Irvine's Writing About Music: Third Edition

(Amadeus). This thorough revision of a classic handbook is designed primarily as a guide for students writing papers or theses on musical subjects, but is useful for anyone writing about music for publication. It deals with the mechanics of scholarly writing, citation and documentation, as well as the nuts and bolts of punctuation and abbreviation. But it is also a sensible guide to good writing. In this edition, Mark A. Radice has taken into account all the technological changes that have transformed writing and publishing while preserving Irvine's voice. He has also added a new section on incorporating music examples in a written text.

Music historian, composer, and educator Demar Irvine earned his PH.D. in music esthetics from Harvard University. In 1937 he joined the faculty of the University of Washington School of Music in Seattle, becoming professor emeritus in 1978. His death in 1995 was a true loss to the world of music. IrvineÆs previous books include _Methods of Research in Music_ and _Writing About Music._