Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
MUSIC PREPARATION
GUIDELINES FOR
COMPOSERS
The following guidelines pertain to book design for
music publications (i.e., scores and parts). They are a
good starting point for most pieces, but instrumentation
and the speci!c details of each work will dictate which
choices to make.
General Comments
Front Matter
Title Page
• Title
• Composer
Notes Page(S)
• Duration
• Commissioning credit
• First performance
• Title
• Composer
Scores
Piano/vocal Scores
Choral Scores
Chamber Scores
Parts
Page Numbering
Typefaces
Strings
Harp
Paper
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
All suggested resources are in English; books link to
Amazon.
I n s t r u m e n t a t i o n B o o k s : S p e c i !c
Instruments And Extended
Techniques
Notation Books
Music Printers