American Musicological Society, Inc.

The Many Musics of America Project is a landmark event series organized by the American Musicological Society to spotlight the richness and diversity of America’s musical traditions as the country approaches its 250th anniversary. Partially funded by the National Writing Project and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Many Musics of America Project is co-organized by local volunteers from the American Musicological Society’s network of fifteen regional chapters.

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MUSIC MEANS

Music Means

Mexican Music and the South

Sophia M. Enríquez

What kind of music do you think about when you think about the Southern U.S.? Your answer might include country music, bluegrass, the blues, or southern rock–but you probably didn’t think of Mexican music! The U.S. South has a growing Latinx community that has brought with them many Spanish-language music traditions. 

How Have Recording Technologies Changed Music-making?

Catherine Provenzano

Passing Along Traditions in the Mississippi Hill Country

Ben DuPriest

Listening to Dayton Funk

Dr. Rickey Vincent



Funders & Partners

Peabody Essex Museum
Toda
Davidson
National Writer’s Project
University of Pittsburgh
Jon Bekoff Project
University of North Georgia
Center for Musics of America
Frank Hamilton School
Florida State University