Writing About Music: An Introductory Guide [Paperback]

Preface to The Fourth Edition

Purpose of the Fourth Edition

Changes in the Fourth Edition

Other Resources

How to Use This Book

Conclusion

Chapter 1. Writing about Music

Why We Write about Music

The Special Challenges of Writing about Music

Inappropriate Ways to Write about Music

Musicological Research and Writing

Chapter 2. Analysis and Research

Analysis

Questions to Consider

Examples of Works and Research Directions

Carlo Gesualdo: Moro, lasso

J. S. Bach: Opening Chorus of Cantata No. 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

W. A. Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C Minor, K. 491, First Movement

Giuseppe Verdi: Otello, Act I, Scene 3

Franz Liszt: Faust Symphony, First Movement

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Opening Sections

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gesang der J ?nglinge

Chapter 3. Getting Started: Research

Choosing a Topic

Kinds of Topics

What Research Means

Gathering Materials

Places to Start: Print Resources

Library Catalogues

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Histories of Music

Biographies

Thematic Catalogues

Articles

Dissertations

Scores and Recordings

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