OPUS: Submission Guidelines

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
	Submission of articles, reviews and interviews (hereby designated "works") must meet the following guidelines:
(a)	Submission of a work should not identify the name of the author(s). Upon acceptance, the author should provide his/her personal data, as well as information in reference to his/her institutional affiliation, line of research, advisor, and financial support disclosure (if applicable).
(b)	An accompanying Cover Page should be sent including the title of the article; the identification of the author(s) — including full name, institutional affiliation, position, mailing address, phone, fax and e-mail — a résumé of each author no longer than 150 words containing their main activities in the field and titles of the author's principle publications.
(c)	Articles, reviews and interviews written in Portuguese, Spanish or English will be accepted.
(d)	Articles may range in length between 6000 and 12000 words in their entirety — however, exceptions may be approved.
(e)	Reviews and interviews may range in length between 2000 and 4000 words in their entirety — however, exceptions may be approved.
(f)	The work should be sent as an attachment to an e-mail readable in Word for Windows in ".doc" format.
(g)	The work should be formatted for A4-sized paper; 2.5 cm margins all around; Times New Roman, 12-point size font, justified alignment, 1.5 spacing, first line of paragraph indented 2.0 cm.
(h)	The opening first page of works written in Portuguese and Spanish should include: - title of the work in Portuguese or Spanish (Times New Roman 14, bold, centralized); - author(s)'s full name (Times New Roman 12, italic, right aligned), followed by the author(s)'s institutional affiliation and e-mail (Times New Roman 10, italic, right aligned); - abstract (resumo) in Portuguese or Spanish, ranging from 100 to 250 words (Times New Roman 10, single spaced, justified, left indentation of 2 cm, right aligned) addressing the objective, method, results and conclusions of the work (according to NBR 6028:2003 of ABNT); - up to five key words (palavras-chave) in Portuguese or Spanish (Times New Roman 10, single spaced, justified, left indentation of 2 cm, right aligned), separated by periods and ending also with a period (according to NBR 6028:2003 of ABNT); - title in English (Times New Roman 10, single spaced, justified, left indentation of 2 cm, right aligned); - abstract in English (Times New Roman 10, single spaced, justified, left indentation of 2 cm, right aligned); - key words in English (Times New Roman 10, single spaced, justified, left indentation of 2 cm, right aligned).
(i)	The opening of the first page of works written in English should include: - title of the work in English (Times New Roman 14, bold, centralized); - author(s)'s full name (Times New Roman 12, italic, right aligned), followed by the author(s)'s institutional affiliation and e-mail (Times New Roman 10, italic, right aligned); - abstract in English, ranging from 100 to 250 words (Times New Roman 10, single spaced, justified, left indentation of 2 cm, right aligned) addressing the objective, method, results and conclusions of the work; - up to five key words in English (Times New Roman 10, single spaced, justified, left indentation of 2 cm, right aligned), separated by periods and ending also with a period; - title (título) in Portuguese (Times New Roman 10, single spaced, justified, left indentation of 2 cm, right aligned); - abstract (resumo) in Portuguese (Times New Roman 10, single spaced, justified, left indentation of 2 cm, right aligned); - key words (palavras-chave) in Portuguese (Times New Roman 10, single spaced, justified, left indentation of 2 cm, right aligned).
(j)	In the case of dividing the text into sections, titles should be written in bold (Times New Roman 12).
(k)	Quotations of less than three lines should be inserted within the body of the text and enclosed in double quotation marks (use single quotation marks to cite quotations within a quote), followed by the source using the author-date system. Quotations that extend to more than three lines should be highlighted in a free-standing block of text indenting the left margin by 4 cm, followed by the source using the author-date style (omitting quotation marks, 11 point font, single spaced). In the case of quoting works in a foreign language, the translation should be included within the body of the text and the original quotation inserted in an endnote. - Citations of sources between parentheses, following the author-date style, should be formatted the following way: A work with one author: (CHRISTENSEN, 2007: 156). A work with up to three authors: (SUSANNI; ANTOKOLETZ, 2012: 72). A work with more than three authors: (CAPLIN et al., 2009: 123-125). Citation of citation: (MESSIAEN 1959: 1094 apud HILL; SIMEONE, 2007: 57). A piece translated by the author of the work: (STRAUS, 2005: 191, own translation). Name of the author included in a sentence: According to Burkholder (2009: 94). - Even in cases of indirect quotations (paraphrases), the source should be cited while also providing the page number(s) of the source whenever there is a reference to a specific idea of the author within the work, not only when referring to the work as a whole. - Citations of publication by the author should be included impartially within the body of the text, providing the bibliographic source.
