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

Citation quick guide for music and music-related items using 18th edition Chicago Style formatting.

Streaming Video

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName, dir. Title. Studio/Distributor, Year. Database.

Burnham, Bo, dir. Inside. Netflix, 2023. Netflix.

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, dir., Title (Studio/Distributor, Year), database.

1. Bo Burnham, dir., Inside (Netflix, 2023), Netflix.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, Timestamp)

(Burnham 2023, 1:42:36)

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName. "Video Title." Recorded Date, posted Date, by Creator. YouTube. URL.

Milwaukee Ballet Company. "Dracula - Milwaukee Ballet Company." Recorded October 2018, posted Feb 12, 2025, by TimBec2. YouTube. https://youtu.be/nInkoZGii2s?feature=shared.

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, "Video Title," recorded Date, posted Date, by Creator, YouTube, URL. 

1. "Dracula - Milwaukee Ballet Company," recorded October 2018, posted Feb 12, 2025, by TimBec2, YouTube, https://youtu.be/nInkoZGii2s?feature=shared.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, Timestamp)

(Milwaukee Ballet 2018, at 1:09:26)

Physical Video Recordings

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName, dir. Title. Studio/Distributor, Year. Format.

Cassenti, Frank, dir. Sun Ra and His Myth-Science Arkestra Mystery, Mister Ra. Rhapsody Films, 1990. DVD.

Footnote/Endnote:

#. FirstName LastName, dir., Title (Studio/Distributor, Year), format.

1. Frank Cassenti, dir., Sun Ra and His Myth-Science Arkestra Mystery, Mister Ra (Rhapsody Films, 1990), DVD.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, Timestamp)

(Cassenti 1990, at 7:12–49)

Episode in A Series

Bibliography Entry:

LastName, FirstName, dir. Series Title. Season #, episode #, "Episode Title." Aired Date, on ChannelName. Format/URL.

Weitz, Paul, dir. Mozart in the Jungle. Season 1, episode 2, "Fifth Chair." Aired December 23, 2014, on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Jungle-Season-1/dp/B08B49H55S. 

Footnote/Endnote:

#. Series Title, season #, episode #, "Episode Title," directed by FirstName LastName, aired Date, on ChannelName, format/URL.

1. Mozart in the Jungle, season 1, episode 2, "Fifth Chair," directed by Paul Weitz, aired December 23, 2014, on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Jungle-Season-1/dp/B08B49H55S.

In-text citation:

(LastName Year, Timestamp)

(Weitz 2014, 22:20)