Resources for doctoral dissertations, documents & other projects in music
Planning and Writing Resources
- Thomas S. Mullaney and Christopher Rea, Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project that Matters to You (And the World) (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022). - An entertaining workbook-style guide to finding a dissertation/document project that works for you.
- Umberto Eco, How to Write a Thesis, translated by Caterina Mongiat Farina and Geoff Farina (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2015). - A classic in Italian, written before the time of the internet. It contains a lot of timeless advice on the writing process, from a great writer.
- Lynne Rogers, Karen Bottge, and Sara Haefeli, Writing in Music: A Brief Guide (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020). - Sage advice on writing research papers, focused on writing about music. It includes useful information about citation of musical sources.
Dissertation writing advice from The Chronicle of Higher Education and ChronicleVitae
- Leonard Cassuto, “On the Value of Dissertation Writing Groups” - https://chroniclevitae.com/news/2136-on-the-value-of-dissertation-writing-groups?cid=VTEVPMSED1
- Theresa MacPhail, “The No-Fail Secret to Writing a Dissertation” - https://chroniclevitae.com/news/2136-on-the-value-of-dissertation-writing-groups?cid=VTEVPMSED1
- Daveena Tauber, “Managing a Dissertation and a Classroom” - https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1514-managing-a-dissertation-and-a-classroom
- Leonard Cassuto, “On the Dissertation: How to Write the Introduction” - https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1514-managing-a-dissertation-and-a-classroom
- Amy Benson Brown, “Stalled in Writing?” - https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1774-stalled-in-the-writing
- Rebecca Schuman, Are you Writing?
- Part 1: “A New Series on Scholarly Productivity: Are You Writing?”
- Part 2: “The Worst Writing Advice in the World”
- Part 3: “Don’t Spend Your Holiday Break Writing”
- Part 4: “The Hardest Part of Writing is Restarting”
- Part 5: “Step Away From the Delete Button”
- Leonard Cassuto, “On the Value of Dissertation Writing Groups” - https://chroniclevitae.com/news/2136-on-the-value-of-dissertation-writing-groups?cid=VTEVPMSED1
- Daveena Tauber, “Managing a Dissertation and a Classroom” - https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1514-managing-a-dissertation-and-a-classroom
- Leonard Cassuto, “On the Dissertation: How to Write the Introduction” - https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1514-managing-a-dissertation-and-a-classroom
- Amy Benson Brown, “Stalled in Writing?” - https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1774-stalled-in-the-writing
Workshop Recordings
9/21 Documents, Lecture Recitals, & Other Kinds of DMA Projects
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