Music Library Guide

Describes different approaches to writing about music based on audience needs and expectations.

This resource discusses understanding your audience to providing guidance on different forms of writing for music, including concert reviews and thesis papers.

This revised and expanded edition now includes examples from world music, rock, jazz, popular music, and cinema. This essential volume covers some of the thorniest issues of musical discourse: how to go about describing musical works and procedures in prose, the rules for citations in notes and bibliography, and proper preparation of such materials as musical examples, tables, and illustrations. One section discusses program notes, while others explain the requirements for submitting manuscripts and electronic files, and outline best practices for student writers.

Detailed guidance on how to format the following elements in your research papers: names, music titles, notes and pitches, letters and numbers, italic and roman type, compound words and hyphenation, word forms, and citations.