Kfamily Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 (edited) I've tried finding a rule on this one, but haven't had much luck. My dd is using the word Greensleeves in her music essay. She briefly mentions the history of the song and so uses this word several times. Should she have it in italics or quotation marks? I have read that in modern times the album title is in italics, while the individual songs are in quotation marks. This is a much older piece, but it is only one song. I was thinking quotation marks, but ... what do you think? But it is also a significant work... Thanks! http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/italics.htm Edited November 29, 2010 by Kfamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Music, Film Titles of film and recording titles should be underlined or put into italics. A song's title would be placed in double quotations, however Ex. In "Vague Directions," a song from McMurtry's album Candland, an old man asks the main character about his mother who moved away. The old man sounds a bit like the intolerant men in Easy Rider when he asks, "Did she show you how to curl that hair?/ A grown man would have never dared/ When I was just a boy" ("Vague Directions"). http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/mladocu.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 Thank you! I thought so, but tend to doubt myself sometimes.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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