(l)	Examples of music and figures should be included within the body of the text, numbered (for example, Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 and 3) and labeled with a clear, concise caption of no more than 3 lines (Times New Roman 10, single space, directly below the figure). The text should cite the location of the figures, making use of the same label (in our example, Fig. 1).
(m)	Tables should be included within the body of the text and numbered (for example, Tab. 1 or Tab. 2 and 3) and labeled with a clear, concise caption of no more than 3 lines (Times New Roman 10, single space, placed directly below the table). The body of the text should cite the location of the tables, making use of the same label (in our example, Tab. 1).
(n)	Colored illustrations (in ".tif" or ".jpg" format, resolution 300 dpi) and audio files (im ".mp3" format) will be accepted and should be included within the body of the text. Video files may be accepted upon request.
(o)	Letters of musical notes should always be capitalized (C, D, E, etc.). For specific symbols like sharps, flats and naturals the BACH font may be used. The font may be downloaded using the following link: http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachfont. In regards to note position, Middle C is designated C4.
(p)	The use of endnotes is recommended when the author wants to provide extra information on content that does not necessarily have to be in the main text (Times New Roman, 10 pt, 1.0 spacing, justified). Endnotes should not be used for bibliographic references.
(q)	Bibliographic references should be single spaced, left aligned and separated by a blank line according to NBR 6023:2002 of ABNT guidelines, as the following examples: - Books LAST NAME, First-name initial of the Author(s). Title of the work: sub-title [if exists]. edition [if not the first]. Location of publication: Editor, year. - Sections of books (chapters, collection of articles, etc.) LAST NAME, First-name initial of the Author(s) of the Section of the Work. Title of the Section. In: LAST NAME, Initial of the first name of the Organizer or Organizers of the work (Org.). Title of the work: sub-title [if exists]. edition [if not the first]. Location of publication: Editor, year. Beginning-ending pages of the section. - Articles published in periodicals LAST NAME, First-name initial of the Author(s) of the Article. Title of the article. Title of the Periodical, Location of the publication, volume number, edition number, beginning-ending pages of the article, date. - Works published in annals of a symposium LAST NAME, First-name initial of Author(s) of the Work. Title of the work. In: NAME OF THE EVENT, number, year and location of the event. Title. Location of publication: Editor, year of publication. Beginning-ending page of the work. - Theses and dissertations LAST NAME, First-name initial of the Author(s). Title of the work: subtitle [if exists]. Dissertation (Master's in Music). Institute, University, Location, year. - Works published online LAST NAME, First-name initial of Author(s). Title of the work: subtitle [if exists]. Edition. [if not the first]. Location of publication: Editor, year. Available at <http://...>. Accessed on day, month, and year (abbreviated). - Scores LAST NAME, First-name initial of the Composer(s). Title of the work: subtitle [if exists]. Location of publication: editor, year. Score. - Recordings Title of the phonographic recording: subtitle [if exists]. LAST NAME, First name of the Composer(s) (Include the title Composer within parentheses). LAST NAME, First name of the Performer(s) (Include the title Performer, instrument, within parentheses). Location of publication: Editor, year. Support [for example, Compact Disc]. Complementary Information [if necessary].
(r)	Original files of images may be requested by authors of articles, reviews or interviews accepted for publication.
(s)	Guidelines not included above should follow the norms outlined in ABNT, in NBR 6028:2003 (Abstracts), NBR 10520:2002 (Citations) and NBR 6023:2002 (References).
(t)	The accuracy of the references included in the final list of the works, as well as the correct use of citations throughout the body of the text are the responsibility of the author(s) of the work.