Writing About Music: An Introductory Guide - Softcover

Wingell, Richard J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0139708561 ISBN 13: 9780139708565

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1990

Synopsis

This guidebook serves a dual purpose - it provides practical assistance in writing research papers and other types of writing projects in the field of music, and it also offers help with writing effective prose and addressing common problems encountered when writing about music. This revised edition contains expanded discussions of resources for musical research, available on-line and on CD-ROM. The book also instructs in how to use a personal computer to produce a paper. It is intended to help the college student write clearly and effectively about musical issues.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This guidebook provides practical and specific assistance to undergraduate students about writing research papers and other types of projects in the field of music. It also offers practical help in writing effective prose on any topic and ways to improve one's writing style.

The Third Edition has been extensively revised and rewritten. The organization of the material has been changed in order to present issues in a more logical order. There are expanded sections on new approaches to musicological research, electronic resources for research, and how to use word processing programs to draft and edit a paper. The section on format issues has been revised and expanded to make the detailed information it offers clearer and more useful. Finally, a new sample student paper has been included in the Appendix, along with discussion questions designed to help students analyze the paper, read more critically, and understand better the process of researching a topic, designing a paper, and arguing a thesis persuasively.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0139708561
• ISBN 13: 9780139708565
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160