Short Guide to Writing about Music

Name: Short Guide to Writing about Music
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ISBN: 9780321015778

ISBN-10: 0321015770

ISBN-13: 9780321015778

Edition: 2000

Authors: Jonathan Bellman

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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 and inexpensive text teaches writers how to deftly research and write about music.

Book details

List price: $41.60
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Publication date: 8/4/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 174
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Writing about Music


Words about Music: Why? Choosing an Audience


Kinds of Writing


Criticism


The Author's Opinion: Clarity and Restraint



Writing about Music by and for Those Who Cannot (Necessarily) Read It


What You Can and Cannot Do


The Reaction Paper


The Concert Review


Popular and World Musics



Writing Music Analysis


Analysis and Its Uses


Analytical Content vs


Play-by-Play



Three Kinds of Practical Writing


Program and Liner Notes


Summaries and Abstracts


The Press Release



Opinion and the Writing of an Effective Essay


Presentation and Tone


The Writing Process: From Outline to Final Draft


Hints on Beginning


Collegial Editing: Essays as Peer


Review Exercises



Research in Music


The Purposes of Research


Choice of Topic


Kinds of Written Sources


Use of Sources


Citing Your Sources


Turning Research Into Writing


Whose Ideas?



A Sample Research Paper in Music


"Similar Processes, Different Results: Development in the Piano Works of Gyï¿½rgy Ligeti"



Commentary on the Student Paper



Style in Writing


The Meaning of "Style"


Academic Style Traits


Fashioning Clear Sentences


Punctuation


Accuracy in Wording


Toward a Personal Style



The Final Manuscript


General Format


Musical Examples and Captions


Citations


Sample Citations


Index