General Information
Editorial staff
Style Guide (PDF) (updated November 2024)
Publication Process (PDF)
For Editors with Publishing Agreements
Preparing Manuscripts for Submission (PDF) (updated Jan 2023)
Please contact the Managing Editor for paperwork related to manuscript submission (author contact information, abstract, complimentary copies).
Proposals
A-R Editions welcomes proposals for all of our active series of music publications. Proposals are accepted at any time and review begins immediately upon receipt. Completion of the review process usually takes several months. Proposal materials will not be returned. Contact us if you have questions regarding the proposal review process.
For detailed proposal requirements, see the following documents:
Recent Researches in Music (except the Oral Traditions series) (PDF) (updated Jan 2023)
Recent Researches in the Oral Traditions of Music (PDF) (updated Jan 2023)
For A-R Special Publications proposal information, please contact us.
The series Collegium Musicum: Yale University is closed; projects appropriate to that series should be proposed for the Recent Researches in Music series instead.
Greenway Music Press does not accept proposals or unsolicited manuscripts.
What We Publish
The goal of the Recent Researches in Music and A-R Special Publications series is to make high-quality and historically significant music available to performers and scholars in editions that both represent the highest standards of musical scholarship and encourage informed and engaged enjoyment of the music in performance by both specialists and nonspecialists. We are always seeking proposals for editions that meet these criteria. For the typical structure and required elements of a Recent Researches edition, see pages 4–18 of our Style Guide.
While our series encompass a wide range of music, not all projects are a good fit for A-R’s current publication goals and production process. At this time, proposals for the following cannot be considered:
- Editions that would, in whole or in large part, directly compete with other widely available editions of the same music (from other publishers, for free download from IMSLP.org, self-published, etc.)
- Performing editions or similar projects whose aims are primarily pedagogical
- New arrangements and adaptations (as opposed to historical ones)
- Works by living or recently deceased composers, or works not yet in the public domain (unless permission to publish under mutually agreed terms is assured as part of the proposal)
- Standalone facsimile editions (as opposed to facsimiles contained within or published as a supplement to a regular Recent Researches volume)
- Interactive digital editions
- Monographs or other projects comprised predominantly of text rather than musical notation
If you are unsure whether your project is a good fit for publication with A-R, please feel free to contact us and ask!