Music

Designed to show what research and writing skills can do for any musician, this unique single-source reference features a discussion of musical research, bibliographic tools, guides to print and electronic resources for research, specific research skills, discussion of the process of writing and editing a research paper on a musical topic, and analysis of an article from a musicological journal.

Music in Words is a compact guide to researching and writing about music, addressing all the issues that anyone who writes about music may confront when putting together anything from brief program notes to a lengthy thesis. The book is a writing guide and a reference, offering a clear explanation of the purpose of music research and a straightforward presentation of the purpose and use of citation and reference systems as they are applied to and in music.

Clear, concise, and practical, Music Research: A Handbook introduces the major print and electronic research tools available with a strong focus on the connection between music and writing.

Written in a clear and conversational style, A Short Guide to Writing About Music, examines a wide range of writing assignments for music courses at all levels of the undergraduate curriculum. Employing a variety of writing samples as a means to illustrate effective writing, this brief text teaches writers how to deftly research and write about music.

Where do you place the hyphen in "Beethoven" if it breaks between two lines? How do you cite John Coltrane's album A Love Supreme? Is it "premiere" or "première"? The answers and much more may be found in this resource.