The Journal - which was launched in 1972 - has an interdisciplinary orientation and affords a forum as an interface for disciplines ranging from musicology (music theory, aesthetics, sociology), psychology (from psychoacoustics to cognitive psychology - with emphasis on modelling), information sciences (from sound engineering to artificial intelligence), philosophy (epistemology and methodology) and brain sciences. The emphasis is on an interdisciplinary foundation for music by means of the most advanced technologies.