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In general, italicize titles of recordings (Kind of Blue). You may wish to indicate both the year of issue and the date of recording.
Score in print
Composer Lastname, Firstname. Title of Score. Date of composition (if year is unknown, write N.d.). Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication consulted. Series (if applicable).
Example
Donizetti, Gaetano. Don Pasquale: An Opera in Three Acts with Italian-English Text. 1842. New York: Belwin, 1969. Print. Kalmus Vocal Scores.
In text citation
In Act Two, Ernesto sings of his desire to journey to distant lands where nobody knows his story (Donizetti 70).
or
Donizetti's Ernesto declares his love for Norina (24).
Score in a Complete Works Edition
Last, First. Work Title. Ed. First Last. Complete Works Edition Title. Series X, vol. X. Place: Publisher, date. Medium. Series.
Example
Bach, Johann Sebastian. "Passacaglia." The complete organ works in eight volumes. Vol. 7. New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, 1968.
Print. Kalmus study scores.
Excerpt from score anthology
Lastname, Firstname. “Song Title.” Anthology Title. Ed. First Last. Place: Publisher, date. pp-pp. Medium.
Example
Rudel, Jaufre. "Quan lo rius de la fontana (Troubadour Vers)." Anthology of Medieval Music. Ed. Richard H. Hoppin. New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1978. 79-80. Print.
Libretto
Librettist Lastname, Firstname. Title of Score. Composed by Firstname Lastname. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication consulted. Series (if applicable).
Example
Sterbini, Cesare. The Barber of Seville: Opera in Three Acts. Composed by Gioacchino Rossini. New York: G. Schirmer, 1962. Print.
In text citation
Rosina describes Figaro as "clever and resourceful" (Sterbini 11).
or
Sterbini's Figaro is both "clever and resourceful" (11).
Recording with emphasis on composer
Composer Lastname, Firstname. "Song Title." By Performer Firstname Lastname. Title of Collection. Publisher, Year of publication. Medium of Publication.
Example
Haydn, Joseph. “Symphony no. 97 in C major." Philharmonia Hungarica. The symphonies nos. 96-104, Decca, 1991 1972. CD.
Recording with emphasis on performer
Performer Lastname, Firstname. "Song Title." By Composer Firstname Lastname. Title of Collection. Publisher, Year of publication. Medium of Publication.
Example
Mitchell, Joni. “Goodbye pork pie hat.” By Charles Mingus. Mingus. Asylum, 1979. CD.
Track from a recording
Composer Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Track." Title of Recording. Label, date. Medium.
Example
Davis, Miles. "Blue in Green." Rec. 2 Mar 1959. Kind of Blue. Columbia, 1997. CD.
Liner Notes
Author Lastname, Firstname. Liner notes. Title. Composer/Artist. Date recorded. Label, date. Medium.
Example
Hentoff, Nat. Liner notes. Sketches of Spain. Music by Miles Davis. Rec. 1960. Columbia, 1997. CD.