Music in Words: A Guide to Researching and Writing about Music

Second edition.

"Music in Words" is both a guide and an invaluable reference tool for researching and writing about music. Fully updated and revised, the book aims to address all the issues that anyone, from students to professional musicians, may encounter when untertaking a writing task, irrespective of the style of music they are writing about. The book:
-Teaches effective use of the internet and libraries.
-Explains the use of scholarly conventions.
-Offers advice on the form and content of writing tasks.
-Provides a glossary of terms and phrases used in musical writings.

"Clearly expressed and logically ordered, Herbert's concise guide offers helpful, commonsense advice..." (The Strad)

"Should become the standard reference work for all serious writers about music" (The Trombonist)

"Presented with impeccable clarity" (Music Teacher)

CONTENIDO:

Preface to the second edition
A note about academic writing conventions
The "Music in Words" website
Introduction

Part I
1. How to write: some basics for shorter writing tasks
2. Doing research: a basic method for longer projects
3. Using libraries and the Internet
4. Scholarly conventions: citing sources
5. Using illustrations: notated music, pictures, tables and other visual representations

Part II
6. Language and numbers
7. Some musical terms and phrases
8. Sources and research tools
9. Citations I: The printed word and its electronic equivalents
10. Citations II: Musical sources
11. Citations IIII: Other sources

Glossary
Index