Beschreibung:
<p>The history of the <italic>Revue de musicologie</italic> is closely linked to the foundation of the Société française de musicologie in 1917. According to the initial statutes of the Society, the <italic>Bulletin de la Société française de musicologie</italic> was required to publish the papers given at its monthly membership meetings. The choice of the speakers and thus the contents of the <italic>Bulletin</italic> were highly influenced by the personalities of the first presidents of the Society, Lionel de La Laurencie and Julien Tiersot. In 1922, the title of the <italic>Bulletin</italic> was changed to <italic>Revue de musicologie</italic>. Also in 1922, a three-member editorial board was nominated, a board that was expanded to five members in 1928. The board did not meet on a regular basis. In the nineteen-sixties, following the uncertainties of the war years and the occupation, the board was once again composed of only three members, one of whom was the president of the Society. François Lesure played a major role in the Society as editor in chief of the <italic>Revue</italic> for more than fifteen years, during which time he did much to reorient the editorial policies of the <italic>Revue</italic>, in particular releasing the contents and the choice of subjects from the constraint of being limited to the papers given during the meetings of the Society. Strongly influenced by the wider development of historical musicology and the increasingly rich publication of sources, the <italic>Revue</italic> gradually enlarged its scope in order to welcome the newer fields of ethnomusicology, iconography, organology, and the history of music printing. Through the nineteen-sixties, the <italic>Revue</italic> also played an important role in the dissemination of bibliographical information, information concerning current musicological scholarship, and information concerning the performance of early music in France.</p>