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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, 鈥淥n the Value of Dissertation Writing Groups鈥� -
- Theresa MacPhail, 鈥淭he No-Fail Secret to Writing a Dissertation鈥� -
- Daveena Tauber, 鈥淢anaging a Dissertation and a Classroom鈥� -
- Leonard Cassuto, 鈥淥n the Dissertation: How to Write the Introduction鈥� -
- Amy Benson Brown, 鈥淪talled in Writing?鈥� -
- Rebecca Schuman, Are you Writing?
- Part 1: 鈥淎 New Series on Scholarly Productivity: Are You Writing?鈥�
- Part 2: 鈥淭he Worst Writing Advice in the World鈥�
- Part 3: 鈥淒on鈥檛 Spend Your Holiday Break Writing鈥�
- Part 4: 鈥淭he Hardest Part of Writing is Restarting鈥�
- Part 5: 鈥淪tep Away From the Delete Button鈥�
- Leonard Cassuto, 鈥淥n the Value of Dissertation Writing Groups鈥� -
- Daveena Tauber, 鈥淢anaging a Dissertation and a Classroom鈥� -
- Leonard Cassuto, 鈥淥n the Dissertation: How to Write the Introduction鈥� -
- Amy Benson Brown, 鈥淪talled in Writing?鈥� -
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