Writing About Music: An Introductory Guide

Words And Music -- Writing About Music -- Why We Write About Music -- The Special Challenges Of Writing About Music -- Inappropriate Ways To Write About Music -- Musical Analysis -- Definition -- Questions To Consider -- The Intent Of The Composer -- Examples Of Analytical Approaches -- Writing A Research Paper; Other Kinds Of Research Projects -- Getting Started: Research -- Choosing A Topic -- What Research Means -- Gathering Materials -- Places To Start -- Evaluating Resources -- Foreign-language Sources -- Scores And Recordings -- When To Stop: How Much Research Is Enough? -- Writing A Research Paper -- The Outline -- Writing The Draft -- Editing And Revising The Draft -- The Clean Copy -- Proofreading -- Keep A Copy -- Using A Word Processor To Produce A Paper -- Advantages Of Word Processing -- The Writer's Responsibility -- The Basic Rule -- Format Issues -- Editing -- Printing -- Questions Of Format -- Paper -- Page Format -- Spacing -- Page Numbers -- Quotations -- Footnote Format -- Bibliography Format -- Other Kinds Of Writing Projects -- The Seminar Presentation -- Concert Reports -- Essay Examinations -- Program Notes -- Writing Effective Prose -- Principles Of Style -- Different Kinds Of Prose -- Tone -- The Stance Of The Writer -- The Question Of Pronouns -- Writing Effective Sentences -- Word Choice -- Word Combinations -- Sentence Structure -- Effective Paragraphs And The Effective Essay -- Effective Paragraphs -- The Effective Essay -- Common Writing Problems -- Errors In Basic Writing Style. Richard J. Wingell. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References.