Submissions

Author Guidelines

The manuscript sent to the editors should contain the following:
1) summary (approx. 2000 characters),
2) abstract (max. 600 characters),
3) keywords (max. 10),
4) bibliography of quoted works in Chicago style,
5) short author biography (max. 600 characters) containing information about affiliation, major academic achievements, research interests, as well as ORCID and email address.

General principles for preparing a text
Text documents should be prepared in Polish or in English in MS Word format. Any illustrations or musical examples attached to the text must be in jpg, tiff or pdf format, with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Should the need arise, the editors can offer professional typesetting of musical examples. The author is responsible for making all due effort to obtain the right to use illustrations and musical examples in the text.

The profile of texts in particular sections
Articles, Materials – articles and materials published in “Muzyka” are typically 40,000-60,000 characters in length (excluding bibliography). Where justified, we do accept longer works, although they should not be longer than approx. 80,000 characters.
Contributions – texts of an informational character relating to ongoing source research or research projects, no longer than approx. 20,000 characters (excluding bibliography).
Review articles – critical discussions of the most recent books, sheet music editions and multimedia publications should be 20,000-40,000 characters in length (excluding bibliography).

Formatting
The editors request that authors take due care over all the elements of formatting, particularly fonts and punctuation (Times New Roman, 12 pt, 1.5 spacing). The editors do not generally use bold type; expanded spacing should be used to highlight particular words or passages. Italics are reserved for the titles of books and periodicals and for any foreign terms appearing in the text. In English texts, British spelling is used.

Sample citations

1. Book: 
   Jan Kowalski, Medieval Music in Poland, Warsaw 1998.

2. Translated book:
   Jan Kowalski, Medieval Music in Poland, transl. Maria Nowak, Warsaw 1998.

3. Book in series:
   Jan Kowalski, Medieval Music in Poland, Warsaw 1998 (= History of Music in Poland 2).

4. Dissertation or thesis:
   Jan Kowalski, Medieval Music in Poland, Uniwersytet Jagielloński 1998 (PhD dissertation/MA thesis).

5. Chapter of an edited book:
   Maria Nowak, ‘Chant Sources’, in: Medieval Music in Poland, ed. Jan Kowalski, Warsaw 1998, pp. 118–176.

6. Chapter of an edited book (two authors, many volumes, two places of publication):
   Maria Nowak and John Smith, ‘Chant Sources’, in: Medieval Music in Poland, eds. Jan Kowalski and Hans Schmidt, vol. 2, Music Sources, Warsaw–Graz 1998, pp. 118–176.

7. Journal article:
   Maria Nowak, ‘Music in Warsaw, 1918–1939’, Journal of Musicology 34 (1998) no. 2, pp. 16–29, doi [if applicable].

8. Encyclopedia article:
   Maria Nowak, ‘Smith, John’, in: Encyklopedia Warszawy, ed. Hans Schmidt, vol. 3, Kraków 2004, pp. 13–16.

9. Edition:           
   - Fryderyk Chopin, Sonaty, ed. Jan Kowalski, Wrocław 1987 (= Chopin. Opera selecta 4).
   - Warsaw Songs, ed. Maria Nowak, Kraków 1998.
   - Maria Nowak, ‘Introduction’, in: Warsaw Songs, ed. M. Nowak, Kraków 1998.

10. Website:
    Warsaw History, www.historia-wawa.pl, accessed 31 December 2019.

11. Shortened note:
    - M. Nowak, ‘Music in Warsaw’, p. 16.
    - Warsaw Songs, p. 28.
    - Ibid., p. 17.