In no less than one and no more than two double-spaced pages explain William Cheng’s concept of “musical mystique.” Please be sure to do the following:
• Choose and explain a short quotation or two from Cheng that helps get your understanding across
• Illustrate your explanation by reference to one of Cheng’s examples
• Briefly show how the musical mystique is at work in either Monnot’s article or Hanna’s chapter
o It may help to think about this in this way: how might William Cheng
explain an element of either Monnot’s or Hanna’s essays as an example of the musical mystique at work.
• You may address these prompts in the order that works best for you.
Format: double-spaced, 12 pt., Times New Roman font, left-justified text, standard margins. Do not include a title page. Do not include a works-cited page.
Citation style: parenthetical author, page number, e.g. (Cheng, 11).
Crucial citation rules for this class:
• Use brief, well-chosen, direct quotations from authors in the course essays
• Cite in the above manner (author, p#)
• Do not quote without citing
o This is plagiarism and carries heavy penalties, “up to and including expulsion from the University”
• Do not cite without quoting
o In other words, do not give a citation if you have not directly quoted from the text and used quotation marks (“”) to clearly indicate the author’s words.
You are welcome to use the first person singular (“I”) in all writing for this class.
