For example, extensive citations from New Grove articles are usually rejected. A compilation of widely scattered secondary sources, however, might effectively demonstrate a new hypothesis. Article will challenge readers' thinking. Material is timely. Anniversaries of composers or events offer timely opportunities for articles.
Premise is well-defined, supported, and developed.
The purpose of the article should be clear. The author should supply convincing evidence to support the thesis, developing the premise so that a reader unfamiliar with the topic will understand the article's arguments. Scope is appropriate neither too narrow or too broad. Such an article could be made appropriate in scope by reducing the biographical material to a paragraph or two that discussed aspects of the composer's life and works that were important to the present study. Works relevant to the thesis could then be selected for analysis.