Music in words : a guide to researching and writing about music / Trevor Herbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herbert, Trevor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Musicology.

Academic writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Academic writing.

Report writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Report writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Acknowledgements. A note about academic writing conventions. 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 documentation: 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 III: Other sources.

Contents:

How to write : some basics for shorter writing tasks

Doing research : a basic method for longer projects

Using libraries and the Internet

Scholarly documentation : citing sources

Using illustrations : notated music, pictures, tables, and other visual representations

Language and numbers

Some musical terms and phrases

Sources and research tools

Citations I : the printed word and its electronic equivalents

Citations II : musical sources

Citations III : other sources.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-05388-4

9786612053887

0-19-970615-8

OCLC:

319510143