Review Essay: Music Library and Research Guides

  • Marian Wilson Kimber University of Iowa
Keywords: music research, music bibliography, graduate education

Abstract

Four current textbooks designed for graduate-level courses in music research demonstrate an orientation towards hard-copy reference sources for European art music. Most are organized primarily as bibliographies, reflecting the traditionally source-laden methodology of such courses; A Guide to Library Research in Music and Introduction to Research in Music also treat student writing. Pedagogical texts for music research should emphasize search skills over bibliographic control of numerous reference tools.

Author Biography

Marian Wilson Kimber, University of Iowa

Marian Wilson Kimber is Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Iowa, where she teaches a music research and writing course. In addition to musicology degrees from Florida State University, her education includes an MLS from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Wilson Kimber has published widely on Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel, exploring issues surrounding biography, compositional process, and reception. She is currently working on a book about American melodrama entitled Feminine Entertainments: Women, Music, and the Spoken Word.

Published
2012-08-02
Issue
Vol 3 No 1: (Fall 2012)
Section
Reviews

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