Writing about Music : A Style Sheet

by Holoman, D. Kern

• ISBN13: 9780520256187
• ISBN10: 0520256182
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

How do you spell Mendelssohn? Where do you place the hyphen in Beethoven if it breaks between two lines? Is it premiere or premiegrave;re? The answers and much more can be found in this completely revised and updated resource for authors, students, editors, concert producers--anyone who deals with classical music in print. This essential volume covers some of the thorniest issues of musical discourse: how to go about describing musical works and procedures in prose, the rules for citations in notes and bibliography, and proper preparation of such materials as musical examples, tables, and illustrations. One section discusses program notes, another explains the requirements for submitting manuscripts and electronic files. A new section outlines best practices for student writers. An appendix lists common problem words.

Author Biography

D. Kern Holoman is Barbara K. Jackson Professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Davis, where he conducts the UCD Symphony Orchestra.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Music Terminology	p. 1
Titles of Works	p. 1
Major and Minor	p. 6
Capitalization Schemes	p. 6
Composers' Names	p. 7
Thematic Catalogs of Composers' Works	p. 10
Pitch Names	p. 11
Dynamics	p. 12
Numbers	p. 12
Other	p. 14
Narrative Text	p. 15
Numbers	p. 15
Dates	p. 16
Money	p. 18
Simple Punctuation	p. 19
Ellipses	p. 21
Dashes	p. 22
Quotation Marks	p. 23
Superscript Note Numbers	p. 23
Capitalization	p. 24
Capitalization Schemes in Foreign Languages	p. 26
Diacritics (Accents)	p. 28
Ligatures	p. 30
Word Breaks	p. 30
Russian	p. 31
British English	p. 32
Abbreviations	p. 33
Block Quotations	p. 35
References in Running Text	p. 36
Roman and Italic	p. 37
Other Typical House Rules	p. 40
Format and Design	p. 40
Finally...	p. 41
Citations	p. 42
Articles	p. 43
Books	p. 44
Sound	p. 48
The Internet	p. 49
Short Titles	p. 50
Review Heads	p. 50
Abbreviations	p. 51
Principles of Annotation	p. 52
Sample Notes and Bibliography	p. 53
Musical Examples	p. 56
Lyrics	p. 59
Scores and Parts	p. 64
Tables and Illustrations	p. 67
Tables	p. 67
Illustrations	p. 70
The Printed Program	p. 73
Concerts	p. 73
Operas	p. 77
Texts and Translations	p. 77
Rosters of Personnel	p. 80
Program Notes	p. 81
The Concert Listing	p. 84
Reviews	p. 85
Finally...	p. 87
Electronics	p. 88
Best Practices for Student Writers	p. 91
Preliminaries	p. 91
Typescript	p. 93
Citations, Again	p. 94
Vetting	p. 95
Production	p. 95
Beware	p. 96
Problem Words and Sample Style Sheet	p. 99
Works Cited	p. 103
Credits	p. 105
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