The Revista Argentina de Musicología will only accept for publication those submissions that comply with the following guidelines:
A recommended length of 8,000 to 10,000 words is suggested (including text boxes, footnotes, appendices, and illustrations with their captions).
Authors are asked to complete all metadata requested by the system during the article submission process.
Format
Page layout: A4; top and bottom margins 2.5 cm; left and right margins 3 cm.
Font: Times New Roman.
General spacing: 1.5 line spacing.
Main title: 14 pt, bold, centred.
First-level subheading: 12 pt, bold, left-aligned, 6 pt spacing after.
Second-level subheading: 12 pt, bold, left-aligned, 1.25 cm indent, 6 pt spacing after.
Initial heading: 11 pt, italics, right-aligned, single spacing.
Body text: 12 pt, justified, 1.25 cm indent.
Quotations of up to three lines: 12 pt, English quotation marks.
Quotations longer than three lines: 11 pt, no quotation marks, 1 cm left and right indent.
Footnotes: 10 pt, justified, 1.25 cm indent, single spacing.
Style
Avoid references in the abstract.
Place references after punctuation marks.
Names of actants/proper names: capitalize only the first letter (e.g., Facebook).
Words in other languages: italics, except for actants/proper names.
Quotations in other languages: provide the translation in the body of the text and the original version in italics in the footnote. Indicate the source.
Quotations within quotations: use single quotation marks (“La señora dijo: ‘me gustan los perros’, y se compró uno”).
Hyperlinks without underlining or colour.
Internet pages: indicate “Last accessed: d/m/y.”
To highlight words: use italics (not bold or quotation marks).
Preferably use Spanish spellings. Already established: violonchelo, dosier, folclore, solo.
Em dash (Ctrl+Alt+Num–) for text interpolation [El mar —conocido también como el océano— es de color azul].
Journals: title in italics, Arabic numeral, and, separated by a comma, “no.” [Revista Argentina de Musicología 23, no. 1].
Musical albums: title in italics and components in English quotation marks [“En casa de Mariquita” as part of Mujeres argentinas].
Use words instead of Arabic numerals [cien años, ochenta por ciento].
Names of musical ensembles: without quotation marks or italics (as they are proper names).
Images: must be numbered and accompanied by their corresponding caption.
Bibliographic references in footnotes
NOTE: For all matters not covered here or in the Submission Preparation Checklist, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition).
Full references on first appearance and abbreviated thereafter.
For consecutive repetitions use “Ibid.”
Book
First appearance
Marina Cañardo, Fábricas de músicas. Comienzos de la industria discográfica en la Argentina (1919-1930) (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Gourmet Musical Ediciones, 2017), 15-16.
Abbreviated
Cañardo, Fábricas de músicas, 17.
Edited volume
First appearance
Pablo Seman y Pablo Vila, comps., Cumbia. Nación, etnia y género en Latinoamérica (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Editorial Gorla, 2011), 15-16.
Abbreviated
Seman y Villa, Cumbia, 17.
Chapter in an edited volume
First appearance
Camila Juárez, “‘Esto no es un tango’. El Tango alemán de Mauricio Kagel”, en Tangos cultos: Kagel, J. J. Castro, Mastropiero y otros cruces musicales, ed. Esteban Buch (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Gourmet Musical Ediciones, 2012), 86-119.
Abbreviated
Juárez, “‘Esto no es un tango’”, 87.
Article in a scholarly journal
First appearance
Yael Bitrán Goren, “Dos reglamentos de teatro en el México decimonónico. La construcción de una nueva civilidad”, Revista Argentina de Musicología 21, nro. 1 (2020): 17.
Abbreviated
Bitrán Goren, “Dos reglamentos”, 17.
Article in other periodicals
First appearance
Sergio Pujol, “Último Gato en Nueva York”, Página 12, 15 de septiembre, 1996, 15.
Abbreviated
Pujol, “Último Gato”, 15.
Thesis
First appearance
Yael Bitrán Goren, “Musical Women and Identity-Building in Early Independent Mexico (1821-1854)” (tesis de doctorado, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2012), 28.
Abbreviated
Bitrán Goren, “Musical Women”, 29.
Bibliographic references at the end of the article
NOTE: For all matters not covered here or in the Submission Preparation Checklist, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition).
Alphabetical order, hanging indent 1.25 cm, 6 pt spacing after.
Book
Cañardo, Marina. Fábricas de músicas. Comienzos de la industria discográfica en la Argentina (1919-1930). Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Gourmet Musical Ediciones, 2017.
Edited volume
Seman, Pablo y Pablo Vila, comps. Cumbia. Nación, etnia y género en Latinoamérica. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Editorial Gorla, 2011.
Chapter in an edited volume
Juárez, Camila. “‘Esto no es un tango’. El Tango alemán de Mauricio Kagel”. En Tangos cultos: Kagel, J. J. Castro, Mastropiero y otros cruces musicales, editado por Esteban Buch, 86-119. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Gourmet Musical Ediciones, 2012.
Article in a scholarly journal
Bitrán Goren, Yael. “Dos reglamentos de teatro en el México decimonónico. La construcción de una nueva civilidad”. Revista Argentina de Musicología 21, nro. 1 (2020): 17-32.
Article in other periodicals
Pujol, Sergio. “Último Gato en Nueva York”, Página 12, 15 de septiembre, 1996, 15.
Thesis
Bitrán Goren, Yael. “Musical Women and Identity-Building in Early Independent Mexico (1821-1854)”. Tesis de doctorado, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2012.
Figures, examples, and tables
Images that are not exempt from copyright must have the corresponding permissions. The author is responsible for obtaining authorization. Otherwise, it is suggested to transcribe musical excerpts of up to eight measures and submit them as image files (individually, in .tif, .tiff, or .png formats).
Each example/figure/table must be numbered and referenced in the body of the text.
Captions: 10 pt, centred, 6 pt spacing after, single spacing, with labels in bold [Fig. nº 1, Ejemplo nº 1, Tabla nº 1].
