The Yearbook for Traditional Music (ISSN: 0740-1558) is a refereed scholarly journal which carries essays, reviews, and reports in the area of traditional music and dance research.

General Editor: Don Niles.

The Yearbook was established in 1949 as the Journal of the International Folk Music Council, and it is published in English every December. All ICTM members and institutional subscribers in good standing receive a copy of the Yearbook via priority air mail. 

The latest issue of the Yearbook is Vol. 43 (2011).

Submissions

If you would like to submit original articles and/or review materials to be considered for inclusion in the next  issue of the Yearbook for Traditional Music, please find the full guidelines here.

Back issues

Printed back issues of the Yearbook for Traditional Music are available from the ICTM Secretariat, from Vol. 1 (1969) through Vol. 42 (2010), at 23.00 EUR per volume plus shipping and handling. A 10% discount is available for orders of more than 10 copies of the same volume shipped to the same address. Please note that the latest issue (currently Vol. 43) costs 90.00 EUR (shipping and handling included).

Electronic back issues (via JSTOR): institutions may add archival content (back issues) of the Yearbook for Traditional Music to their existing JSTOR accounts. Please note that this service is currently available to organisations only. Individual scholars may, however, obtain access through one of JSTOR's participating institutions. To go to the Yearbook's page at JSTOR's website, please click here.

For any questions regarding online access to the Yearbook for Traditional Music, please contact JSTOR directly.