Music Scores in Chicago/Turabian Style
Below, you will see several examples of music scores cited in the Chicago/Turabian style, in both print and electronic formats. For more information on how to read these examples, see the Getting Started page of this LibGuide (see the tabs to the left.)
Examples of Music Scores
Example Item
Scores should generally be treated as books. Arrangers of works are treated like editors or translators.
Incantation by Call Number: M49 .T46I5 2006
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of score. Publisher, Date of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Thomas, Augusta Read. Incantation: For Solo Viola. G. Schirmer, 2006.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of score (Publisher, Date of Publication), page number.
EXAMPLE:
1. Augusta Read Thomas, Incantation: For Solo Viola (G. Schirmer, 2006), 2.
See Also: CMoS 14.155 - Published scores
LibGuide - Titles of Works and Non-English Words
Example Item
These should be treated like chapters in a book, or volumes in a collection of works.
Winterreise : op. 89 by Call Number: M1621.4 S38D.911a 2009
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of score. Collection Title, volume information. Edited by Name of Editor. Publisher, Date of Publication.
EXAMPLE:
Schubert, Franz. “Gefrorne Tränen.” No. 3 in Winterreise, op. 89 (high voice). Urtext of the New Schubert Edition. Edited by Walther Durr. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2009.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of Book, Collection Title, volume information, Name of editor, ed. (Publisher, Date of Publication), page numbers.
EXAMPLE:
1. Franz Schubert, “Gefrorne Träanen,” no. 3 in Winterreise, op. 89 (high voice), urtext of the New Schubert Edition, Walther Durr, ed. (Bärenreiter, 2009), 8.
See Also: CMoS 14.155 - Published scores
LibGuide - Titles of Works and Non-English Words
Example Item
While this type of citation is not listed in the CMoS, it is treated similarly to other electronic resources.
String Quartet in B Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Online Resource
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of score or "Title of score" (as appropriate to title of the work). Publisher, Date of Publication. Accessed Date. URL or Resource Title.
EXAMPLE:
Beethoven, Ludwig van. String Quartet in B flat major op. 18 no. 6. Universal Edition. Philiharmonia series. E. F. Kalmus, 1937. https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/90199.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, Title of score or "Title of score" (as appropriate to title of the work) (Publisher, Date of Publication), accessed Date. URL or Resource Title.
EXAMPLE:
1. Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet in B flat major op. 18 no. 6, Universal Edition, Philharmonia series (E.F. Kalmus, 1937), 172. https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/90199.
See Also: CMoS 14.155 - Published scores
CMoS 14.60 - Books consulted online
CMoS 14.61 - Freely available electronic editions of older works
CMoS 8.193 - Titles of websites and web pages
LibGuide - Titles of Works and Non-English Words
Example item
Unpublished scores are cited in the same way as unpublished manuscripts. Copy information exactly as it is listed. Some scores can be found using the internet; if there is a webpage that links directly to the item, include the URL.
Seven cantatas by Bach, once owned by Mendelssohn : copyist's manuscript, [1700-1750] by J.S. Bach
Online Resource
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of Score." Format. Year. Location.
EXAMPLE:
Bach, Johann Sebastion. "Cantatas. Selections. Seven Cantatas by Bach, once owned by Mendelssohn." Copyist's manuscript. 1700-1750. Department of Music Manuscripts and Books, Pierpont Morgan Library. https://ww.themorgan.org/music/manuscript/114166.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, "Title of score," format, Year, Location.
EXAMPLE:
1. Johann Sebastian Bach, "Cantatas. Selections. Seven cantatas by Bach, once owned by Mendelssohn," copyist's manuscript, 1700-1750, Department of Music Manuscripts and Books, Pierpont Morgan Library. https://ww.themorgan.org/music/manuscript/114166.