Resources for Music History Students
Using words to describe music is not simple, but nothing is more useful in the struggle to understand what we do as musicians.
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You're listening to a piece of music and an idea strikes you. You have a question and need to find an answer. Or your professor has assigned a paper. Here's how to start.
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In assembling library materials for projects, make sure you can distinguish primary and secondary sources.
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Have you ever felt so prepared to write a paper that you're over-prepared?
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It's time to insert your own voice into the ongoing conversation about the music that interests you most.
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Citations give credit to the people whose work you are using. They also make your own train of thought clear and transparent.
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I feel very lucky to have access to the Blumenthal Library, which has an enormous collection and resources for research that a musicology major could only dream of.