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The Society for Music Theory
The Society for Music Theory was founded in 1977 to promote, facilitate, and provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas pertaining to music theory and its teaching. The Society holds an annual meeting, publishes two journals (Music Theory Spectrum and Music Theory Online) and encourages scholarly excellence by giving awards for outstanding publications in music theory. 

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Music Theory Spectrum

Editor(s): Severine Neff
Published for: The Society for Music Theory Information for Contributors
The Publications Committee of the Society for Music Theory welcomes submissions to Music Theory Spectrum on a broad range of subjects within the discipline of music theory. Authors are urged to make sure their manuscript submissions meet the following criteria:

• Manuscripts should be of moderate length (5,000-10,000 words) and include musical examples, tables, and other artwork only to the extent necessary.
• Music Theory Spectrum practices blind review. For this reason, authors should avoid identifying themselves, directly or indirectly, in the submission itself, confining such identification to an accompanying cover letter.
• The Society for Music Theory has endorsed the principle that language that treats both sexes equally should characterize all its publications. Guidelines for Non-Sexist Language are available online at: http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/nsl.html
  
• Manuscripts should be written in normal scholarly style and form as outlined in the 14th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. Music Theory Spectrum uses the author-date system of documentation outlined in Chapter 16 of the Manual.
• Article submissions should include the following in electronic format only:
  • A cover letter identifying the author and providing contact information including mail address, phone number, and email address;
  • Three copies of the article. Manuscripts accepted for adjudication should be in 12-point font, spaced at either 1 or two lines (inlcuding footnotes and quotations), and provided with footnotes instead of endnotes. Footnotes should be 12-point type;
  • Musical examples, figures, tables, and other artwork, all clearly identified as numbered examples;
  • An abstract of 25-100 words, suitable for publication.

Should an article be accepted for publication, authors will be requested to prepare manuscripts for editing using formatting guidelines slightly different from those outlined above. Instructions will be included with the letter of acceptance. All manuscripts accepted for publication become the sole property of the Society for Music Theory, Inc.

Prospective articles and all correspondence should be sent to
Severine Neff, Editor
Music Theory Spectrum
Department of Music
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
sneff@email.unc.edu

Books for Review should be sent to
Christoph Neidhöfer, Reviews Editor
Music Theory Spectrum
McGill University
christoph.neidhofer@mcgill.ca