintroduce Gamut as an online journal.” However, the volume and issue numbering was restarted from the beginning, and (other than the editor's notice) the new Gamut has no tangible connection with the old one.
Peer review
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, academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
specializing in music theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
and analysis
Musical analysis
Musical analysis is the attempt to answer the question how does this music work?. The method employed to answer this question, and indeed exactly what is meant by the question, differs from analyst to analyst, and according to the purpose of the analysis. According to Ian Bent , analysis is "an...
. It began publication in 1984, under the auspices of the Georgia Association of Music Theorists; it ceased publication in 2001 (vol. 10). The journal's first editor was Susan Tepping; its final editor was Kristin Wendland.
Because the title word "gamut" was not just a musical term but also an acronym of the sponsoring organization, it was rendered in uppercase in the journal itself, but citations usually give the title word with an initial capital only.
Although the journal no longer exists as such, it was in some sense adopted and relaunched as Gamut: The Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
Gamut: The Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
Gamut is a peer-reviewed academic journal specializing in music theory and analysis. It is a fully online journal, sponsored by the and published by , a digital imprint of the University of Tennessee Libraries...
. As the editor proclaimed in the first issue (2008) of the latter journal: "Once the journal of the now disbanded Georgia Association of Music Theorists (GAMUT), Gamut came under the auspices of [the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic] in 2005 at the suggestion of Kristin Wendland, that journal's founding editor [sic]. Shortly thereafter, the Publications Committee and membership of MTSMA decided to reintroduce Gamut as an online journal.” However, the volume and issue numbering was restarted from the beginning, and (other than the editor's notice) the new Gamut has no tangible connection with the old one.