MUSC 220: Medieval Music: Women, and Performance (HC)

• Music Style Guide: A style guide for formal writing in music courses at Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Contains instructions on including score, audio, and video examples in your essays.

• Writing about Music by D. Kern Holoman   This link opens in a new window  This link opens in a new window  This link opens in a new window

  How do you spell "Mendelssohn"? Where do you place the hyphen in "Beethoven" if it breaks between two lines? Is it "premiere" or "première"? 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.​

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The two most important things to remember about citing are:

• Actually cite your sources(!)
• Whichever style guide you use, be consistent