Music Citation Guide: Chicago Style (18th ed.)

In general, published scores should be cited much in the same way as books (CMOS 14.155).

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName. Title. Publisher, Year.

Shaw, Caroline. Valencia. Caroline Shaw Editions, 2015.

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, Title (Publisher, Year), PageNumber.

1. Caroline Shaw, Valencia (Caroline Shaw Editions, 2015).

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, PageNumber)

(Shaw 2015, 2)

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName. Title. Publisher, Year. Database.

Nørager, Niels. 2 Sange. Wilhelm Hansen, 2002. Music Online: Classical Scores Database.

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, Title (Publisher, Year), PageNumber, Database.

1. Niels Nørager, 2 Sange (Wilhelm Hansen, 2002), 2, Music Online: Classical Scores Database.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, PageNumber)

(Nørager 2002)

Scores from collected works (like those found in the M2 and M3 section of the Conservatory Library) should be cited as if they were a book in a series (CMOS 14.25). The series editor is typically omitted, but if you are citing prefatory material found within a collected work, you should include it after the series title.

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName. Title. Edited by FirstName LastName. NameofSeries, vol. #. Publisher, Year.

Schubert, Franz. Der Spiegelritte. Edited by Felix Loy. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, series 2, vol. 4. Bärenreiter-Verlag, 2023.

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, Title, ed. FirstName LastName, NameofSeries, vol.# (Publisher, Year), PageNumber.

1. Franz Schubert, Der Spiegelritte, ed. Felix Loy, Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, series 2, vol. 4 (Bärenreiter-Verlag, 2023), vii.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, PageNumber)

(Schubert 2023, vii)