Writing about music : a style sheet from the editors of 19th-century music / D. Kern Holoman.
| Other author | Holoman, D. Kern, 1947- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1988. |
| Description | vii, 61 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Music terminology. Titles of works ; Major and minor ; Capitalization schemes ; Composers' names ; Thematic catalogues of composers' works ; Pitch names ; Dynamics ; Numbers ; Other -- Narrative text. Numbers ; Dates ; Money ; Simple punctuation ; Ellipses ; Dashes ; Quotation marks ; Superscript note numbers ; Capitalization ; Capitalization schemes in foreign languages ; Diacritics ; Ligatures ; Word breaks ; Russian ; Britishisms ; Abbreviations ; Block citations ; References in running text ; Roman and Italic ; Other "19th-Century Music" house rules ; Format and design ; Finally ... -- Citations. Articles ; Books ; Other ; Short titles ; Review heads ; Abbreviations ; Principles of annotation ; Sample notes -- Musical examples -- Tables and illustrations -- The printed program. Concerts ; Operas ; Texts and translations ; Rosters of personnel ; Program notes -- Preparing copy to submit electronically -- Appendix: Problem words. |
| Abstract | How do you spell Rachmaninov? Where do you place the hyphen in Hofmannsthal if it breaks across two lines? Is it "premiere" or premiere? The answers and much more can be found in a new, essential resource for authors, students, editors, concert producers--anyone who deals with music in print. An expanded version of the style sheet for the well-known journal "19th-Century Music," this small 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 of submitting manuscripts written on a word processor. An appendix lists common problem words. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Reference works. |
| Other title | 19th century music. |
| LCCN | 87035693 |
| ISBN | 0520063821 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780520063822 (alk. paper) |