Fontes Artis Musicae
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About
Fontes Artis Musicae, the journal of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML), publishes articles on topics relevant to the Association’s purposes, particularly in the area of international music librarianship and documentation, bibliography, audio-visual materials, and musicology. In addition to peer-reviewed scholarly articles, each issue features reviews of books, databases, and music scores.
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Editors
Editor-in-chief:
James P. Cassaro
Librarian/Professor emeritus
University of Pittsburgh
444 S Pacific Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
USA
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Assistant editor:
Paul Allen Sommerfeld, PhD
Music Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, D.C. 20540
USA
Book review editors:
Colin Coleman
Gerald Coke Handel Collection
The Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
London WC1N
UK
Tel:
Sandi-Jo Malmon
Librarian for Collection Development
Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
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Submissions
Information for contributors
Electronic issues of Fontes Artis Musicae is an important benefit of being a current member of IAML, and is for your individual use ONLY. Do not share or repost this link in any way. Recent issues are available as PDF files or you can access them through Project Muse or JSTOR.
Submission of articles. Articles may be submitted via e-mail attachment to the Editor at any time for consideration and must be in one of the three official languages of the Association: French, German, or English. The article should be double-spaced, in a font size no smaller than 12 point, and with margins of at least one inch (2.5 cm), with an indent at the beginning of each paragraph. All pages should be numbered. In general, articles are 5,000 to 7,500 words in length. Authors should supply charts, tables, illustrations, and captions on separate pages. A brief author note should appear as the first (unnumbered) note. The author(s) should supply an abstract for the article of no more than 250 words. Manuscripts are first read by the Editor for general suitability. They are then sent to one or more readers for further review and comment using a double-blind review process. Once a decision has been reached, the Editor will tell the author whether the paper is accepted for publication and, if so, under what conditions. All accepted manuscripts are edited to ensure clarity of presentation and consistency of style.
Illustrations and permissions
Illustrations should be submitted electronically when possible. Submit illustrations at size (i.e., 100%) as an electronic file. Illustrations should be in Quark Xpress, Photoshop EPS or TIFF, Adobe Illustrator EPS, or Acrobat PDF format (full application version; the free version downloaded from the Internet does not import into Quark). When fonts are part of the image, include both screen and printer versions of fonts. Fonts must be PostScript, not TrueType. Scans must be at 300 dpi for grayscale images and 1200 dpi for line art. Hardcopy illustrations are best reproduced from 8″ x 10″ (20 x 25 cm) glossy black-and-white photographs; high-quality photocopies may be accepted. Photocopies are adequate for first review. Legends should be double spaced on a separate sheet accompanying the illustrations. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reprint illustrations, examples, song texts, and similar material. All necessary credits and acknowledgments should be included in the legends.
Verification
The accuracy of citations, including names, titles, dates, page numbers, and quotations, is the responsibility of the author. All information should be carefully verified before a contribution is submitted.
Reviews
Persons wishing to write reviews of music and/or books on music are invited to send a curriculum vitae and a statement delineating their specific areas of interest and competence to the appropriate editors. Unsolicited reviews are not accepted. Manuscript copy for reviews should conform to the guidelines specified by each review editor. Reviews are edited for style and are generally not returned for their authors’ approval prior to publication.
